King'z Jewel

Elder’s Meditation of the Day – June 17
“Your power comes from the songs.”
–Ethel Wilson, COWICHAN
If you do not know any of the songs, ask an Elder to teach you. Get yourself a drum. When you sing a song and play the drum, you’ll be surprised how your mind, body, and spirit will react. Everything becomes calm and joyful. Our bodies love the songs. The songs allow us to touch the hand of the Creator. When we sing and touch the Great Spirit’s hand, He gives us power. Songs are another way to pray.

My Grandfather, teach me a song today.

Oh yes, a very slow fade.

What else can we do? The words say it all:
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I was looking around YouTube to see if I could find any beautiful representations of the Native Peoples and their spirituality. I was happy to find a good number of videos that were dedicated to the beauty of the Natives and the spirituality that runs like blood through our veins. Spirituality has never been a separate part of our lives…it IS life. There is no living apart from the ways and words of Kishelemekong, the Creator. It’s not something we have to cultivate, as it is with us from the day we are conceived. God is not a being we have to learn to know, we already know Him through our world. We stay interconnected with nature which is from God and all His helpers within this world.

Tags: spirituality, native+american+heritage+month, native+americans

HMMMMMM conundrum.

I have never thought it best to put the Kingdom in competition with each other. What good can come of it? Jealousy? Hatred? Malice?

Once upon a time, I would be in competitions with other choirs or singers, to see who was the best. I would be all up into it, hating on the person who I thought sang better than I did. Talking about how much better I was than them. Feeling enraged and jealous if they got the best of me in that competition. That was all secular and before I redefined my life with the Lord.

I just can’t see how someone can judge who is better to sing for the Kingdom. How can you tell me the level of the anointing God has placed on my voice or ability to win people through it? You can’t tell me that people don’t feel the same way as I did in a secular competition when they are in a Christian one. Just because it’s billed as “christian” doesn’t mean that everyone in it will be of good will toward each other and actually be wanting whoever God wills to win. I just don’t see what can be gained.

Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

That is the only prize worth winning in the end. Competing against other Christians in order to be exalted just seems so wrong to me.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction,and haughtiness before a fall.

Matthew 23:12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

I declared last Saturday my Sabbath. I declare this Saturday the same. I did do a few chores, but they were quick and painless. I had to…

Anyway here is my list for today:

If you are into spiritual music, you will not want to miss the Sacred Spirit Volumes. The songs are uplifting and upbeat. They aren’t your traditional spiritual music at all. Each song has a rythym that is much like slow techno or trance that you would hear in today’s ever popular music. The genre of spiritual music is growing by leaps and bounds with this new twist to keep the younger generations interested. The music can be appreciated by most anyone from any background for its pure content and nostalgic feel.

i have 2 sunday sermons to catch up on here, but i will do that later cuz i dont have the notes in front of me this second. i got car insurance thank God. now im just struggling with forgetting the things that have been done to me. i have been overwhelmingly depressed and it seems i cant shake it. i am praying and havent stopped. i love my new church, though and i am getting more free every sunday. they speak the truth and dont beat around the bush. i pray that my husband feels as comfortable when he goes and we can make that our home church. i have been getting my desire to be with God back little by little and i am gaining ground here and there…it’s just the hurt and pain i have been exposed to in the past few months hasnt left and is digging deeper into my soul. it wouldnt be so hard if i didnt have to deal with those who hurt me, but i have no choice. anywayz…please continue to pray for me. i wrote a song recently. it is kinda scary.

c2004

i wanna peel off my skin
so you can see that im the same as you
within

pluck out my eyes
so i can see the darkness thats inside
the reason why you cry
and pretend its all okay

melt the world down
like ice cream in the summertime
make it all go
around and around like a merry go round
until time and space disappear
and im only near
you Jesus

do open heart surgery
so you can see what makes me , me
if you care to take a look
read my open book
or do you dare walk in my shoes
then i wont be so easy to abuse

carousels and windmills
spinning through my head
carefree as the dead
awaiting judgment day

silver tongues sharpened scythes
ready to sift me as wheat
growing on the horizon of time
what was my crime?

take me away! take me away!
Jesus you are all that i need to take me away…
covered by your wings, floating in your grace
give in to the absolute sweetness in your face

i am poured out like rain in monsoon season
blown away as “he loves me not”s from a daisy
ive chewed the rose petals that fell from your fingertips
cant you see the scars from the lightning
striking again and again and again

that’s it in a nutshell.