MY HANDS ARE TIED....

WHAT BRINGS US INTO CAPTIVITY....

DON'T TAKE WHAT YOU CAN'T PUT BACK...........

DON'T BREAK WHAT YOU CANNOT FIX...............

YOU SEE......YOU LIKE.....YOU WORK...... YOU BUY.....

ACTIONS AND WORDS CAUSE REACTIONS WHICH HAVE CONSEQUENCES......WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS AND WORDS AND WE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.  DON'T DO ANYTHING IN LIFE WHICH LEAVES A DEBT, WHEN WE CANNOT PAY THAT DEBT, WE ARE TAKEN INTO SLAVERY BY UNSEEN MASTERS AND HAVE TO WORK OFF THAT DEBT, BEFORE IT IS PAID THEY MAKE SURE WE FALL INTO THE NEXT TRAP FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF SLAVERY AND WE NEVER ESCAPE.....WE ARE RELEASED AND IMMEDIATELY TAKEN CAPTIVE AGAIN FOR THE NEXT...

Take virginity for example....it can never be returned, or repaired, or restored, so unless you want to keep it DON'T TAKE IT.....IT IS A LIFE TIME DEBT.

When we steal, the debt is only repaid when we return or replace it. We may sit in prison for a year, but we remain a slave to that debt until we return it, prison time does not restore the stolen item. So we pay one year in prison and when released we are still a slave to an unseen master because we have not made amends....we are still not free.

When we lie, we're a slave to the lie and either need to make the lie come true OR acknowledge that we lied and tell the truth, or we will remain a slave to the unseen master of lies....... THIS IS WHY HONESTY AND TRUTH IS ONE OF THE TREES OF LIFE = FREEDOM.

A master will not set us free because he can use us to do the dirty work, IT IS ENTIRELY IN OUR HANDS TO FREE OURSELVES......

When we do wrong under instruction from a master, we are caught and punished, the master tells us ...."if you are caught, you are on your own". Rotten justice, but that's the way it works. Ideally the master should carry half the punishment because the instruction comes from him...more than half really, but they don't, they wash their hands off us and say " we had a choice - which we did - we shouldn't have done anything to fall into their hands in the first place, so yes, we did have a choice.....only problem is, the wrongs were so perfectly disguised in innocence and purity that we didn't know what we were getting into and once in, they wouldn't let us out.

THE BEST ESCAPE IS TO SEEK A MASTER THAT ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT US AND WILL STAND UP FOR US. THIS IS WHY GOD SENT HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE SO LOVES US, BUT EVEN DIED TO ENTER THE DARKNESS OF DEATH AND THE GRAVE TO OPEN THAT DOOR FOR US TO ESCAPE DEATH. WHEN WE ACCEPT THIS, WE SURRENDER OUR LIFE TO OUR NEW MASTER AND ASK "WHAT US YOUR WILL FOR MY LIFE", AND FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS. FROM BEING A SLAVE TO AN EVIL MASTER, WE HAVE NOW BECOME A SON OR DAUGHTER TO A KIND, LOVING MASTER SO WE DO WHAT THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS DO AND THAT IS THE WILL OF GOD......... HE TELLS US : " THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE....SO DO IT...JUST DO IT.......

CONFESS YOUR SINS AND BE BAPTISED INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT......SO DO IT....... JUST DO IT......REPAY ALL DEBTS......AND WHAT CAN'T BE REPAID NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN....SO ASK FORGIVENESS.....DO IT.....JUST DO IT....AND THEN DON'T DO THE WRONG THINGS ANY MORE.....

IT'S VERY SIMPLE..... THE WRONG DOING CAME THROUGH US - NOW THE RIGHT DOING MUST COME THROUGH US......VERY SIMPLE...JUST DO IT.    

WE KNOW MAKE GOD OUR FATHER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHO OPENED THE DOOR.....WE ARE THEN GIVEN THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US AND BRING TO OUR REMEMBERANCE WHAT WE SHOULD DO.....AND THEN WALK WITH GOD.....JUST DO IT......

AND THIS WE NEED TO TEACH TO OUR CHILDREN.....LET THEM CHOOSE THE RIGHT GUIDE FROM CHILDHOOD.......LET THEM GROW WITH THE THREE TREES OF PURITY, TRUTH AND LOVE AND TOTALLY SUCCEED IN LIFE.....GIVE YOUR CHILD THAT GIFT.....IT'S THE GREATEST LOVE A PARENT CAN GIVE A CHILD..... A GUIDE THAT WILL NEVER LET THEM DOWN.....WHAT GREATER GIFT CAN ANY PARENT FIND.......NO PARENT CAN BE WITH A CHIKD 24/7......BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAN AND WILL.........©

SAVE ME - RESCUE ME

CAPTIVITY

My hands are tied, I cannot move,

I'm in the dark, stuck in a grove,

help me, save me, rescue me,

open my eyes so  I can see.

"Come close to God He'll come close to you,

He'll give His Spirit to show you what's true,

don't try to fight this war alone,

the darkness enters into marrow and bone."

There is a light that will brighten the way,

show us the paths to walk each day,

the truth will break the shackles and chains,

release us into honourable gains.

Washed and purified from sorrow and pain,

we find a new path and start again,

walk in the way of joy and laughter,

keeping us free from here ever after.

Do what is right and set yourself free,

unite with the master that cares about thee,

walk with God that brings honour and glory,

changing your life into a magnificent story.

Monica Maartens ©

CONQUER TEMPTATIONS

SANCTITY 

HOW TO ABSTAIN FROM TEMPTATIONS - RISE ABOVE THE LURES AND ENTICEMENTS.....SAINTLINESS.... OR JUST COMMON SENSE ??? 

We ask : " will it cause harm ? We do a checklist with our three trees......."will it defile our purity ? Is it the truth ? Is it from love...Godly love, not sex love ? We all know :- see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and do no evil. How will we know this, when temptations are dressed in purity, innocence and beauty ? The truth is only exposed further down the line, once we have fallen hook, line and sinker, then it becomes a real stinker. As temptations are very deceiving we need special wisdom and insight and therefore need a guide to help us along. As our trees are rooted through the soul of into the knowledge of divinity, this is where we connect our minds to search for guidance. Here we are connected to the Spirit, or "wavelength" of Godly wisdom and will be able to see clearly where the temptations will lead. Whatever we read and hear will become our words and actions - garbage in......garbage out. The water we use to grow our trees will be what we select to enter our eyes and ears. When something sinister crosses our path, we get a gut feel.....a warning that we should heed...check it out. Our mind will say "what harm can it cause, what could possibly go wrong ?", our heart will say " I so desire that", but our gut will say "no, don't do it !" WE LISTEN TO OUR GUT .....Tell the heart to wait, send the mind on a mission of discovery to check it out. This is now the spirit speaking. We become all excited and jump in feet first and months, even years later the rest of us catches up and we find ourselves up to our noses in muck and we're struck and have no clue on how to get out. So we grovel around in the dirt coming up for a breath every now and then. To get out of this is a major ordeal and it steals the greater part of our life. It is such an easy smooth journey in, but a massive mess to escape from. All stumbling blocks and obstacles are taken out of the way on route and put back to block the way out again. There are a few very important questions to ask ourselves - "will it bring shame and embarrassment to me or my family ? Will it bring disgrace or debt of any kind...... emotional, mental, spiritual or physical ? Will we do this in full view of our family and friends and strangers ? Will it benefit me and others or will it cost, and if so, what is the cost ? Will it bring harm to creation or others, or even the self ? One of life's greatest traps is doing things that we need to hide and keep secret..... there are no secrets.  SOMEONE ALWAYS KNOWS AND WILL USE IT AS A TOOL TO MANIPULATE US. The reason they know is because they have planted the temptation. Our lives should be completely transparent so anyone, at any time can look into it and find nothing to use against us in any way. To try and negotiate all the trickery, deceit and corruption on our own is simply not humanly possible, it is too well concealed and disguised. One of the greatest mysteries of a successful life is to have the right connections - something that cannot be trapped, something that cannot fall into men's hands and be used against us and the only thing I know is the love and wisdom of God which is above all worldly things and powers........ this cannot be chained and herein lays our freedom - never to be brought into bondage....©

DELICIOUS TEMPTATIONS

ANOTHER MANS TOYS

A worldly platter of delicious temptations,

tittilate our hearts with delightful sensations,

excitement is wrapped in a golden glow,

like shimmering waters they continually flow.

Keep it pure because the dirt is deep,

the paths of darkness are slippery and steep

once defiled it sticks like glue,

sucks us into passages where we have no clue.

Hold on to the truth, it is our light,

sending its brightness into the night,

it gives us brilliant clarity of sight,

bringing us courage, strength and might.

Use the thread of love in all we do and say,

weaving through hearts we find on our way,

love does no harm so we remain free,

without guilt and regrets, happy we will be.

When we walk on these ways we find our own joys,

won't be tempted by another man's toys,

we know what we want and pay the price,

we do not gamble or throw the dice.

Monica Maartens ©

TREE OF LOVE

TREE OF LOVE

The tree of love is like a vine that weaves throughout life and has many branches as it touches everyone we meet....we don't prune it, it is perfect in itself, it just continues growing. Each person we meet becomes a branch that grows through that person into another and another. When someone doesn't accept it, it doesn't die or stop growing, it will wait for another and continue. Its roots are embedded in divine wisdom and feeds us the knowledge we need to become complete in soul, spirit, heart, mind and flesh. This is the nectar of life, filling our deep emptiness in the inner man. It is pointless training the flesh, the vessel in which we reside, when the spirit inside is empty and void of love and understanding. When the inner man, which is 99% of who we are, is full of love - which is also who we are, the vessel will obey without being trained and suppressed with pain and suffering. Love is an emotional condition that makes us complete. It bears the fruit of deep wisdom and insight, understanding, patience, mercy, tolerance, compassion, kindness, gentleness......not weakness...... gentleness, humbleness because of its enormous power, peace and calmness, serenity, tranquility, justice, fairness, openness, transparency....because we hide nothing, we have nothing to fear. IT IS IN FACT THE PASSAGE OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. When we only live on the physical, material plane because we are afraid of emotions, or we believe emotions are showing weakness, we become very superficial and hollow as the material world can satisfy the flesh, but not our spirit or soul and the flesh is merely the vessel that houses us.....one fifth of who we really are, the other four fifths.... spirit, soul, heart and mind we are ignoring. We should not neglect either, but we will always we searching instead of growing and becoming complete when we neglect the greatest part of who we actually are, and that is emotion. When our inner man is ignored and suppressed we are never satisfied, nothing and no one is good enough and we always on a war path and that is because the inner man refuses to be ignored and will drive us, and drive us until we collapse, until we take notice of the hole in our soul. The sooner we connect with our inner being, the sooner we will find that "something" the world cannot offer as it does not have it. It is not money, or possessions, or a partner - it is our connection with ourself - LOVE IN ITS COMPLETENESS. It is the connection to divine wisdom and that is where we seek for it. Once we connect our spirit to the Spirit of God - love - all doors open on life and then, and only then can we become complete. We find the perfect balance between the the spirit and the flesh....we have found US. ©

BECOMING LOVE FILLED ......

TREE OF LOVE

A mighty vine weaving through our heart,

washing the darkness from us to depart,

planting the seeds of divinity that lasts,

embracing us with joy at each days start.

Deep understanding fills our minds,

bringing forth fruit of all different kinds,

with compassion and mercy we help each other,

lifting veils of ignorance our visions smother.

Knits together our inner being,

giving us clarity with which to be seeing,

weaves together our souls and spirits,

hearts break through our restrictive limits.

Happiness and joy like a river will flow,

releasing us into its golden glow,

the light shines brightly at the end of the tunnel,

deep insight takes us through the darkened funnel.

We waltz right into the freedom of light,

leaving behind the darkness of night,

there is no fear where love finds perfection,

collecting us out of feelings of rejection.

Monica Maartens ©

STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH

TREE OF TRUTH

It also has five major branches from which many smaller branches grow... confidence - assurance - courage ( no fear) - prosperity - honour. These are not entry points but benefits we receive when living in the truth that comes through the tree of purity. 

How do we know if something is the truth ? We test it in such a manner as not to cause harm to creation or anything is creation. When I say the water is cold or hot, we feel it to know = truth. This can be seen and felt. What about the unknown, like religion, faith, philosophy. Same ..... we test it. Unused faith is only hope and not faith at all....we hope it will work until we take an active step and test our hope...it then become the walk of faith....hope in action = faith, we see it in operation and it works and then we believe = faith in action, in motion. From faith it grows and becomes KNOWING...... we build a KNOWASARK - NOAH'S ARK in our mind, heart and soul and can't and won't sink. It becomes knowledge and as we test and live the knowledge it becomes wisdom due to the experience and practical application we add into it. When an event happens, we tell it exactly like it is....exactly what we saw and heard from our perspective...this is our truth, we don't colour it with all sorts of exciting detail to make it more appealing, exciting or interesting....only the truth, the whole and nothing but the truth. The next person will have seen the same event, but because of a different upbringing, other experiences and knowledge, will see it totally differently... that is their truth. Neither is wrong, so, instead of arguing about the differences, we see how we can view it from their perspective and add a great amount of additional knowledge and insight to our outlook on life. 

When we live by the truth, we never need to feel ashamed or bow down to anybody. We stand tall and hold on to our beliefs with courage and conviction, we have tested it, we know it works.

Lies bring insecurity, lots of fear of being caught out and it makes us skittish and wishy washy .....we back off from direct confrontation and can't look people in the eye, because we KNOW we are lying. We have to cover up contiuousy and become sneaky and devious and terribly afraid....subconsciously.

Dishonest gain has a way of bringing trouble, it makes invisible debts to those we cheat and because we can't see it, we forget about it...BUT, IT DOES NOT FORGET ABOUT US....IT CHASES US WITH NERVOUSNESS, WARINESS, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, FATIGUE, ILLNESS...PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL....IT LITERALLY EATS AWAY OUR INSIDES...HEART, SOUL, CONSCIENCE, MIND.....until we become so hardened and unpleasant to be around. It defiles mans character at a very high cost....often a family... We may think we can hide it, but it brings shame to us and our families and our honour and respect goes down the drain into the gutters of life. We lose our self respect and also the respect of others and fall into many traps of greed and corruption destroying our lives in the long run. It simply is not worth it.....it is a far easier, simpler life to live with the truth.... It may appear hard, but it really isn't when we stick to our word.....©

STAY FREE

TREE OF TRUTH

Basking in the confidence of truth,

having assurance of all its worth,

enormous benefits embrace its ways,

honour and respect brighten its days.

We read and hear many stories,

amazing feats with lofty glories,

we take and test it for ourself,

find out where to dig and delve.

Honest money brings great prosperity,

we never need to fear captivity, 

we have no secrets or lies to hide,

within the truth our souls abide.

We do not play with loopholes in the law,

that turn into nooses that trap our jaw,

the truth, the whole truth, and nothing by the truth,

is the philosophy we use from early youth.

Monica Maartens ©

TREE OF PURITY ....

TREES OF LIFE....

The trees of life grow from the soul. It is fed with the wisdom and knowledge of divinity. Our human mind cannot perceive the deeper emotional unseen spiritual matters. We need to see, hear and feel through the soul. This is why an open connection to God is so important - it opens the right spiritual door to deep insight......

The tree of purity makes five branches : eyes, ears, heart, mind and spirit. The brain records everything our eyes see and ears hear, even the ones we don't notice.....the background conversations and voices and visions....all done subconsciously, also the way our heart feels and our mind thinks and all this is channelled through our spirit into our actions and reactions. The person who keeps their eyes clean and good, keep their entire life clean and pure, we are selective to what we look at and never put our eyes on another's nakedness.... it breaks a sacred bond that is very difficult to restore. Same with the ears, how and where we lend our ears out. The eyes and ears are the two major entry points into our minds and lives and build our thoughts which will become our actions. When that which enters is pure, of moral excellence and decent, our lives will run on the pure paths. Keep the heart pure for from there comes forth desires and the issues of life. When our hearts love with sincerity and genuine love, it will be pure and not defiled by lusts and perversions which of course enter through our eyes and ears and tarnish our souls. When we love with a child-like, not childish.....child-like love, pure we will remain, truthful and loyal we will be and not easily corrupted because the things of darkness will repell us. ©

Tomorrow....the tree of truth....

BREAK THE CHAINS

TREE OF PURITY

Purity keeps us clear of all the chains,

so we never need to cry in the rains,

it opens to us the paths of light,

giving us the ability of deep insight.

The eye sees the path that we will go,

when we see what is good our lives will glow,

there is good and bad wherever we delve,

it's what we seek that will present itself.

Words through the ear plant seeds in our mind,

telling us to be cruel or kind,

we turn away from words that are evil,

tune into that which is divine and civil.

With genuine love we fill our heart,

from where the issues of life depart,

we keep it pure and clean and true,

saving us from days that are blue.

Monica Maartens ©