Love’s expression

Hanna Rietdijk

(What is love
When not given away)

Outside of time
Eternity exists
And always has been
This eternity is God

God is love

God of Three Persons
Yet all are One
This way God in itself could be love
And share love within himself

Love grows and wants to express
So Love made a plan

He made men

Wars and fights
Arguments
Hate

Abuse
Oppression

Where is this Love?

Hard work and labor
Slavery
No relief

Depression
Obsession
No mercy to be seen

Who are these men
And Who is this God
How can we be loving
When turned from His side

God had a plan
A future in mind
Not to be striving
For men to obey

God had a plan
To express what’s inside
God had a plan
To be in men’s life

To love and behold
His awesome creation
To love and behold
What He had in mind

To be loved and beheld
By His own creation
To exchange this love
To be godly intertwined

An expansion of love
To future generations
Creator
Creation
Interwoven eternally
To be each other’s delight


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Creator’s image

Hanna Rietdijk

We were made in the image of God
That’s what the bible says
What does that mean?
We do no seem to be holy
Or very loving all the time
(That’s the same thing by the way
To be holy
And full of love
Because God is love
And He is holy)

Nor do we seem to shine
With beams of glory
So in what ways then
Are we like him?

I believe one of the things
In which we reflect him
Is how we are
Conceived

Now that may sound
Like blasphemy to you
But you need to keep in mind
That this world is tainted
And many things
Are not the way
They were intended to be

But if all things are right
Children are created
From love
And this
I believe
Shows us the beginning
Of mankind


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Welcome

Hanna Rietdijk

Hi fellow traveler,

Welcome on this blog!
And in case no one ever told you
Welcome in this world
Welcome in this life
Welcome on this journey!

You are more welcome
than you’ve ever known!

Life is a journey
And it was designed for you
Not to have pain upon pain
Trouble upon trouble
Worry after worry

But to be healthy and whole
To be successful
in who you were made to be
To be happy and holy
To enjoy life fully
And to have peace

But, you might say
I am not healthy
Surely I’m not holy
Nor happy
(except for some fleeting moments)

Yes, and that’s what this blog
Is all about
To find some of the reason’s why
We are not happy
Or holy
Or healthy
And what we can do about it

So are you ready?
We are all on this journey together
And we can help each other
To reach our destiny
And to live life fully
The way it was intended to be

I hope this blog will help you
And me, while making it
To get closer to this end
And to reach our destination

Shalom
(wholeness)

Hanna


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The Journey

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(that never ends)

Step step step
Phoeh I’m tired
Step step step
I wish I was already there
Step step step
Do I ever get there?
Step step step
This road never ends

Step step step
Hey look a tiger
Step step step
Flowers, that’s nice
Step step step
Wow! Do you see that river?
Step step step
Nice, the sun shining down on me
Step step step
Auch, that hurts
Step step step
Gentle rain falling down on me
Step step step
Someone is walking beside me
Step step step
This is fun
Step step step
Every mile is different
Step step step
Isn’t life beautiful?

Step step step
This is how life was meant to be
Walking together
Walking the road of eternity


So, where are we going?
I believe we were all made with the same destination,
but not all of us are getting there.
Why? Because we have free choice,
and God is too kind to force us where we do not want to go.
As they say, “it takes two to tango”.

I also believe the journey itself is part of the destination.
It’s ongoing and part of the fun is to keep discovering
new things and reaching new hights.
So what are those things we keep discovering?
I believe it’s all about the heart of God.
God’s heart for us, his creation.

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