A Christmas Twist

A Christmas Twist We were born and raised in Bethlehem. We were firm friends and had lived in Bethlehem our entire lives and we were there on the glorious day that Jesus Christ was born. We saw the star in the sky, we heard the Angels sing and we saw the Shepherds, all of which pointed to the great occasion. We played our part, in fact, I might be so bold as to say that we got the place ready and warm on the day He was born. You heard about the manger where Jesus was laid, well I made sure that there was hay in the manger so that when Mary laid her beautiful baby down, He was comfortable. I like to think of us as the welcoming committee. I, for one, made sure that the area was tidy and, that no one made a mess and that there was extra hay to support Mary and Joseph when they had to sit and rest from time to time. I made sure that things were done properly because I knew that our little town was going to be put on the map forever…….    ♫ O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see you lie! Above your deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by: yet in your dark streets shining is everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in you tonight. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the King, and peace to all the earth. For Christ is born of Mary; and, gathered all... read more

May 2022 Be Our Best Year Yet!

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In All Things – Thank God

  Ebooks from GLL Publishing available at Amazon, Smashwords etc – Books also available via www.gllpublishing.com Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 1 Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 2 Truths, Lies And Untold Secrets Blood Borne Connections U Murder U (Suicide) www.gllpublishing.com https://www.facebook.com/gllpublishings.co.uk?ref=hl https://www.facebook.com/Blood-Borne-Connections-book-121559344708084/?ref=hl TGBTG SFGK      ... read more

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                      Ebooks from GLL Publishing available at Amazon, Smashwords etc – Books also available via www.gllpublishing.com Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 1 Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 2 Truths, Lies And Untold Secrets Blood Borne Connections U Murder U (Suicide) www.gllpublishing.com https://www.facebook.com/gllpublishings.co.uk?ref=hl https://www.facebook.com/Blood-Borne-Connections-book-121559344708084/?ref=hl TGBTG SFGK      ... read more

Hope, Faith and Love

Hope My pessimistic friend says that I am a joke That I am too optimistic because I am called Hope. We were once ‘one’ before but he made a choice one day To remove me from his life, now he lives in a hope-less way. He blames me for the pain and misery he suffers from all the time. I have tried to tell him to change because his choices are his not mine.   You see I am what is considered a good thing I have lost count of the many joys and anticipated blessings I bring. There are so many people that look forward to a brighter day So I am constantly called upon to show them the way. I work hand in hand with a wonderful loyal dedicated friend His name is Faith and he is strong, resilient and does not bend.   All good things come in threes so I am told That probably explains why we have a third partner who is so glorious and bold. He is the greatest of the three of us, full of passion and so strong There is nothing He cannot do, and when you repent He forgives your every wrong. His name is Love and He is truly the Great of great Our mission: I, Hope, have Faith and with Love we operate.   Taken from Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled G. Lawson www.gllpublishing.com         Ebooks from GLL Publishing available at Amazon, Smashwords etc – Books also available via www.gllpublishing.com Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 1 Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled... read more

The Woman At The Well – Drink And Thirst No More

Drink And Thirst No More  A woman came to the well to get water She brought with her a jar made of mortar At the well she met the Man of Life Who told her all about her life   They were two different people and so she thought That she was unworthy to be near Him, but still He taught She listened as He taught her the truth that day Armed with it, she left her jar and went away   To return with her whole village, her whole clan And drink the life giving water that was this Wonderful Man   G Lawson Taken from ‘Despite All Odds: A DREAM FULFILLED Part 2 www.gllpublishing.com     Where there is Life there is Hope! Where there is Hope there is Life!   Ebooks from GLL Publishing available at Amazon, Smashwords etc – Books also available via www.gllpublishing.com Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 1 Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 2 Truths, Lies And Untold Secrets Blood Borne Connections U Murder U (Suicide) www.gllpublishing.com https://www.facebook.com/gllpublishings.co.uk?ref=hl https://www.facebook.com/Blood-Borne-Connections-book-121559344708084/?ref=hl TGBTG SFGK  ... read more

Rejoice, Give Thanks and be Led by God

  ♫♫ You are my LORD and SAVIOUR You are my GOD and KING I lift my hands to Heaven I lift my hands and sing . . . Jesus, come in To my heart Jesus, come in To my life Jesus, come in . . . ♫♫   Taken from – ‘Despite All Odds: A Dream Fulfilled part2 G. Lawson           www.gllpublishing.com       A Letter of Thanks to ABBA GOD   Dear God, Thank You   I may not be where I expected to be right now But I know that You are working things out for me And making a way where there seems to be no way Thank You I may cry at night, lonely and confused as to why I am still where I am But I know joy will come in the morning And You ABBA GOD will give me beauty for ashes Thank You My job, my finances, my weight may not be the best right now But my faith is growing as I read the Bible, Your Precious WORD every day And stand in hope knowing that all things are working for my good Thank You From your child – whose name is written on the Palm of Your Hand   (In all things give thanks – Always have an attitude of gratitude) From G Lawson  www.gllpublishing.com     Lead me LORD Lead me LORD and I will follow Let me know where I should go In You ABBA God is my tomorrow In You is everything I need to know Lead my LORD – Here is my hand Lead me... read more

Enough is Enough – We Need to Give a Damn to Beat Coronavirus!!!

What gives a man the knowledge that he can have it all? What gives a man the knowledge that ‘united’ men stand tall? What gives a man the wisdom to seek a better way? What gives a man the courage to live in honesty each day? ……….Love.   What gives a man the right to think he is better than another? What gives a man the right to judge another on his colour? What gives a man the right to destroy what others have built? What gives a man the right to live in sin and have no guilt? ………Hate.   What gives a man the knowledge that he can have it all? What gives a man the knowledge that ‘united’ men stand tall? What gives a man the wisdom to seek a better way? What gives a man the courage to live in honesty each day? ……….Love.   Created in Love man was never meant to live in hate. So what gives a man to do the right thing, surely a man who gives a damn. (taken from Truths, Lies and Untold Secrets) If you do not care about your fellow man then who will? If your fellow man does not care about you then who will? Gone is the day of me, myself and mine Now has to be the day of we, of us and of ours . . . United we are strong Divided we are weak Ebooks from GLL Publishing available at Amazon, Smashwords etc – Books also available via www.gllpublishing.com Despite all odds: A Dream Fulfilled Part 1 Despite all odds: A Dream... read more

Hurting People Hurt Others – Vinnie Saw His Father Kill His Mother

“I saw my father kill my mother”   ‘Vinnie’  My Psychiatrist says I have ‘hate’ issues. He says to hate someone is to despise or detest them. I believe that to hate someone can sometimes be a cry for help that has been ignored for so long that the tears have evaporated and turned into bitter poisonous salt—I hate my father!I loved my mother. She had the most amazing personality and warm presence. She was my down-comforter, my angel, my favorite toy and then some. Even though there were always people in and out of our house when I was growing up, there were things that only she did for me. She would ask me what I wanted to eat when I got back from school and, when I got home from school, there it was. She would set the table and we would always eat dinner together. I don’t ever recall eating dinner with my father, then again, he was never at home. My mother would help me with my homework and make sure everything was okay with me and school was okay for me. You know, I don’t ever recall my father asking me if I was okay, or how things were at school. My mother and I said our prayers together nearly every night. If, for some reason, she had to go out with my father or over to her folks, she would call me to make sure we said our prayers together over the phone and make sure that I was okay. When I talked to her, she listened. She didn’t give me the ‘Ummm’ or... read more

Two Old African Proverbs: (1) A Child Belongs to Everyone (2) It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child

CHAPTER 11  Do people know the day on which they are going to die? Do they wake up in the morning with a heightened sense of impending doom? Do they feel different in some way from the many other days of their lives? Do they feel more alert and more aware or maybe less alert and less aware? Grandma Teresa awoke on the 7th of August and, like all the other days since her grandsons had come to live with her, she felt happy. She was a slight woman with frail bones, due not so much to old age as to a poor diet, accompanied by years of anorexia nervosa, when she was younger. She was what many would call a woman of lingering beauty. At fifty-nine she still looked ‘catwalk’ striking, yet gracefully fragile. What Grandma Teresa lacked in her physical body, she made up for in her strong will and determination to help people. Her life over the past fifty-nine years held painful and joyful memories. The death of two young children from drug and alcohol abuse and the incarceration of a third child were the cause of the many furrows on her face. This was closely followed by the squandering of her mass fortune by two of her five husbands and the death of her first husband, her first love, an honest, hard working man, whom she always regretted divorcing. She could hear her grandsons and their friends talking in the adjacent room and smiled. Not only did she enjoy their company, for the first time in a long while she had people that took care... read more