A Book for Everyone

By Johan Vermeulen

A book for everyone takes the reader on a journey of the heart. Looking at life through the art of poetry and with a deep sense of caring and understanding, brought this book into existence.

It is different from anything you have read until today. It deals with important life themes. It makes the reader think. It was written to make your world a better place.

The book is Christian,spiritual,motivational.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jul 27, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453543030

Johan Vermeulen

Johan Vermeulen stays in South Africa and is an advocate of profession. He enjoys writing poetry when time allows. He has a keen interest in people from all walks of life. He regards himself as a peoples person. The spoken and written words are the tools which we offer to all around us. It has power to start wars or bring peace. It dictates our present and future.

Book preview

You are a gift

You are a gift

To the world

Your being

Is a gift to the world

All great names

Left a special gift

It is their gift

That inspires others

Their gift was always themselves

Their dreams, ambitions and desires

Their dreams were never selfish

They gave, because they cared

They realized that in giving

They could change the world

They realized that in giving

They empower others

They realized than by empowering others

They are also empowering themselves

They all had a great impact

Because they knew that by giving themselves, everyone else could benefit

By knowing that others could benefit

They went to great extremes

Those are the ones that are always honoured, remembered and well received

They who gave endlessly

It is as a result of their great spirits

That we can live in abundance

Only by knowing that you are a gift

Can you be a gift

Many need your gift

Many can benefit

By what you give

Be the gift, become the gift

(ALWAYS REGARD YOURSELF AS A GIFT TO THE WORLD)

You are beautiful

Know that you are beautiful

Know that the universe cares for you

Know that many love you

And think that you are very special

Know that God cares greatly

That His love is rich and deep and passionate

That His love for you is timeless, boundless

That your future is in His loving hands

Know that whatever you think

You will have at the time that is right

For Him and you

At the perfect time

Hang on

Don’t let go

Your future is bright

Full and rich of the Fathers’ promise

Love, grace peace

Strength, courage

Comfort

And whatever you wish for

(THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOURSELF)

A clear direction

For Him the time has come to go

To depart this place

When the emperor declared His fate

He knew His Father could no longer wait

He took His cross

To lead the way

In life, He showed us all His ways

To live in truth, till our final days

Where I go, you cannot go

For a while I’ll be with you and no more

But you will again see Me, and your hearts will overflow

My spirit will descend and heal your every sore

There it stands the cross to see

With a clear message for you and me

Three directions directs His words to me

Think like Me, do and become like Me

My head points to the Father

My feet to all of you

To the left and right and all around

I bestow my love and grace on all of you

Take up your cross

And follow Me

Side with My party

And remain with Me

I will make your cross light to bear

Drink from My cup and have a share

Don’t be afraid, I am your friend

I heal and repair every dent.

(DO LIKE ME, THINK LIKE ME, BECOME LIKE ME!)

Awakening

I slept too long

In silence

The time has now come

To wake up and speak

For too long I stared

Watched, without seeing

Somewhere there was a cloud

That obscured many lovely things

The night has its treasures

Stars that gaze beyond our time

And the day a richness of colour

Light, which leaves many lovely sights

The essence of being

Is to find reason for our being

To look far beyond our understanding

In the mysteries of our gaze

My sight takes me far

To a corner of humanity

Where I see, and feel and learn

That deep down, we are more or less the same

I therefore try to explain

And understand much of mans experience

It becomes a journey to the hearts and minds of men

Where I see and pluck flowers, and touch their stem

(LOOK AND SEE!)

A Deeper understanding

There is no sense of understanding

Unless man understands himself

There is no sense of love

Unless man loves himself, and have compassion with others

Man is a product

Of mind, spirit, and soul interacting

To know and find yourself

And to live up to who you are, is the secret to life

Man’s success or failure

Lies in his fears and sense of power

Fear and power

Lies in mans inability to accept who he truly is

The human mind

Creates sense of fear and power

If you know who you are, and be that what you are

Fear and power lose meaning and do not exist

If the eyes of your heart is flooded with divine light

God’s presence reveals who you are

You are then just the person you need to be

Lacking in nothing, wanting nothing, knowing much

The biggest enemy of man

Is himself, his belief or disbelief of who he is, and should be

The cure and answer for much

Lies within man, when God dwells and steers

(LOVE YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU)

Awareness

THERE IS NO END TO LIFE

Only a beginning

The beginning of life

Is understanding and caring

There is no parallel to life

Only death brings something better

Life is love

And love is enjoying life

What the world gives

Is what we give to the world

To walk with God

Is our biggest asset, a priceless gain

In Him and through Him

We are

We are

Because He is

Nothing is

Without Him

(AWARENESS BRINGS UNDERSTANDING)

Choice