I want to like myself. I want to love myself. I want to trust my feelings and thoughts. I know I am lovable because Jesus and Karen say I am lovable. My nieces and nephews love me; they like to talk to me, they look excited to see me, they jump to hug and kiss me. They are happy to let me touch them, stroke their hair and look in their eyes. There is freedom with them I don’t feel with most of the people in my life — they like to be loved. They let me encourage them. They trust me. I see in them, things I learned to dislike in myself and it helps me see that I have judged myself too harshly. I love watching them grow. I know God feels this for me. When it is just Him and me, life is easy. But I let “what if’s” collect. Sometimes it is next to impossible to detach from these…but I haven’t purposely been using the tool of detachment for very long; I am sure it will get easier.
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Four Words
I heard You yesterday
surrounded by trees and strangers
I felt You walking with me
I looked for someone coming
over my shoulder and all around
and then You spoke
“Do you feel Me?”
Four words relieved my anxiety
Yes I feel You
Our steps were in unison
and I wasn’t alone
Greeted by people in need
people in a hurry
people who can’t see me
You were steady and leading
I have stumbled looking for You
Today Your strength kept our path
“Do you feel Me?”
Four words show You trust me
to know You are here
Our steps are in unison
and I am not alone
New Floors
I know how to scrub floors
I can do it in any dress
whether in drag, rags or coiffed to the nines
I am here to serve
On my knees with or without implements
I’ve cleaned up messes I didn’t make
I have grown and I have watched
you drop your plates, scraps and shrapnel
where I can see
you maintain your stature
and my body become one with the floor
At your pleasure I have served
watched my sisters at their stations
until I was alone
Then a swift kick in the rump
can send me airborne
to scrub what no one else saw
On my last trip down
I decided to stand up
and walk away;
maybe learn to dance in my own house
because her smile made floors out of clouds
Many Foundations
My father worked hard and built two houses
one wanted to be an island
the other wanted to be the world
When he left the island he never came back
It was my job to keep it from floating away
While my light shone bright You sought me
Before my small hands could break
You breathed into me Your life
because without You I wouldn’t be
My father collected 4 porcelain dolls with painted faces
but I was really a house of mirrors
My dress was full to cover my broken parts
because no one wants to see some things
To bless those You need to be seen
You made me with the ability to see
Mirrors tell truths minds can distort
You heal wounds even we can’t see
My father came from a railroad house;
he built with tools he had learned to make
Tools the world says are strong but not on an island
I’ve moved to the city
The island likes to be what it wants to be
When I walk by a mirror I am surprised to see smooth skin
The other dolls have cracks from smiling too hard
Your wind has scattered them to their hills
But I stand here because this one You made for me
You have built my new house
You’ve sent me a sergeant to be strong when I can’t
My mirrors are broken but we want to hang Yours
Your light shines through every dark place
Your carpentry will make sure my father and his houses are welcome
Your foundation is forgiveness and we will have strong floors
Elevation (Joyful/Moodlifting) Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil Blend
An elevating oil blend. This uplifting combination of Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils® creates an energetic aroma that may help stimulate the body’s chemistry and help produce feelings of happiness.
Ingredients:
- Amyris
- Clary Sage
- Hawaiian Sandalwood
- Ho Wood Leaf Oil
- Lavandin
- Lavender
- Lemon Myrtle – has a strong lemony aroma that is refreshing and may elevate mood.
- Melissa – has an uplifting lemony aroma
- Osmanthus – common in the world’s rarest and most expensive perfumes. Its heady, uplifting fragrance is very rich and has a sweet floral fruit bouquet that is known to make people smile.
- Tangerine – may help calm and relieve feelings of stress and enhance energy.
- Ylang Ylang – has calming properties. Promotes feelings of self-confidence, joy and peace.
Clove Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil
AKA Clove Eugenia CaryophyllataAids in maintaining healthy mental stimulation, healing, and creating a feeling of protection and courage.
Clove has a spicy, warming, slightly bitter, woody, reminiscent of true clove buds by richer type scent.
Blends well with Basil, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Clary Sage, Grapefruit, Lavender, Lemon, Wild Orange, Peppermint, Rose, Rosemary and Ylang Ylang Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.
1 Corinthians 3:9-16
1 Corinthians 3:9-16
For we are God’s fellow workers; You are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stray, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire: And the fire will test each ones work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work, which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do you not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Lord I am so blessed and thankful for Your salvation. Thank You that You chose me and pursued me every day of my life. As unworthy as I am; You are diligent to call me Your own.
Lord, considering that Your Word declares that homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God, You know this is my “thorn in my side.” With my whole being, I do not want to cut myself off from You and yet even as I married Karen, You continue to beckon to me. You remain faithful to me. You even bless my requests that You help me love and care for Karen and be an honorable wife.
The God I read about in the Old Testament doesn’t seem to be the God that cherishes me and never leaves me; Who always shows me that You are loving me and guiding me and quick to remind me that I am washed, sanctified and justified by Your Spirit. Among many things, I have to file away with the things that are only known by God until You choose to reveal them.
I am truly humbled by You. There are times I want to rejoice, yet I am speechless—like right now.
Psalm 95:1-2OH come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
With all the labels that the world wants to put on me: Female, Caucasian, American, Obese, Chronically Ill, Gay, Independent…and so many others…Beloved Child of God and Wife seem to be the only ones You choose to keep at the forefront of my mind.
In a world that wants to judge me and condemn me and maybe even rightly, according to Your Word, shun me, You are the first to lift me up and call me Yours. Even in my own mind, I understand I am not worthy. But You remind me that I am Yours and You choose to save me and know me.
Psalm 21:6For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
Lord please test with Your fire, my household, now rather than on the Day, so that we may replace the wood, hay and straw with Your presence, which is so much better than gold, silver or precious stones.
Please continue to help me become more like You and love others as You do; not with my heart, mind or body, but with Yours.
Isaiah 12:2-3Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid; For YAH, the Lord is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.
My name is Summer. That is how you can call me. I hope that I am a blessing to you. I am not perfect. I will fall again. But I am forgiven.
Do you know Jesus? Do want the Holy Spirit to fill you and give you understanding and salvation? Ask Him. Want someone to pray with you? Contact me.
If you would like to know Jesus as your friend, but want to make this amazing commitment by yourself please pray something like this:
Thank you Jesus that You are the Son of God, the God that created heaven and earth. Thank you Jesus that You came to earth in the form of a man so that You would be able to empathize with my humanity. Thank You that You did this in order to fulfill the promises You made at the foundation of the world.
I realize that I am a sinner and do things that hurt myself and keep myself away from you. Thank You that You died for my sins so that You could defeat death and bring me into Your life. Please forgive me.
I ask You to be Lord of my life. I ask you to heal my hurts and show me what my new life, empowered by You looks like. Thank You for Your mercy.
Amen
The Lord is with you always.
Whisper® (Alluring Blend for Women) Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil Blend
Whisper® Alluring blend for women.Therapeutic Grade Alluring Blend Essential Oil aids in maintaining healthy emotional balance and skin.
Ingredients:
- Bergamot – may help relieve feelings of stress, tension and anxiety. Uplifting and refreshing aroma.
- Cinnamon Bark – has antidepressant and stimulating properties.
- Citrus Absolute – is stimulating to the sense of touch, sight and sound. May help quiet nerves and promote feelings of peace.
- Cocoa Bean – has a pleasurable, soothing aroma.
- Geranium – may help with emotional balance, liver and kidney functions and the discharge of toxins in the liver.
- Jasmine Absolute – Uplifting to the emotions. Helps produce feelings of confidence, energy and optimism.
- Patchouli – may help calm and relax, relieving feelings of anxiety.
- Rose Absolute – is stimulating and elevating to the mind. Its beautiful fragrance is felt to be aphrodisiac-like in nature.
- Sandalwood – may help alleviate feelings of depression and diminish one’s own egocentricity and help accept others with an open heart.
- Vanilla Bean Extract – may induce feelings of calm and reduce tension.
- Vetiver – has antispasmodic and locally warming properties. Has been valuable in relieving stress and helping people recover from emotional trauma and shock.
- Ylang Ylang – has calming and sedative properties. Promotes feelings of self-confidence, joy and peace.
Galatians 1:10
Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
Paul had been a Pharisee. He had been taught and he practiced all the laws, given to him by the church – even killing Christians because that is what he knew – Yet Jesus, Himself, came to him and transformed him so much that he became ready to be about God’s real business. If he had told God no, he would have had a frustrated life, pleasing men, but by following Jesus, he helped save men for generations as he is author of much of the New Testament.
Myrrh Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil
AKA Myrrh Commiphora MyrrhaAids in maintaining healthy hormones, immune and nervous systems and healthy skin.
Myrrh has a warm, earthy, woody, balsamic type scent.
Blends well with Frankincense, Lavender, Sandalwood and all Spice Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.
Common Application Methods:
Topically: Can be applied neat (with no dilution) when used topically. Apply directly to areas of concern or to reflex points. For sensitive skin always use with Fractionated Coconut Oil or other carrier oil.
Mark 11:17
Mark 11:17
Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?’ But you have made it a den of thieves.”
In the passages before this scripture Jesus is telling people that possessions can have power over us; they can make it impossible for us to follow Christ – I must admit, I like to dream about a future that sparkles with a big house and backyard with children and animals – but what I really want is room to build relationships and love people. I can do that in this little hotel room, I have been blessed to live in for 19 months. I have had loved ones visit, had tiny dinner parties, danced, sang, even worshiped Jesus out loud here. I have forgiven BIG hurts and gotten stronger and more aware of what God made me for, I have blessed people who live here, made are friends, engaged with old friends, been desperate – AND – majorly blessed here. Some of the most life-changing revelations and healing in my spirit, ever, have happened here. Time and time again, Jesus tells me, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
Mark 4:3-9
Mark 4:3-9
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow, and it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth, but when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. And seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced; some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. And He said to them, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear!’”
Frankincense Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil
AKA Frankincense Boswellia FrereanaAids in maintaining healthy emotional balance, immune & nervous systems and skin. Therapeutic Grade Frankincense Essential Oil may help people to focus their energy and eliminate distraction, while improving concentration. In the workplace or school it may ease hyperactivity, impatience, irritability and restlessness. Used in meditation to enhance spiritual awareness.
Frankincense has a rich, deep, warm balsamic, sweet scent with incense-like overtones.
Common Application Methods
You Have My Hands
In the quiet You are here
In the clatter & destruction
You are here
When I reach out my hand
You meet me as far as I need
I know that You know
that I know
that I know
You know
I can’t walk alone
So You are with me every step
You know every tear
every drop of blood spilled
every wound
that I can’t allow to heal
You are the perfect salve
I will never go septic
When I stop
strangling myself
You will be the air I breathe
Because You are my heart
that beats
the synapses that fire
and You will not let go of my hands
Written by Summer D Clemenson 12/29/2015
Oregano Essential Oil
AKA Origanum Vulgare
Therapeutic Grade Oregano Essential Oil has many traditional and modern uses.
- Used as a cleaning agent
- Supports healthy digestion and respiratory functions
- Contains phenolic acids and flavonoids – powerful antioxidants
Common Applications:
Slim & Sassy® (Metabolic Blend) Essential Oil
Slim & Sassy® Essential Oil Blend supports your weight management goals with a proprietary essential oil blend. Metabolic Blend helps manage hunger throughout the day while boosting metabolism and promoting a positive mood. When taken with a healthy eating and exercise plan, it can help you reach your weight management goals.Formulated with Grapefruit, Lemon, Peppermint, Ginger and Cinnamon Essential Oils
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Add to water or tea and drink before working out for a revitalizing energy boost
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Consume before meals to help control appetite and overeating
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Perfect for any healthy weight management program
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Add a drop to your favorite protein shake
Cinnamon Essential Oil
AKA Cinnamomum ZeylanicumTherapeutic Grade Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil is well-known for its use as a spice but cinnamon is also used for its many unique benefits. Although Cinnamon Oil has many benefits, it often causes irritations and allergic reactions, so it is important to cut Therapeutic Grade Cinnamon Essential Oil with Fractionated Coconut Oil.
- May promote healthy circulation
- Maintains a healthy immune system
- Long used to flavor food
Basil Essential Oil
AKA Ocimum Basilicum
Basil Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil can help maintain healthy bones, muscles, and respiratory, cardiovascular and digestive systems. Basil can also help maintain an open mind and increase clarity of thought.
Properties:
- Antibiotic
- Antidepressant
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiseptic
- Decongestant
- Disinfectant
- Expectorant
PastTense® (Tension) Blend Essential Oil
PastTense® Essential Oil Blend is a distinctive blend of essential oils known to reduce feelings of tension and stress. Tension Blend has a soothing effect on both the mind and body and promote feelings of relaxation and calm emotions. Tension Blend Essential Oils comes in an easy to carry on the go 10mL roll on for easy application.- Features Therapeutic Grade Wintergreen, Lavender, Peppermint, Frankincense, Cilantro, Marjoram, Roman Chamomile, Basil and Rosemary Essential Oils
- Apply to the head and neck
Types of Uses for Therapeutic Grade Tension Blend Essential Oil:
Citrus Bliss® (Invigorating Blend) Essential Oil
Citrus Bliss® Invigorating Blend Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils combines the powerful benefits of popular citrus essential oils. Invigorating Blend has natural, potent compounds with cleansing properties. Mixed with water Invigorating Blend is a perfect solution for wiping down countertops and other surfaces while producing a fresh, sweet scent.Proprietary Blend of Wild Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Mandarin, Bergamot, Tangerine, Clementine Essential Oils and Vanilla Bean Absolute.
Types of Uses for Therapeutic Grade Invigorating Blend Essential Oil
- Cleanses and purifies the air
- Helps reduce stress
- Positively affects mood with energizing and refreshing properties
AromaTouch® (Massage Blend) Essential Oil
Massage therapy is one of the most beneficial holistic treatments available. There are so many benefits to adding this treatment into a regular routine. AromaTouch® Massage Blend Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil is a proprietary blend that combines powerful benefits of oils well known for their soothing and relaxing effects.- Features a blend of Basil, Grapefruit, Cypress, Marjoram, Peppermint and Lavender Essential Oils.
- Comforting and relaxing effects.
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