Word Received 11.2.2021

 Seek My presence for then you will

have fullness of joy in My Holy Spirit.

You need My joy to sustain you on your journey

because of the things that are coming on the earth.

Do not try to do things in your own strength

for they will fail but live in the power of My Holy Spirit

and I will cause you to be overcomers in these days of trials

that are coming on the earth.

You cannot succeed in your own strength 

so be filled with My Holy Spirit says the Lord.

Let go of your agenda's and seek Me with your whole heart,

for I will anoint you to be able to stand and to prosper

in these days of trials that are coming on the earth.    

Losing You By Increments

 I am losing you

by increments,

counted not in days

but in months and years.

Noticing something slightly skewed, 

but unable to pin point it.

Tests were flawed.

Results inconclusive.

Then came the more obvious signs

of forgetfulness.

The shimmering sea 

where thoughts tangle

in an ebb and flow of coherence.

Past history still crisp and clean

as newly pressed trousers.

Yesterday's events slipping away

sensing they are no longer needed.

And yet you are still you,

my dearest Dad.

So gracious and well mannered.

Your smiling face of so many years

as we walked and talked together

from when I was only three.

You can no longer tell the time

but time is still on its persistent march into the future

where you may not know yourself

or me.

It is so painful

to lose you by increments.