Green Heart: 2023

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Without God - What happens when we renounce God

Without God

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Without God,

our governments wanted to reign.

Without God

they wanted to go about their business.

Without God

they wanted to change the laws.

But what has become of it?

Do we still not understand

that there is only

peace on earth WITH GOD?

Only WITH GOD

can our heart remain calm.

Only WITH GOD

do we know, to whom we can bring

all of our worry and anxiety.

Only WITH GOD

do we experience true forgiveness

for all our faults.

Without God we wanted to go on

and hope that grace and success

would just continue like before.

We banned God from our families,

schools, cities and communities.

God can no longer be found

in our new government.

He has also become

a stranger in our churches.

So he left.

But what good

does it do us?

Now we can

realize it very clearly.

Oh God have mercy on us

and accept us again

when we come back

to YOU remorsefully!

Topic: What happens when we renounce God

Monday, May 29, 2023

No thank you - What happens when we ignore the Bible and Jesus

No thank you

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I said no thank you

to my Maker's instructions

for my life

and went my own way.

But relatively quickly I realized

that I just didn‘t get

the freedom I had hoped for

but slipped from one bondage

into the next.

Happiness, joy and freedom

was not part of my life

and instead I realized

there is a power destroying me

and that wants to keep me bound.

I slipped lower and lower

into the mess

and took advice from people

who were just as clueless as me

about my Maker’s instruction manual.

It's like I'm blind

being led by blind people.

I said no thank you

to my Savior

who came for me

in order to get me

out of my misery.

But in my heart was always

this growing dissatisfaction.

My conscience accused me

I could do whatever I wanted

I just couldn't calm down.

I longed for peace

but it raged inside of me.

I longed for true love

and security,

but what I lived out

was lust and selfishness.

I got to a point in my life

when I was fed up with myself.

but I could not come up with

any good ideas on my own anymore.

Is there really nobody

who can help me now?

Isn't there anyone who

can pull me out

from my sinking mud hole?

Maybe I should reconsider

my Maker's instruction manual

for my life

and reflect upon

the words of the Savior

who he sent to my world.

Yes, please,

because I've degenerated so much

that only HE can help me!

Topic: What happens when we ignore the Bible and Jesus

Matthew 15:14

Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.

Luke 19,10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

(Bible quotations are from the NIV Bible translation)

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Lord help - Sometimes all we are left with is to pray Lord help

Lord help

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Sometimes the only thing

that I am barely able to pray is

Lord help.

Lord help,

sometimes my situation is so difficult

and I am desperate.

You know I want to live

according to your will,

even when my path

is narrow and rocky.

But sometimes I do not see

the direction at all.

I get the feeling

that all my prayers

get stuck at the ceiling,

they don’t get answered,

and I do not recognize the direction.

Lord help

is all I am left with to pray.

In a total trust in you

I want to continue to walk

and believe that in the right moment

you will show me the path after all.

You are not too small

to talk to my heart in a way

that I will understand it loud and clear.

You are not too deaf

to hear my prayer.

You know my request

even before I have spoken it

and you know my prayer

before it enters my mind.

Lord help,

let me think the thoughts

according to your will.

Let me pray according to your will

and let me do your will.

Show me your direction

and your path again.

Lord help

for I depend on you in everything.

Theme: Sometimes all we are left with is to pray Lord help

Logo meaning

When choosing a name and a logo for the poetry there were several things I considered:

Shape:

I have chosen the heart for the poetry touches the heart. It reaches deep within the soul of a person and is intended to bring about thoughts that one usually does not think about in the busyness of every day life. The shape of the heart is purposely uneven. It means that the poetry is there for the big and the small, the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, the strong and the weak. It is my desire to reach out and bring hope to everyone who recognizes that deep within his heart there is an imbalance.

Face:

The heart has a face for a person who has recognized his own misconduct and has cleaned it up, can come to rest within him, and his heart can smile again. No matter how bad the outside circumstances are there can be inner peace and joy that will radiate to the outside. It puts a smile on the heart when a person has learned to no longer be controlled by his own negative emotions.

Color:

The color green represents hope. It is also a color where your soul can come to rest. Green is the color for growth of plants. Growth takes time; some things grow slower, others faster. A person who recognizes the need for a change enters into a process that takes time and that is why this heart is white at the bottom and slowly turns green.

General information about the poetry

Coming alongside people who are dissatisfied with their life and struggling with it as well as current events in the media often makes me think and gives me reason to ponder upon. After I have been able to put myself into a specific situation, not only with my intellect but with my feelings as well, I often come up with poems and short stories. The current situation may only be the initiating thought for something new to write and the story may go a different direction. By now I have learned I better put those thoughts to paper immediately otherwise I am no longer able to write about it at a later time. After I have written down a poem I make no or only minimal changes to it.

In my literature I speak about situations that are true in general and that can be understood no matter what the age or culture. They reach deep within the human soul because they bring up wrongs that repeat themselves over the generations in principle. I realized very soon that poems, which were written about certain situations, were also enjoyed by other people who had nothing to do with that situation. I’m not afraid to exaggerate and clearly write about things that many would like to sweep under the rug. Some things may be infuriating, but the pain that could be caused by cleaning up an old wound may be worthwhile after all.

Many readers tell me that they enjoy reading my literature over and over again because when they are in a different mood they notice that they discover all new aspects in it.

The first poems were stored away for years. I finally decided to let some individuals read them and they have all motivated me to publish and sell them. I have since then decided to publish them myself and to just give them away. Upon special requests and for special occasions different booklets have been made. Within a short period of time my literature was taken to many different countries around the globe. At that point my writings had to be passed on by someone to someone else or be found by chance to know about it. In June of 2012 I started to make some of my literature available on this blog. My poetry soon found their use in schools, hotels, churches, doctor offices, counseling centers, prisons, and many other places. Beggars and lawyers have read them alike, from simple people all the way to politicians. I wish for every reader to make the best of it.

Please do respect the fact that I publish anonymous for otherwise I would not be able to authentically do what I am currently doing: Being there for the average human being who has found himself in great distress. It is also important to me to point to our loving heavenly father by what I write and I do not want readers to get the idea to admire me for I am merely a sign pointing in the right direction. Give God the credit for what is happening and not me as an author please. Many blessings and healing for all those who take to heart what they have been reading.

Publishing

There have been several requests for publications in different countries made already. I am very happy about that for I think the content of my literature is valuable enough for many people. As a publisher please be aware that there are no solely publishing rights to individual publishers in a certain country. When using my material I would ask for notification as to what gets published when it gets published and where it gets published. For notification it is sufficient to use the comment button available at the bottom of any of my poems. When publishing please put Green Heart as a source with the BlogSpot address. Also please contact Green Heart for more literature guidelines.