Passion written by Student Participants of my writer's workshop

Monday, October 26, 2009

Living the life of a revolutionary.

If you have a passion don’t stop until it’s fulfilled

Overcoming life’s tragedies, working through hardships

And out of it all comes betrayal and sacrifice

Passion comes from within, it could be a beautiful thing

Passion is the joy of life,

passion for sports helps us get better physically and through sacrifice we develop strength

Passion is the fire in the soul that burns within,

passion is something you never let go and it’s something that you’re good at

Living life within our passion is our revolution!

By the BECON Distance Learning Outreach students from Arthur Ashe M.S, Plantation H.S, Whiddon Rogers, McNicol M.S, Stranahan H.S, Seminole M.S, Lyons Creek M.S

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Sometimes

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sometimes
I feel like I'm looking for something that no one could give me
and it hurts like hell

I accept that she's gone
I just have to live with it for the rest of my life

Sometimes
I feel like there's no healing in death
Death is what it is, and I accept it

I have to move forward now
But that's what I'm having difficulties with

I appreciate the tough love
but all I want right now is a hug
and to hear "baby you'll be alright"

Sometimes
I feel like I want to scream
but there's no air inside
I must face the fact that I'll always be a motherless child

I don't want you to pity me
I just want you to listen

Listen to the words never spoken
the tears never shed
the hugs never felt
the letters never read

Moments I've never had
Moments that pass me by

Sometimes
I feel like I've been secretly mourning all my life
but thank God feelings come and go
some bring joy some bring sorrow
temporarily my thoughts cast off
like a vapor in the wind

I'm back to reality
My mother's gone
but I know that I'm never alone
there's a greater Love that keeps me grounded
A greater Love
and I'm glad I found it
I'm glad I found It.

I AM ART

Friday, August 28, 2009

I AM

I AM ART

ART IS BEAUTY

BEAUTY IS LOVED

LOVE IS CRAVED

PEOPLE WANT LOVE

PEOPLE WANT BEAUTY

ART IS BEAUTY

I AM ART

I AM

I AM

I AM ART

I AM BEAUTY

I AM LOVE

LIVING

IN ME

I AM ART

I AM BEAUTY

I AM LOVE

LIVING

IN ME

I AM

LIVING

IN ME

(c) 2009 Maeva "The Artist" Renaud

Photography by Ricardo Reyes with Techyourpicture.com

Body Art by Franklin Belizaire

" Fly Me Away"

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Dreaming

Away

Vicariously

Imagining

Diving

Head first into the deep

Ocean blues

Filled with emptiness

But then there's life

Dreaming again

Sitting on cloud 9, 10, 11

Counting sheep

I can't sleep

Something inside

Is making me weak

I need to get away

Fly away and find a place

to take my mind off

Dreaming...

Dreaming again

Away

Vicariously

Imagining

Diving

Head first my head hurts

I need to get away

Fly away and find a place

to take my mind off

Dreaming...dreaming...dream.

(c) Maeva Renaud 2009

Currently Untitled Poem

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sand
Through the hour glass
Each grain
An event
A day.

Each one
You can never get back
You cannot hold onto
You can look at them through the glass
Some obscured by others
Some shine brighter and more distinctly than most
You can look at them
And replay them in your minds eyes
But they will never be yours again.

Sand
Through the hour glass
Each grain
An event
A day.

Written by one of my co-workers who claims he’s not a writer..tsk tsk…isn’t this beautiful?

New Season in my life: part 2

Friday, April 3, 2009

... So I've been instructed to worship Christ in all I do. What I'm learning is that worship is a discipline. Worship requires relationship. It requires an intimate relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. In the Bible, it says that we must worship God in spirit and in truth? So where do we get truth from? The word of God! I was listening to "gospel radio" on my television and I think I went through five songs and not one of them was an expression of worship. I even went through one of my poetry journals and I could hardly find a piece that totally focused on my adoration and exaltation to God. That's when I realized that God is taking me to another level, where He is moving me from being an artist, to becoming a worshipper. He's bringing from just writing about my struggles and my pain to writing about His love and mercy, and from writing about what He has done for me to WHO HE IS!

This is going to require more of me, not just talent but discipline. I know that I'm going to have to be in my word more and in His presence as well.

I'll post my new poetry in the Dear God Poetry Blog for you worshippers out there. If you see something that's not exalting the name of the Lord, you have my permission to throw jello at me. ( For those of you on facebook, you know what I mean :-)

A New Season in my life: part 1

On February 15, 2009 we started a 21 day purification fast at my church; focusing on the body, soul, and spirit. The foundational scripture for the fst came from the book of Isaiah Chapter 58 verse 6 which states " is this not the fast that I have chosen; to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bonds of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every enslaving yoke?". As the body of Latter Rain Family Worship Center gathered together to fast and pray, I began to experience the manifestations of Isaiah 58:6. It was amazing for me to set myself apart from the rest of the world and it's vices to bring myself before the Lord, and He met me where I was and blew my mind. During the times of prayer, God revealed things to me about myself that I had no idea were affecting my growth in Him as well as an individual.

To make a long story short, through the fast, God delivered me from the spirit of rejection, healed me both internally and physically, and awakened my spirit and gave me a new drive!

Now, I'm so conviced that the old foundations that hindered me have been dug up and rooted out for good, and now the Lord God Almighty Himself is laying down His foundation in me and doing something comletely new in my life individually as well as for the ministry that I've been called to.

I am being re-built by the Master, and I'm expecting to come out as a Masterpiece!

So during this time of rebuilding and restoring, I am protecting my eyes and ears and setting myself apart from the things that will defile me or stunt my progress. As a born again believer and follower of Jesus Christ, no one should be able to compare me to the rest of the world. I am a peculiar being. The world does not dictate who I am nor what kind of life I should be living, only God can, and He has!

According to Him, I am a worshipper. I cultivate His presence in my life on a daily basis. As a worshipper, I am to prepare the way for the return of the King. For only He is worthy of our worship. He is worthy of our praise....

MArch 21st Event

Thursday, March 5, 2009