The Well Experience in the Wilderness: Poetry Birthed from the Storm

By Shenequia Smith

This book is a spiritual entrance into the authors life journey of wilderness, the scriptures and poetic expressions of depression, confusion, hurt, doubt, disappointment, etc, lead her to a well of hope, faith, strength, healing, wholeness and love. The author expressed her pain from suffering because she didnt know who she was and she had not yet tapped into her purpose and calling, but after she called, accepted and connected to her Savior, Jesus Christ, she was able to walk out her purpose and calling, as she persevered toward the promises of God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 31, 2010
• ISBN: 9781469116327

Shenequia Smith

Shenequia Smith is a single parent raising two lovely children, Simone Davis-her 18 year old daughter and Richard Turner-her 16 year old son. Ms. Smith is a licensed minister serving at Rhema Tabernacle Ministries in Dallas, Texas, her spiritual parents are Apostle Quincy & Kerra Slaughter. In May of 1992, she graduated from Justin F. Kimball High School in Dallas, Texas. She was on the National Art Honor Society and awarded a trophy for Promising Young Artist. She is now pursuing her Bachelors in Psychology at Dallas Baptist University and her goal is to become a Biblical Counselor in the future. Ms. Smith’s passion and her godly talent is informing, encouraging, and uplifting the people of God through her poetry, plays, quotes, and songs. She was a victim of deep depression stemming from her childhood and was healed by the hand of God in August of 2007, she struggled in the past with low self esteem, jealousy, and lust because she didn’t know who she was and she didn’t love herself, but through God’s word, confession, prayer, and spoken truth by Faith…and by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of her testimony…she is healed and whole too. To God Be The Glory!!!

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Copyright © 2009 by Shenequia Smith.

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All scriptures were taken from BlueLetterBible.org,

Bible.org, and The Holy Bible by Zondervan, KJV.

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Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Dedication

The End of the Road

Is but a Bend in the Road

Introduction

Wilderness

Expressions in the Wilderness

These Issues of Mine

Angry Soul

Can You Fit My Shoes?

A Battle between the Sexes

Mirror-Mirror

Can I talk to you?

Tricks in our Slave Trade

The Cave

The Deadly Disease

Possibility

Coping in the Cave

A Revelation from the Sun (Son)/ A Metaphor

A Woman

Woman I

Woman II

A Testimony

I Am a Queen

The Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder (Christ)

What is Beauty?

Compassion of Christ

Buried Alive

Arise, and Walk

The Idea Man

A Bag of Emotions

Alone In This World

Just A Note

Completely Broken Before Your THRONE

Drop It!

A Waterfall of Weakness

Why did he have to choose me?

So Much In Common

Sista-Hood

An Inspiration By Surprise

Peace on the Rooftop

Escape-Psalm 71

Even when all the clouds are grey,

don’t give up!

Is it really too much to ask?

Try Again

I Am the Target

Love is . . .

I Love You Past Your Soul

Intimacy

Waiting for my Love

The Thought of Us

Dig it up!

The Death of a Carnal Christian (Eulogy)

The Enemies Bad, Has Done Me Good

Trouble Produces Treasures

Lust

The Danger of Untamed Desires

Saved

My Praise

Lord, your Love leaves me Speechless

Just For Me

Red Carpet Syndrome

On Our Wedding Day

Now Is Not The Time

Celibacy

Don’t play with my Fire

The Forgotten

My Regret

In Love with a Dead Man

Trials

Longsuffering Season

Be Real

Bound in the Mind

A Generation Gone

Old, Stubborn Tree

The Kill it Quick, Gossip

Remedy for Gossip:

A Struggle with You (Unworthy)

Rainfall, here my cry!

Women, don’t let the flatter fool you!

Surrounded but Isolated

Because I didn’t know that Jesus Loves Me,

I became a spirit of Jealousy.

You Got to Go Away

A Cry from the Cave

Why Did He Have To Choose Me?

Who Can Help the Little Girl?

Why Do Caged Birds Sing?

The Power of Words

The Hang-Man Syndrome

The Best Is Yet To Come

Life on the Crossroads

Cry Loud and Spare Not

A King

Only You Can Fill this Empty Space

A Call for the Gardener

Jesus is the Gentlemen

You are my Sanctuary

Real Intimacy is in his Presence

Because of Him

Jesus

You didn’t ~ But he did

Words from the Author

Foreword

Welcome to the first book release of Minister Shenequia Smith entitled "The Well Experience in the Wilderness. Get ready to experience Poetry like you have never experienced it before. For those who have ever struggled with your God image, self image or past image this book is for you. Follow Shenequia as she takes you through the Wilderness of pain to the Well of healing and wholeness. You will find healing as you read through these prophetic poetic pages of life experiences.

Apostle Quincy & Lady Kerra Slaughter

Senior Pastors, Rhema Tabernacle Ministries

Dallas, Texas

To a dynamic woman of God, I am excited to see that you are now sharing with the world your amazing God given gift of life through this book. I must first say, I am so thankful to God to see you moving forward in your book. I know it is going to be the best book ever! And it’s only the beginning of many great books to come. I truly believe that God is going to use this book to help heal people hearts and minds in so many ways. This book is going to bring people out of a well, drowning, into a well that will flow living waters.

Be blessed always, Minister Smith.

Min. Phenicia Johnson

Author & Owner of Newsletter Say It Ain’t So News

Acknowledgments

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

1 Peter 5:10 (KJV)

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you.

1 Peter 5:10 (Amplified Bible)

First and foremost, I give all thanks to my "I Am, That I Am . . . .