| GOD’S LOVE HAS PUT A BIG SMILE BACK ON MY FACE True love has no boundaries You know you’ve have it When you’ve found peace Material possessions Mean very little When your heart Is full of content God has this amazing way Of showing us this In a world full of Greed and contempt I pray that God leads me In everything I do The life I came from Was pure misery In what I went through My tormented mind Did not cope Until I accepted Jesus At the moment The chains of the devil Finally broke I never thought I could Ever be this happy I never thought I could Be at peace I never thought I would Ever be contented But God’s love in me Has been cemented Whether I live on this Earth or go home to Be with my living Lord I will always know God’s love In Him, I will always adore Suffering is part of life It was through this suffering That I found life My painful memories I’ve left behind The future is glorious It’s only in a matter of time You’ve changed a hopeless life By showing me what true love is This has put a big smile Back on my face Thank you my heavenly Father For your mercy and grace © Natalie McDonnell October 5th 2011 |
SHE TREATS HIM LIKE A FOOL This woman goes right off For every little thing It’s impossible to relax Never knowing what The next day will bring All you hear is bedlam Coming from their house Most people are afraid To say anything because She throws stuff at them As they cower down Like a mouse Suddenly you see Her partner’s clothes Thrown onto the ground Obscene language Is yelled at him As she tells him To get out and leave town Everything they own Is in her name She has even threatened To smash all he had Before she came Just so he would Have nothing left It’s like she wants To hurt him deeply Their little daughter Cries as she sees Her dad upset This has been going On for some time This sort of behaviour Would send anyone Off their mind It’s a wonder her partner Hasn’t lost his cool Every time they’re Together she Treats him like a fool Her parents cannot Stand her partner Because of all her lies This situation is serious He could become suicidal Something needs to be done Before someone gets Hurt and dies © Natalie McDonnell October 6th 2011 |
| STAMP OUT THE DEVIL Suffering challenges Our spirit to succeed What comes from These trials is wisdom And growth, this Is what God has Taught me Through every Trial we learn Something new We may not like What we go through At the time But one day you will Look back and thank God for the way he Has kept you in line I’ve made plenty Of mistakes and I’ve Paid a high price For doing things my way I hated listening to What my parents Had to say But it’s a different Story today If I had of listened To Godly advice I may not have been Abused for many Years of my life When you make a Decision to do Something you know Is very wrong There is always A very high cost Not only to you, but For your loved ones too Praise God for Directing my path Stamp out the devil And all his miserable wrath © Natalie McDonnell October 7th 2011 |
THESE WORDS HAVE WISDOM You make a rod for your Own back when you fall Off the wagon and leave The righteous track I found this out very fast The grass always looks Greener on the other side Until temptation Gets the better of you by Listening to the devil’s lies It’s been long Road for recovery Years and years I might add I was a know it all and it Didn’t worry me that I Did things that were bad Boy didn’t I come down a Peg or two when God Saw I was getting out of hand I had very little respect for My parents, due to the Abuse I suffered as a child Rebelling was not the best Idea because I grew up To be pretty wild I hated being nasty and vile Something inside of me Told me this is not How I should be I have nothing but praise For my God and for What he done for us On the cross I for one didn’t deserve His grace, he saved me Because I was lost Nobody gets away With doing wrong even if They think they can There is nothing hidden That God cannot see No matter how tough you Think you are or strong Your lies and deceit is Always known, it’s only a Matter of time before these Things are revealed And when you’re caught out It’s you that will feel Such a dishonest heel ©Natalie Price October 8th 2011 |
| WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE The love of money Can destroy the soul Especially if it’s the only Thing that motivates you To get everything Under your control Some people will stop At nothing to get what They want, even if it Means putting on A false front Men have come After me in the past For that very reason I didn’t have all That much but On their part It was a fake liaison I soon picked up On their real motives Especially when one Was cheating on me And he didn’t think I would notice Others would Expect me to give Them meals Lend them money To pay their bills I was very rarely Asked out on a date All they did was Fill my head with Pretty words Until I woke up Before it was too late Vulnerable lonely Women are an Easy target for Unscrupulous men This goes both ways Of course as men Cop the same thing I often hear it Happening to them For me this would Have been a big mistake I woke up before it Was too late Praise God that I did Otherwise they would Have taken the lot I can only thank my Lord That they did not © Natalie McDonnell October 9th 2011 |
THANK YOU JESUS YOU HELPED ME SEE Don’t be afraid to Ask for guidance It’s the first step In the right direction And don’t let pride Stand in your way From admitting That you were wrong Believe me, I came From being a weak Self doubting person To being strong I was always afraid Of taking the first step In trying anything new Because I felt no one Believed in me and As a young person I never had much Encouragement Even if it was due My determination To win came from Years of being put down Praise God I came through With this fighting spirit To fight back and win I’ve overcome These attacks Because I knew I must start Believing in myself Since then I feel my life Has been enriched So believe in yourself We all have some gifts So don’t keep them hidden Have faith to believe Because no matter what Others think You will succeed God has faith in me Thank you Jesus That you helped me see © Natalie McDonnell November 10th 2011 |
| OUR MISSION Our true mission is Soon to begin We’ve made a Conscious effort To turn our Backs on sin We’ve been called To be disciples To the lost and Hungry souls Who cry out from Their desolate Wilderness Where their lives Are out of control There is hurting And abused people In everyplace we go We intend to tell Them about Jesus Because we are Living miracles As we know The love of Jesus Just shines from Our hearts Both of us have Been to hell and Back again, but That’s all in the past The time is here And people will hear The stories we Have to share The reason we are So passionate about This, is because We do understand and care Our mission is to Travel this land by Giving hope to the ones In utter despair We know what its like When some things In life are hard to bear © Natalie McDonnell October 12th 2011 |
I ONCE THOUGHT I HAD TO BUY LOVE AND ATTENTION Life brings us challenges Wherever we seem to go The grass often looks Greener on the other Side of the fence But honestly, do we really know Sometimes we jump Into things far too soon It’s only a matter of time When you see your plans in ruin God has a perfect plan For every step we take But for some reason or other We keep making terrible mistakes This has happened to me Most of my entire life I just kept refusing to listen Consequently my life Was filled with strife Bad relationships one after another Abuse seem to consumed me In the end, I wondered Why I bothered People use to tell me These guys are using you It was an awful experience To go through I once thought I had to buy Love and attention But to their closest friends I was never mentioned My heart was breaking deep inside I tried to conceal my feelings This was very difficult to hide At times I hid away So that I could have a good cry If someone truly loves you You are wonderfully blessed Sometimes we walk away Tragically our lives become a mess In the end I started to listen To what God was telling me I’m now happily married And now know what True love really means For the first time I felt My life was in God’s hands When he answered my prayer I soon met and married this wonderful man © Natalie McDonnell October 30th 2011 |
| WE COULD BE LIVING ON THE RUN Teenagers can be very Tough to handle Especially when They become abusive Threatening to use Violence to get What they want My own teenage kids Were no exception Even though their bluff Was just a front I know what its like to be Threatened with a knife We had to protect ourselves And our property This often ended in a fight Our house was like a war zone I hated going home I was so embarrassed to face My neighbours I hated being alone My kid’s demands became More threatening As time went on They knew the laws would Protect them, even if They were in the wrong I often wonder what Society will be like in Many years to come If this is an indication We could be living on the run © Natalie McDonnell October 2011 |
THERE IS NO NEED TO FEEL GUILTY Why do I have to feel guilty Living my own life I’ve always been there For family because I believed that was right Now that I’m married My husband must come first But the family don’t Always understand this But I refuse to be coerced I haven’t stopped Loving my family But my life must carry on They don’t like me interfering When their lives go wrong My family want control This I do not intend to give God is my source of strength Where he guides me, I will live Family can be selfish in thinking What is only best for them As long as I’m doing What they want I do not get condemned My family are adults They live their own lives I know longer skip to their tune For once I’m thinking wise Sometimes we have to be Tough and stand Our own ground There is no way I’m being Dictated too, this only Pulls me down Many people put Their lives on hold To satisfy their Family’s wishes And their kids There is no way On earth we intend To do this, I would Lose my plot and Blow my lid Making the break Is hard to do But doing what your Family wants will Never help you ©Natalie McDonnell November 4th 2011 |
| MENTALLY DISTURBED This man is in A dark place His heart is full Of unforgiveness This misery is Seen in his face He refuses to listen To anything we say He constantly Discredits us By talking over us Making sure things Go his way It’s impossible To reason with This man It doesn’t make Any difference Even though we’ve Tried to reach him In trying to help Him understand Mentally I feel he is Severely disturbed Something bad has Happened to him Down the line He certainly is Showing all the signs As far as he is concerned Everyone he meets Attacks him in No uncertain terms For the first time I actually felt Sorry for him His mind is so Messed up, its all Over the place I hope someone Will help him Before it’s too late © Natalie McDonnell October 2011 |
NATURAL AUSTRALIANS ARE LOSING THEIR HOPE AND LAND Our leader is ruthless Without a heart Power has gone To her head and This is without a doubt She is an enemy to the People she governs She might as well Use an axe in the Way she bludgeons She says if we’re under stress Her words, get over it People are being Forced to work Well into their old age It doesn’t matter How difficult it is for them As long as they earn a wage Some of us find It hard to learn Literacy and numeracy skills Many people suffer with Learning difficulties Their lack of ability Was not their will Yet we have a heartless Cruel Prime Minister Who expects us to cope She says the workforce Needs to be highly Adaptable because Of the pace and stress It’s more like she hopes To kill us off and Only keep the best This country is going broke It’s her way of Hanging us with a rope She certainly has helped Stuff this nation People have lost Trust in any form Of relations Our Prime Minister Will have a mutiny On her hands She better take notice soon Natural Australians Are losing their hope And their land © Natalie McDonnell November 13th 2011 |
| HE IS OUT OF HIS MIND I can’t believe how Possessive this man is I’m sure his Mind is twisted He seems to Have stumbled Off the bridge If only he would listen But he cannot take No for an answer He’s like a leech That sinks in Like cancer His presence makes My skin crawl You can’t reason With this man It’s difficult to Reach him I don’t think Anybody can Everyone he meets His anger pushes Them away His world is Full of darkness And despair Many times I Have tried to Cover him in prayer And many times I’ve tried to reach Out to him, only He becomes aggressive And then he scares me off The trouble with me, is I’m too soft His behaviour is Is extremely erratic Even though I’ve Tried to be sympathetic Now I’ve had enough He stresses me out to the max I can only hope God intervenes If only our Mental Health system Would listen to facts He’s threatened suicide Many times I honestly think He is out of his mind © Natalie McDonnell November 2011 |
BEING A MUM IS NOT ALWAYS FUN Sometimes I feel like Running away Life is not easy I must say So many things Have got me down This darkness feels so deep I feel as if I’ve drowned At times it feels that Everything is against me It doesn’t matter how hard I try This burden doesn’t leave Dear God, I have to ask why My children seem so far away Their hearts have so easily turned From the love I thought Would always stay I’m hurt because of their lack of care I find this pain so hard to bear This is not the way that They were brought up When I try to explain They’re very abrupt How can anyone do this To their own flesh and blood I feel I’ve been tramped on And treated like mud I’ve always been there To encourage them and Showed them that I cared Now I’ve moved away It’s like that they just don’t care Being a mum is not always fun They’ve loss all respect What they’ve said cannot be undone Once there was trust, now there is none © Natalie McDonnell January 2012 |
| WE HAVE NO WEAPONS There is so much brutality going on Horrific acts of human cruelty You’re can’t help thinking About your own security Everyday this evilness Faces us wherever we go Most of us don’t want to know Yet these treacherous brutes Are surrounding us Ready to attack We need to be ready To face this reality Be ready to act This world is so unstable What I’m telling you Is not a fable We have no weapons To defend ourselves This government Breaks its promises They do that very well Relying on them is Out of the question Our only hope Let me make a suggestion Accept Jesus Christ and Make him your Saviour Invite him in to sit at your table Give him your trust His word doesn’t corrode away His promises aren’t full of rust We have entered a time of upheaval This world is in chaos Filling up with evil The weapons we have Are not from this world But they have more power And found in God’s Holy word © Natalie McDonnell January 2012 |
LOVE IS THE GREATEST HEALER A good lover is something I’ve never been This has haunted me All these years Especially when I think Of the years in between I try very hard not to Go back to that time Now that I’m married You would think things Would be fine I pretend that Love making is A joyful event But deep inside There are parts Of it I resent I don’t let on That’s the last Thing I would do I would hate to hurt My husband when He is so loyal and true Believe me I do try Pretending to him Is really telling a lie I love my man Very sincerely He loves me too And very dearly So why can’t I respond In the way that I should It’s like those Feelings are gone I pray it’s not for good Healing of abuse Can come only one way Learn to forgive and Send those demons away The devil is the destroyer But love is the greatest healer © Natalie McDonnell February 2012 |