IT'S IN THE GENTLE CALLING

IT'S IN THE GENTLE CALLING

 

Softly speaks the wonder of the evening sky

Listen to the sound, its' soft and cooing sigh

Evening racing day and day saying good bye

It's in this gentle calling we hear the evening cry

The message that she brings is one of mother's Love

The beating of her heart soft as a flying dove

The sight the sound the feel, is all encompassing of

A heart, a mind and soul, speaking softly from above

Now before you turn and go, listen softly to the call

The whisper's  meant for you, from Forever and the All

The time we have between the dawn and evening's fall

Is our time to live in Love, standing strong and tall

Don't look back to long you see, for its ahead we laud

It's not the road behind us that can trip us as we trod

On this road we travel, we're troubled or we're awed

So listen gently to the voice and hear the words of God

Then follow in the footsteps as you walk into the night

For God so loved the world, he gave Eternal Light

And even in the darkness, you'll have unending sight

Hand in hand you'll travel, with courage and with might

It's in this gentle calling we  live out each new day

Listen, heaven whispers, there's so much more to say

Evening falls, we bow our heads, say "Thank You" as we pray

For in the sounds of silence, we hear "Love: it is The Way"

 

written with Love and Light by Nina Pauline Ploetz

Be as the water of Life...

photo by Sharon Forsythe Hinkson

There is a deep current that runs steady and true....when  obstacles are in its path,  water passes by seemingly unnoticed...  yet, quietly... over time.... the  water  changes, carves, smooths, ... water cleanses and purifies....water is soothing and soft spoken...... water is powerful energy and raging currents..... water is a necessity to our very being....  it sustains us, it cleans us, it lifts us, it energizes us...  

photo by Sharon Forsythe Hinkson

Be as the water of Life... run True....run Deep... energize those around you.... soften rough edges....for one drop, and another, and another... can change the world.... Be the water of Life, Be the water of Peace, Be the water of Love ~ Nina Pauline Ploetz

photo by Nina P. Ploetz

Come and join me and be the waters of change, be the deep current of Love that runs in,with and through each of us... it is there... look and see... honor it and let it shine for we are the peacemakers, we are the storytellers of Love, Hope, Joy, Abundance, Whole, we are the Lights of God, shining in the wilderness... Let your soul flow as the waters of life and become the change that is needed in the world today... We are united as One humanity living in our home called earth.  Many Blessings to you and yours, always and all ways. Love and Light, Nina P

Drums They Now Sound

Drums They Now Sound

 photo by Karen Schiefer

Drums they now sound

A Great Warrior cries

The beat of the earth

Is felt around

Heart of the land

And cry of the nation

Song of the ancients

So close at hand

Whisper of sky

Strong Wind is now calling

And clouds going dark

With tears they cry

Earth it must turn

Trading day with the night

Looking for changes

And ways to learn

 Open your eyes

And see all around you

War, bombs,  destruction

Hear all the lies

 

The mountains shake

Fresh water now tainted

People are dying

All is at stake

Much that is lost

Is humanities hand

Fighting for power

At any cost

Stop all  the hate

And end the pollution

We must do it now

It's not too late

Start now. Today.

Your home is in trouble

Your food and your life

Hurry don't stray

Drums they now sound

We can answer their call

Focus on sharing

All that's around

Earth is our home

Her rhythm is calling

Healing is needed

Peace must now roam

For One with All

Is a union that lasts

One family called earth

We will not fall

Focus above

And make heaven on earth

Let's make a difference

With Peace and Love

by Nina Pauline Ploetz 1-28-2012

 

This came to me  to help spark the Light of change in a troubled world.

Join me today and help create a world of Hope, Peace, Abundance and Love.

 If heaven is Love, and we pray, "on earth as it is in heaven"...

Than it stands to reason that Love is the way to "on earth as it is in heaven".

The Time is Now, The Place is Here, and the one to start is you and I.

Please, won't you join me in making this a place of Love: "on earth as it is in heaven"

Blessings t you and yours always and all ways.

With Peace,  Hope, Love and Light,

Nina P 



The Seed of Life...

The Seed of Life...

 

 

The seed of life starts small, yet when planted and fed it changes and grows. As it sets its roots deep into the earth, it sends up a fragile shoot into the challenges of life. If kept in the dark, the growth will fade and not flourish. Add the Warmth of the Light and the fragile shoot lifts its head stretching, reaching, gaining strength and courage to grow. The Light invigorates the seed, giving it energy and the ability to thrive.... yet light without nourishment is not enough to sustain the seed.

Storms come and challenge the seed. However, with the storm comes the nourishment of rain. Even through the darkest and toughest storms, there is something that is given to the seed. When roots run true and deep , the strength is there to weather the storms of life. If the seed is never challenged, it may not be able to withstand the strains of the cycles of life... hence, from struggle there comes strength.

When the night  comes and  moonbeams shine, there is rest. A time and place for reflection, healing, change,  and growth. It is a time to contemplate and softly resonate with life.  A time to look to the stars and see the connections of life. A time to listen to the breeze and hear the wisdom of the ages. A time to dream, learn, and connect with the eternal. A place where new growth may want to stay and be held in moonbeams and dreams.

The seasons come and go and the rotation of life beckons our inner spirit. A new dawn awakens  and  the day begins  Blessed with the  power and strength  of Light. Stretching towards the Light, it nourishes through the leaves, to the stem and roots. Gaining strength and health, color and glory the seed of life is  nourished and grows.

Each day, each cycle of life, brings with it opportunities to persevere and grow. We are but seeds of humanity gaining from our earthly experiences. By learning lessons and growing In, With and Through the Light, we find Hope, Courage, Healing and Love. Through the diversity of experiences, we can live. Our soul grows in the Light, finds nourishment with the Spirit, and thrives through God's Love.

May you grow strong roots in the soil of the ONE Truth, may you germinate and grow ever reaching for the ONE Light, and may you Thrive with the knowledge that we are all brothers and sisters of the eternal family of ONE God. May we all nurture each other and grow into the beautiful Garden of our Creators design.

Plant Peace, Sow Kindness, and Be Love.

Written with Love and Light by Nina Pauline Ploetz 1/7/2012

Path...

What first may appear as a discouraging obstacle, with New eyes, may just be: the shade in a desert; the stone used to climb to new heights;  a bramble to hang on to for support; a deterrent that changes your direction from one of harm to one of safety; a reason to pause and look around and see where you've been, where you are, and where you are going; a bridge from one path to another; ...  

With Truth all things are possible. With Love you never walk alone. With Light there is no darkness. Trust in Gods Truth, Light, and Love: for living in, with and through the ONE  you will find strength, courage, compassion, ...and you never walk alone.

Blessings to you and yours. Love and Light, Nina Pauline

The Photo

The Photo

The camera sees things we don't

yet we know they're there

Like Guardian Angels all around

or someone's lonesome stare

The smile that is not quite real

as worries fill up minds

Or glances filled with admiration

romances of all kinds

Birds or trees, or maybe a scene

no matter what the view

Emotions shared forever more

for part of it is you

So next time you snap a photo

look at what you've found

For locked in time for all to see

is Life that's so profound

written with Love and Light

by Nina Pauline Ploetz

7-31-2011



See The Eyes Of God

 The world seems a bit crazy lately, wars, natural disasters, death...   We look for reasons and want answers. We want to fix, prevent, stop all of these things... Our hearts and minds race; our anxiety skyrockets... I say to you, find time to stop, that's right just stop yourself, your mind... and look... yep really look into a child's eyes.... They seem to have an answer that we, as adults forgot. A Knowing, a Trust, that there is someone greater than them taking care of things.... If you don't have a child then grab a magazine and find one of those heart felt photo's of a child.... and look deep within the eyes....you will find there is so much more to life... for deep within those eyes, you will find LOVE.

We, as humans, need to take notice and stop what is in our control to stop.... heal, what is in our control to heal... and Trust that God is there All Knowing, All Seeing... Watching, Waiting, Encouraging His children to learn, through the hard lessons, learn from our own human mistakes, and remember what we seem to forget... We are all Children of God... Look into your neighbors eyes, a friends, an enemies, your own... truly look beyond our perceived human faults and prejudices... look deep within the eyes... to the core... it is there you will see the ONE heritage we ALL share.... The common thread of us all.... see the child of God looking back at you.... 
 Once you do this, see it feel it, you will never be the same... you will no longer be able to hold grudges, keep anger, resentments, you will no longer want to hurt or cause pain.... Love comes in and fills those old places of hurt and despair with  Forgiveness, Hope, Grace and Love. This will be the catalyst needed to start making changes first in ourselves, and then to heal the earth.... for if we have Love in our hearts and realize we are all Brothers and Sisters of the ONE Great Creator, we will re-connect with our ONE true Nature of unity with humanity, the earth and beyond. 

Blessings to you and yours my family.... for I look into your eyes and see our connection....

Love and Light,
Nina P

The poem below is a little different format, but that is how it came to me... a disjointed beginning smoothing out to  a unified ending....

(and yes, this photo was one I took of the full moon looking down through the clouds watching, waiting for us to once again realize we are whole, we are ONE, we are all Children of God...)

See The Eyes of God

At times life seems hard

We try to look for answers

And stumble in the dark

We want to fix what's broken

Our power is too weak

 Individuals that we are

Like a storm it keeps on coming

Make it go away!

Rain dampens the inner spark

Sometimes the pain's too much

We cannot even see

Why is God so far?

Through tearful eyes I wonder

A child's eyes peer up

Staring back at me

 There is Wisdom in these eyes

This child of the Light

Teaching me how to cope

The knowledge of the ages

The beauty of the now

A glimpse of God I see

It's the reunion of all Spirits

As I Look into the eyes

Filled with so much Hope

I see God's Love and Grace

Then the Understanding

Easing  shards of pain

It's then I see Eternity

In those eyes of Love

A silent conversation

A reflection of pure Love

 God's Loving  Child

Watered by the rain

The Light in the darkness

Shines for us to see

For every situation

So look into a child's eyes

See the eyes of God

Compassion is our goal

God's our Greatest parent

Holding with great care

Blanketing us with Love

Spirit fills these eyes

Where God and child abide

Light  and Infinite  soul

Life's about experiences

What a precious gift

That's sent from God Above

Written with Hope,  Love and Light

by Nina Pauline Ploetz 4-11to17-2011

So go and Look into a child's eyes..... See the eyes of God

follow the Truth into the Eternal Light of God...

I wrote this for a family that is loosing the battle with childhood cancer. They are preparing for yet another journey of life. One that we must all walk some day... but never alone.... Angels are there guiding the last earthly breath and encouraging the very next breath of Eternal Light, Love and Life ..... We are all Gods Children... Sons and daughters of the Light... each with our cross to carry through our journey.... the one  Hope that Lives in each soul.... shall follow the Truth into the Eternal Light of God...

It is hard through the tears of pain and loss to see the joys of New Beginnings, New Hope, New Life...A transition, if you will: from a human body with a Spirit guided Soul, to a Heavenly Spirit guided Soul.... returning home to a Heavenly Family that Loves  and has missed him while he's been Blessings those here on earth.

God calls all children home back to our Eternal Home. Our hearts ache as human hearts do as grieve we must. But when the breath comes, and air breezes through.... we feel, we know, that our loved one is there... perfect in every way.... We find comfort in the sweet scent we detect, the brush of an unseen touch, the kiss of a breeze across your cheek.... You know your loved one is there.... being held in the softest hand, protected by the Love of the Eternal God....

This is what I wrote for Jack and his family:
This is a time of year we remember God's  human journey of trials, pain and Truth.... He walked through life knowing what would happen, yet he shared His Light with all. He traveled His journey on earth for a short time, and rejoined with His heavenly Family.

We are all children of God Created in His image. And Jack is walking his own human journey.... as your son, and as a cherished child of God. We all can only hope to live our lives as full and joyful as Jack and everyone at Camp Jack. You shine Light even in the darkness... and have shared that Light with all.... What a great lesson you are teaching each and every one of us. I thank you for that as it is though you we glimpse God.

You are  Angels here on earth. I look into Jack's eyes (OK, only through photo's but...) and through them, I see his heritage come through... I see the eyes of God looking In, With and Through him. There is depth of knowledge of the ages in his eyes... a pool of infinatant souls joining in his Light.... His eye's shine the Wisdom and Grace of God...

Stay strong as you follow in the footsteps of those that have gone before. You are a child of God and, as with us all, in God's time... we are all called home. May your journey continue as you follow Gods Light to so many adventures you have yet to behold....
May God grant you His Healing power and Grace, may He comfort you in times of darkness and may His Glory Shine upon you and all at camp Jack and grant you His Peace and Understanding.

May the Blessings and the Promise of Easter Be with you always.

Look into the eyes of a child
and see the Light of God.

Love and Light,
Nina P

The Road We Travel

This is the link to an amazing true story of Faith, Strength, Hope, Courage and Love. Holding on through a journey that would cripple many. Yet, through the tears, there is so much that comes through Love, so much that comes through Caring, We all have our journey, our road we travel....As humans we are prone to hang onto the why..... but as Souls we know that it is about the how... It is with that inner strength, wisdom, Faith, Grace, courage, Hope, Love, etc... that we follow our Guiding Light for however long it takes and through whatever hardships and joys..... We are all teachers, we are all student's..... we are ALL children of God.

.... If you want a glimpse of  God's eye's... Look into Jack's.... for All children favor their parents in some way or other...

His story is the inspiration for this post. 

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/campjack

THE ROAD WE TRAVEL

When feeling lost and afraid

Look up and you will find

Many angels around your every side

So many of every kind

They cannot interfere with life

they are only there to guide

Each journey lived  has to be traveled

No matter how hard the ride

As humans it's hard to understand

Why some roads are so rough

It doesn't seem fair that this is the way

That  life should be this tough

Yet each of us is a precious soul

with our own road  to ride

Things we must learn and also teach

To all those on this side

God has a plan for each of us

That's perfect in its own way

Though it may not seem fair to us

It is Guided every day

It is with Faith that we get through

One moment at a time

Each breath we take, a precious gift

God's Grace; a perfect rhyme

We are travelers here on this earth

part of the Master's plan

Some day we will all understand

Every child, woman and man

We walk our paths as best we can

While we're here on earth

The ultimate Goal  is to learn and live

As we travel to rebirth

There is no end to Life you see

It's only a transition

From one form to another

At least that's my position

So live each moment so it's full filled

Let God and Angels guide

For the road we travel  never truly ends

We just change how we ride

Written with Hope, Love and Light

by Nina Pauline Ploetz 4/2/2011

The Journey

The Journey

God gives us each a road to travel

A journey that's all our own

No one knows how longs the path

Or how many seeds are sown

One thing's for sure each step  we take

Is watched from Above.

Be it long or short in human time

Moments are guided by Love

We do not know the twists or  turns

Or the length of the road

But we do know God Light's the Way

Guiding each path that's sowed

When life seems hard or even cut short

Go to the depth of your soul

It's there you'll find Infinite answers

As God sets our individual goal

We are eternal Souls; Spirits if you will

With a temporal experience here

Be it a moment in time or a life full  filled

Our  existence is what's dear

 

Many Teachers we meet as our paths cross

And so,  many lessons to learn

A loved one's  journey is not ours to walk

Yet, they are  our concern

Remember the Light that guides your way

Shines with Strength and Love

When we feel pain of suffering and loss

Follow the Light, and look above

It is there you'll find comfort and hope

As the stars remind us you see

That each short journey here on earth

Is a gateway to Eternity.

God created each and every one of us

and it's Love and Light he sends

"So live each day as if it is your last

And learn as if it never ends..."

Written with Love and Light,

by Nina Pauline 2/20/11with edits 3/29/2011

Tis the Season for Love and Caring

 Tis The season for Love and Caring 

Tis The season for Love and Caring

And sending a gift or two

To share the Joy of Life around

For that is what we do

So light your candles and don your tree

Whatever your heart's content

Just celebrate this winter time

Compassion’s what is meant

To new beginnings and joyful ends

Reflecting on the past

Keep only what is good for you

And your life will last

Look to the heavens and follow the star

Peace comes from above

Then share the Light with those around

It leads you to such Love

Be thankful for what's given to you

Sometimes we may not know

What blessings hide within the things

That life to us bestow

So take this time of promises true

Listen and then live

Receive with humble  gratitude

And then go out and give

Be it snowflakes or sunshine you have

The season is complete

When we spread God's Light around

With Love to all we greet

For in the season of peasants and kings

Gifts from different hearts

Are given with such Joy and Peace

As Love to all imparts

May your life be filled with Amazing Grace

As only God can do

Many Blessings be to you and yours

Is my wish for you

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Kwanza...

 Happy whatever you celebrate this time of year...

And a Very Blessed and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

written with Love and Light, Nina Pauline Ploetz 12/14/10