"A unique way to begin succeeding starts with a vision attached with determination that will bring about rewarding results" Dorina Shine~

Our Featured writer for week 1/31/2010 hails from the beautiful islands of Bermuda located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
God has chosen to bless her with a unique style of writing.. one that not only brings honor and glory to the Most High God, but also brings hope, encouragement, healing and deliverance to the reader. The words that are "written through her" are deposited into the spirit by way of God's grace and He has afforded a further measure of grace that allows Him to pour out... manifesting the phrase..
"written through me".

She attended the International Society of Poets convention in Washington in 2001 just 3 weeks before disaster struck (911).. at the Pentagon. "I was on the Pentagon property in a vehicle with someone who worked there. But God"

God has used this gift to bring Johnette through some of the most difficult and trying times in her life. She is an avid writer looking to be published. She journals her thoughts and sentiments through essays, articles and poetry.. "Writing is my passion". Through writing Ms. Moore has learned to engage the presence of God and it is a daily prayer that those writings "produced by my hand will draw folks into God's presence and encourage them to seek intimacy with Him".. In addition to writing, her joy is made complete when she stands to minister poetry at weddings, funerals and other gatherings.
Outpourings... "written through me"

Dorina Shine and the Support for Creative and Inspirational writers Forum would like to acknowledge our feature Poetess Ms. Johnette Moore

A short story written in poetry form
By: Johnette Moore



Here I am ... Send me

One day as I was walking along a lonely road
I came upon a fig tree, and this is what I heard
Rest your weary body, sit beneath my wings
Listen to Me daughter, and I will tell you somethings

You see before this fig tree, life had been so rough
The road had been rugged and the meat I chewed, so tough
The mountains and the valleys, the vast and rough terrain
Had bought me to this fig tree and I sat beneath the rain

In this cool and pleasant place I listened to the voice
As the Master explained that day, He'd given me a choice
I could go on as I had done, or He could change my course
I could do it all my way or let Him be the boss

I pondered on this briefly but knew what I must do
I simply had to consent to let Him bring me through
I knew that I should follow the wisdom of His lead
Not knowing where He'd bring me, while trusting me He'd feed

I threw my hands up in the air and said to Him that day
You are the Master Potter, I am but the clay
Do with me as you see fit, Make me in your image
Do what only you can do, I promise not to grimace

Take me Lord and have your way, do with me as you please
I give to you all that I am, right here beneath these trees
To day I give my right to chose, My destiny I sow
I vow to speak as you instruct and where you send, I'll go

Use me Lord to do your will, your purpose to evoke
Work through me as you will to reach out to these folk
Create in me a clean heart, make my feet to be
Moved in the direction that leads to the red sea

Take my hand and lead me Lord, speak that I might hear
Give clarity and vision as your Kingdom draweth near
Guide me in that direction that will see the red sea part
Do as only you can do, Lord circumcise my heart

I didn't really understand what I had done that day
As I relinquished all my rights so He might have His way
I didn't fully grasp the magnitude at all
Of this great commission and mighty awesome call

I really didn't have a clue of where I'd have to go
What I would encounter as His Heart I'd come to know
The valleys and the mountains I would meet again
But this time it is different, I'm really not the same

This time as I journey on the way is not so rough
The road is not as rugged and the meat is not so touch
Oh to some it might appear that what I bear is pain
But for me to live is Christ and dying is my gain

The gate is strait, the way so tight, but through it I must go
I count it but a privilege as on this path I know
I guess I'll never understand in it's entirety
What I really did when I said "Lord here I am, send me".

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. A-men.
Matt 28:19-20

  J.Moore © 12-5-09
E-mail:  beyond the veil@blessed.bm