Saturday, March 17, 2018

RESOURCE ROOM

Jesus gave us the command: FEED MY SHEEP...that's it, nothing else...no religion, and no politics!

So, the time is upon us when we need to turn our churches into RESOURCE ROOMS. Here's the vision, One Phase at a time.

MOTTO: No one leaves here hungry, thirsty, or naked

All members of the body are required to feed the little ones (those who are hungry, thirsty, and naked).

PHASE ONE: Each church begins by setting aside one day per week to feed the hungry...no questions asked!

MENU:  Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
               Beans and Cornbread
               Any type of soup that can be kept warm in crock pots
               Fresh fruits and veggies from the garden
               AVOID JUNK FOODS...THEY DON'T FILL THE TUMMY

CLOTHES:  Members of the body need to go through their closets and donate any and all clothes that haven't been worn in the past year. We are accustomed to excess. There is no excuse for the body to have excess. If the body will give, LOVE will flow. Clothes are to be washed and sewn. If you wouldn't wear it, don't expect others to either.

You need to set up a system where it is easy for those in need, to search for clothes: Pants, Shirts, Shoes, Socks, Undergarments, and Pajamas. Never put a gender based label on clothing. Allow LOVE to flow without encumbrances or opinions.

Upon leaving, water bottles, backpacks, tents, etc. anything extra that is needed, can be given on an individual basis.

PHASE TWO: Increase the feedings to 2-3 times weekly. NEVER REQUIRE THEM TO ATTEND ANY RELIGIOUS LESSON OR SERMON!!! LOVE is without cost and no hidden agenda.

Body members, need to begin to ask LOVE to lead them to opportunities. LOVE will guide body members to individuals to meet individual immediate monetary needs, like needing housing, a bill paid, a car repair, diapers, etc. As LOVE flows freely, opportunities will increase along with resources being donated to the Body (church is NOT a building). The way the River of Life flows is up from the belly (processing center of LOVE) out to need. The only way for the River to flow in the right direction, is for the it to be completely yielded to the flow. SELF SERVING is never an option. Anytime a body member is serving self, LOVE can not flow. Do not judge those people, take them aside and meet their needs (they, too, are a little one).

*Daddy God will be providing materials needed to transform the church building into a resource room, during this phase.

PHASE THREE: The main goal of this phase is to enlarge the kitchen area for industrial sized kitchen equipment, and turn the auditorium into safe shelter space. The body is about to come upon some hard times, and we need to be prepared to provide shelter for all of those LOVE brings to our doors.

PHASE FOUR: Babies grow. By now, those who have been served in the previous stages should be grown up enough to begin serving so that all members of the body are serving and growing/propagating LOVE. Serve first, eat last.

The older generation who have come up through the Great Depression, WWII, and other wars can teach the younger ones how to make flour from wheat, how to quilt, how to hunt, how to fish, how to start a fire, how to distinguish between plants, basic survival skills.

All materials need to be original, not bought in any store. God will provide. Trust Him. You will need the skills of the elderly to obtain these materials.

The number 4 is significant to THE KINGDOM OF LOVE, because it means Direction/Order. This is the whole point of Daddy God sending His ONLY son to die for us...to change the Direction and Order of LOVE. Originally, it was one straight line from God to Man. When Woman entered the picture, Daddy God said, "For THIS (woman) cause shall a man leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife."  Meaning, now, the straight line (vertical) from God to Man has another line (horizontal) going from Man to Woman. So, God loves Man, Man loves Woman, and Woman loves child, then child gives glory (awe) to God. When the fall happened, the direction was changed. The child wants authority over the mother, the woman over the man, and the man over the land (conquest) that had been his. When Jesus came, He won back territory, fair and square. When LOVE comes into our heart, Mama God (Holy Spirit) begins to heal the wounds and restore our soul (serotonin). This is why the City of God is 4 squared. LOVE is the great equalizer :)

Note: I am a visionary. I am giving the vision to dreamers (natural). Go make it happen. In the end, God gets allllll GLORY, so it's not a concern of mine. If you have the finances (legs) and the passion (heart) to get going on this, then I give anyone and everyone the right to have this vision. God bless you, and may we all be seen growing up in LOVE.

NUMBERS OF THE KINGDOM

NUMBER          SPIRITUAL                                    NATURAL                                        
1                      UNITY                                               PURITY
2                      DIFFERENCE                                   CHOICE
3                      WAR                                                   BATTLE
4                      DIRECTION (JESUS IS N)              ORDER
5                      MINISTRY                                        WORK
6                      MARRIAGE                                      FAMILY
7                      REST                                                  WORSHIP
8                      NEW BEGINNING                           CIRCUMCISION
9                      VISION                                              BIRTH
10                    LAW                                                   COMMANDMENTS
11                    JESUS (LAW FULFILLED)             RELATIONSHIP
12                    KINGDOM                                        PEACE

NOTE: The key to LOVE is patience. It says, “No matter, I have time for your journey.” On the number 7, God rested, and we worship. When love is full, glory is the result. That is why Daddy God is the only one who CAN receive pure, true worship…HE IS LOVE.                                        

TOOLS FOR THE KINGDOM


COLORS                            ABUNDANCE                                               LACK
                                      SPIRITUAL         NATURAL                    ENEMY

White                             Eternal                  Purity                    Gray-Unbelief
Black                             Trust                     Womb                    Death-No Light
Red                                Redemption          Passion                  Judgement
Yellow                           Oil                        Abilities                 Insecurity
Blue                               Love                     Relationship           Lust
Pink                               Creation                Baby                      Codependency
Orange                          Anointing             Empowerment       Powerlessness
Purple                            Royalty                 Rule/Authority      Pride
Green                             Life/Living           Growth                  Jealousy

Note: With Yellow, Abilities are gifts and talents…what LOVE has poured IN us
           With Blue, Relationship is the LOVE we pour OUT on others.                 

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

HEARING HACK

There he goes again
Blah, blah, blah, never a word
Just sounds that pound and hack
Not trying to be mean
But something in his speak
That pulls and lack
 ....meaning

I can hear, "Compassion!"
I'm supposed to enter in
To his unspoken pain
Non-verbals are loud
And ears must be atuned
To catch the vibrations of the insane
...grief-laden individual

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Can you reflect the sorrow
Of the great and small
Oh, no! Look! Scratches
On the gray paint
That matches
....them all

I'm disqualified....right!?!

How can I tell the man
Who blathers on and on
About everything and nothing
That my hearing has been hacked
And his words AREn't empty
He has always been saying...somthing

...and that...well....it's 

  ME....it's always been...me

         ....little ole me
   
               hearing NOTHING at all.

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-13-2018

Note: I heard someone say, "And what do you do with clients who are talking so fast, who want to make sure they are heard?" I perked up like a curious pooch...thinking, "Is that why I do that? Well, I can stop, because Daddy God hears me every moment of every day, and He's the most important of them all." 

Monday, March 12, 2018

NEGATING NARRATIVE

She stood at the threshold of the door
Resisting the pull to come in
Safer back in the dark, familiar
Of where she had recently been

Dark figures took her sides
Whispering reasons to stay
She tried not to listen
But her fears made her easy prey

Logic was her faithful friend
Yet reason was failing from the weight
Sorrow, grief, and despair
Had built her a fortified gate

She felt so safe behind the steel
That prevented her to fully feel
....alive

"OH...I want to believe...in change
I could almost hope, living could be good
But the RULES...the pleasure and safety of RIGHT
Only give me what I SHOULD
....do."

In anger and frustration, she stepped over the line
Feeling and breathing air for the first time
....since trauma came

The voices squealed to a halt
Not being able to enter this new light
She was aware of where she had been
Fighting for the peace in the darkness of night

Suddenly, new voices came to her ear
Whispering things that couldn't be true
She could focus on their presence
Or think of ways to get through
...the lies

For the first time ever, she said aloud
"You are liars. I am loved and seen
You know nothing of my heart
I've been made clean

Get out of my life and never come back
I don't need you. I have no lack.

LOVE is all I need!"

She set into motion, a new way to walk
She needed armed TRUTH to negate
The ratta-tat-tat of lies
That form a story to constantly narrate
...fear, doubt, and unbelief

THAT 
     LOVE, is ALLLLLLL I need!!!

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-12-2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

I WILL NOT STOP FOR...grief

It came to me in the brightest day
No...no...tis night, I can not stay
I'm a busy unemployed woman
Losing all for...
      ....what was it again

~LOVE~

There were days when my nights were black
And nights when I raced to the bed
Working with my LOVE on fears
Things in life that make one dread

....breathing, again

I trudged along, moment by moment
Stopping to take in my sorrow
Hoping to God, for my LOVE to arrive
And keep me in the...marrow

...from dying within my bones

Light, night,light, night
I mustn't let my children see...me...struggle
Their little hearts long to believe in MAGIC
I can't share...I believe I'm a muggle

The ONE THING I am NOT...is a coward
I will see this til the bitter end
Though I see none walking with me
Limited are the hands wanting to lend

...help to the stupid

Why did I have to lose
Isn't LOVE supposed to make you WIN! WIN! WIN!
      Favor, flavor, savory riches of your neighbor
                   Houses...lost mine
                      Cars....lost mine
              Husband....lost mine
                     Kids...lost mine
              Dignity.....lost mine
                Name.....lost mine

Do ya see it?

No....I will not entertain you...I haven't time for you
            Grief
 While I'm set on relief 

....can't keep up with the losses
           .....I'm gaining, what, my LOVE
A treasure out of this world...............something no one can value but me.

Grief has risen to my throat
He's choking out my breath
My pressed down meals
Are resting in my chest
     
Please, I can't take in one more bite
My pressing is beginning to fight
Forgive me, I need a hole
My throat is releasing the flow

....sorrow, anguish, bitterness of soul
           I press into another hole
                     Finally, letting it flow....out from my River

Written by Trudy Schrader on 02-06-2018

Note: I'm a verbal processor. Third poem usually does the trick. I'm as surprised as you are. Who knew it was grief, causing me flow issues? 


DON'T MESS WITH MY HOUSE

A child, crippled by a tragic accident
Learned how to excel in sorrow
Never listening to words
That would encumber his bright tomorrow

Who cares if he's a paralytic 
It has nothing to do with his mind
A ray of hope pulled him forward
Through the sludge of the unkind

In high school, he began to set his path
For college and a full life
Occasionally, he would entertain thoughts
Of dating, maybe even a wife

......no kids...never any kids

He had no idea what a slippery slope
A single thought could be
But the tiny little prick, became a hole
Causing the paralytic to eventually

....despair

Because of his condition, the govt. gave aid
Set him up in a nice accessible home
A nurse would help with difficult task
And with his motorized chair, he was free to roam

The moments leaped into decades
As he sat alone, in a house full of fears
Trash and dirt accumlated
Shut off and off limits to eyes that wanted to leer

...and judge

One would think the nurse would care
At least enough to speak
But to her, he was a job
She viewed him as crippled, weak

He should find the will to pull the trigger
But he didn't have the willpower to move
What's the point in trying
When you know you'll lose

...again, and again

One day, a man knocked on his door
He yelled for him to enter in
But with the door locked and bolted
And his mess, a testament to where he'd been

The man kept knocking, not going away
So the paralytic screamed out in pain
The man at the door, gently spoke
"Would you like to walk again?"

Oooweee, he wanted to rage and war
But he knew he MUST answer that door
So, he gathered all his strength to move
This time, was the ONE time, he must not LOSE

One roll at a time, he finally made it to the door
Unlocked it and opened it wide
The light flooded in
Nearly blinding his darkened eyes

The man repeated, "Would you like to walk again?"
The paralytic answered with a resounding, "Yes!!!"
The man said, "Then get up and walk!"
Immediately, all his fears began to pull and press

...against his hope

Looking into his eyes of love
He dare not disobey
So, he left his sorrow
And began to make his way

...home

The neighbors talked of the miracle
And the total change in the paralytic's life
In the passage of time,
He took to himself, a beautiful wife

Six months, after their son was born
His wife and child died in an accidental fire
He was left in the despair and sorrow
Of gained and lost desire

It didn't take long til he was back in the place
Where trash and fears accumulate
Though his legs worked well, as they should
Nothing or no one would bring him to investigate

...his thoughts

Written by Trudy Schrader on 02-06-2018

Note: Everyone has a story, and most are hidden beneath a blanket of fear. What is his?


DISMISSING DANDY

Walking along the way
Dandy spotted an old friend
Ignorant enough to believe
Relationships never end
    He said, "Hi!"

Sally and her husband diverted
Trying to quickly move along
But Dandy followed, in concern
Sensing something had gone wrong

Just as they thought they were clear
A tap on Sally's shoulder brought great fear
.....in one dreadful moment

Face to face with Dandy, they were
Not moving out of the interaction
Like continuing to eat
In spite of bowel impaction

Then, he spoke...

"I didn't know if you heard me
I just had to come say hello
I'm delivered, healed, and whole
Just wanted to let you know
....the new me"

"Truly, Dandy, we are in such a hurry
So many commitments, gotta go"
Quickly, they entered into a sprint
Followed by a "Good to see ya...though."

Dandy's heart was crushed
By stampeding elephants...going nowhere
No matter how much better one is
The pretentious will not be moved to care

...about Dandy.

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-06-2018

Note: Ugh! So incredibly frustrated, and this is the first poem. I'm sure there will be two more before I get the the core of the problem.