God Is

Our Creator A beautiful butterflyA frog’s croakA bird’s song An inch wormA guppieA blade of grass A moonbeamA rainbow God is all around us.Open your eyes and you will see Him.Open your ears and you will hear Him.Open your heart and you will sense Him. Based on Psalm 100 On your feet now—applaud God!    Bring a gift… Continue reading God Is

Trust Leads to Victory

Based on Judges 4:1-24 – The story of Deborah Trust in God’s victory even when your circumstances look overwhelming. Do what God tells you even when you are fearful. O LORD I thank youFor giving me strengthFor giving me healthFor giving me faith. O LORD I bless YouFor my familyFor my friendsFor Your love. O… Continue reading Trust Leads to Victory

Keep Calm with Faith

My Cancer Journey If you have been following me on my breast cancer journey, this poem about keeping calm was written early in my diagnosis. Tomorrow, I am booked for surgery. My faith has continued to keep me calm and in touch with Jesus. I have chosen to write in an abecedarian form of poetry… Continue reading Keep Calm with Faith

Studying Can Help

Faced with a diagnosis of cancer Janis has started to write poems most mornings after studying the Bible

Cancer

Painting by Janis Cox

To make it through this journey with a cancer diagnosis, I decided to let my thoughts and feelings come out through my writing. So far, it’s been poetry.

Declutter Your Lives

Day 8 #RWBiblicalMeditation Are you finding it hard to get down to doing something? Maybe your problem is clutter. Clutter can fill our minds and our lives. I am trying to declutter my physical and spiritual life. For that reason, I joined Revelation Wellness. I have been challenged in the 21 Days of Revelation Wellness.… Continue reading Declutter Your Lives

Connecting the Dots

33 Dots that’s how it started – connecting the dots Someone mentioned how God is good at connecting the dots in their lives. I agree with that. When I look back in my life, I see when God was there even though I didn’t know it. My artwork challenge of 33 dots expands my mind,… Continue reading Connecting the Dots

Advent Week Four – Love

This is Advent Week Five. The focus is on LOVE. Love came down in the form of a BABE. God gave His only Son to us. The Incarnation. Love at its highest. Love at its highest. By reading through God’s Word we can know more and more about this love. And we also learn how… Continue reading Advent Week Four – Love

Freedom to Live – Sunday Stillness Link

By reading scripture every day I am starting to see God’s plan – clearer. Join us at Growing through God’s Word Facebook Group. Let’s find the freedom to live. Today these are the passages I studied: Psalm 63:1-8; Numbers 13:1-2, 17-14:9; Matthew 17:22-27 In the Psalm, I loved the first verse, You, God, are my… Continue reading Freedom to Live – Sunday Stillness Link

The Mighty Planner – a poem

A Poem The poem, “The Mighty Planner”, below was inspired after reading scripture. Lord God Mighty Planner Ruler of all From Creation through to  New Creation You knew everything before it happened The Tabernacle built to Your specifications Every part of it every detail made for a reason Even John the Baptist’s death with his… Continue reading The Mighty Planner – a poem