Don’t give doubt a welcoming chair
‘cos he’s a sweet talker.
He will overstay his welcome,
and tell you all the things
that you cannot do;
just to convince you
to dig up the seeds
that you planted in faith.
©
Jacqueline
Tag: faith
What About You? Affirmation Challenge Day 34
I am able, open and willing to grow. Even as my soul prospers, so will every aspect of my existence.
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What About You? Affirmation Challenge Day 33
I am a woman of faith. Faith that all things work together for my good.
I Love These Quotes From Yesterday
Susieshy45 ” Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.”
From Dale Carnegie’s book- How to enjoy life and your job- as told by Lord Chesterfield to his son.
According to Carnegie, this is equal to saying ” I am smarter than you are. I am going to tell you a thing or two and make you change your mind.”” The best way to prove something is to do it cleverly, so cunningly that the other person does not know this is what you are doing.
Eugenia “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” – Albert Einstein
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Crossing The Bridge
When crossing the bridge of difficulties
don’t forget your knapsack of determination
wear your best boots of hope
and your favourite pullover of faith
toss on a scarf of good attitude
cinch your belt of positive thoughts
with a compass of patience
you are set to go.
You start with you and end with you.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
So, what is the alternative? Personal – Writers Quote Challenge
If the truth is to be told, it is hard to stay thankful and grateful in the face of suffering and sometimes I silently question how Job withstood his painful ordeals without grumbling. Didn’t his heart even murmur a bit?
For many months I’ve tried not to dwell on negativity, to remain thankful in everything because the truth is that the alternative to ingratitude sows bitter seeds of discord and cynicism, but in the past few weeks it’s been a struggle to stay upbeat and sometimes I feel as if I am a fraud spouting thankful words that are not deep-seated within my soul.
My rancour comes from watching a beloved young family member deteriorate healthwise – my younger sisters husband is battling an invasive brain tumour and sometimes I feel so afraid that we are fighting a losing battle. Such thoughts simply make my heart stop in fear and my prayers clog my throat. It is hard!
I remember watching my father decline from Cancer and the pain of watching his pain broke my heart many times over. Yet, through all his struggles, he remained stoic, never voicing a word of grumble and held his Faith through it all.
Sometimes, I wondered where he got such grace in the face of such adversity and I remember this quote that he shared with me,
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is – Albert Camus
This quote has stuck in my head and always comes up when I’m between the hard rocks of fear, doubt and dwindling faith. It reminds me, that during the times of tribulation, are the times to hold on tighter. Though the difficult season may seem insurmountable, thankfulness lightens the burden of one’s load and I remind myself not to let go of gratitude especially when troubled.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Please join us for the reconvened Writer’s Quote Challenge that Bernadette, Haddons Musings and I have started. We would love to have you with us. Check this link for details.
Tuesdays Trickles – My Thinking Corner.
Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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♦ You have to believe in yourself and your talent. You must believe that small fact with your entire being.
♦ That little faith that you have in yourself is not just a catalyst for change but keeps you going even when doubt begins to set in.
Lovely nuggets of integrity come in from Lady Cee and words of wisdom from Deb Glover. You need to check these out.
I hope these words add some value.
Regards,
Jacqueline
Hope Rising…Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge.
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Hold on to your hope; for hope is the leaven that bakes the bread of your expectation – Jacqueline
Hope Rising
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Even when my breath falters in trepidation
hope burgeons within my soul.
For the spirit of light
must outshine the pitch of darkness
and the strength of love
bends the hopeless state of hatred.
Indeed,
Our Hope in humanity must arise
even in the midst of dire crisis.
**
Giving up hope is as good as giving up breathing because each day that we live, we are faced with challenges that require the strength of our hope, faith and courage to get through.
Sometimes dire situations can cause us to become despondent, however, there are various ways of holding on to your hope whilst you walk through a situation. One can’t just roll over and give up. We’ve got to keep holding on to hope, walking our way through, for no circumstance is permanent.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha’s poems portray images that stare us right in the face. Images of love, joy, death, pain, challenges, violation, and freedom. She writes in a language that’s rich in imagery, earthy, honest, vulnerable, yet full of the promise of hope, of loving and of Grace. A collection of light and dark soulful prose.
Just hold on – Writers quote Wednesday challenge.
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I believe and have faith in love
for in it lies immeasurable strength
Even on day’s when my faith in humanity
diminishes to micro pieces
that it won’t even match a mustard seed
On such days, I look up to the heavens
and facing the sky
I let the shadows fall behind.
There are moments when faith
is all that have
to propel me forward and hold me upright
On such days, I clasp my thin flicker of faith
like a loving companion and cloak
and allow its strength to seep into me
till my hope rises again.
There are moments
when the future might look bleak to us
when so much seems to be going wrong
in such moments
we turn to faith in hope
that the future will look brighter
if only we can hold on.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns – Anne Lamott
Faith does not make things easy, but makes them possible – Luke 1:37
Writing this week’s prompt ‘Faith’ for WQWWC after days of minds battered with all that’s happening around us is a welcome reprieve even though it’s a hard topic. A hard topic to write on when it’s seems as though the World is momentarily going berserk and my faith in humanity dwindles.
Then again, if we completely lose our faith, then all hope is truly lost and we’ll find ourselves living in a World that’s not only pessimistic and negative, but will become a highly toxic World.
So, I’ll hold onto my flicker of faith that love will always win and my faith comes from above.
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