The Quill of Samantha Grace Newcastle

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  • Numerology, god, truth

    Lately I’ve noticed more Christians talking about numbers as if they’re messages from God!Be it things like number “2”, or “18” people or “7” this or “18” in multiple occurrences, and It never fails to always include or come with a  spiritual sounding tone: “God’s trying to tell me, or us something.”To be brutally honest,… Read more

  • Talent and Truth

    In God’s arithmetic, faithfulness multiplies far beyond amount or status.“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 25:30, Webster) these individuals do not merely lose reward, but rather their souls; all of this, as should be overly obvious, completely refutes the unscriptural doctrine of unconditional… Read more

  • Tired 7 6 5 4

    Life drags my body moves because it knows nothing else to do, yet breathing hurts like a fracture that never mends.The nights stretch, each one longer, the stars nothing but cold eyes watching What was once warmth is only dust now, slipping through my fingers as the mirror does not lie, a hollow face, pale… Read more

  • My son, I love you

    To Memory: Memory,you are a delicate thread, a tape-loop of laughter, hands molding clay,sticky ice cream fingers,the way he’d tilt his head,as if trying to catch the light and the sun that danced in his smiles I count the birthdays missed,balloons floating to ceilings,each one a year without his giggles, and there’s silence rather than… Read more

  • oh the lilacs

    the lilacs still cling to the corners of my mind,a ghost of my lovely childhood in my grandmother’s kitchen,where laughter simmered along with blackeyed peas and ham and fresh biscuits I remember her hands kneading dough while the rain tapped like pellets against the window; now their dining room sits with empty chairs,their silence shows… Read more