Sometimes the messenger needs to remember to not shoot the messenger. When the Message is heard, the messenger is polite – without rudeness, direct, without smoke and mirrors. Life is conflicting Truth… thwarting community. Love holds opposing Word… dancing with divergence. When the Message is real, the messenger must educe – a heartfelt response, notContinue reading “Messenger”
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mountaintop
what we seek is seen from the Peak the ascent is alarming and the threat exhausting but the beauty beheld on the Way is enchanting the precipice menaces as we cling to a cliff and teeter on the brink we embrace the Divine gift we cannot procrastinate and continue to climb to see what isContinue reading “mountaintop”
Hear Me! (Psalm 120)
I call on you, my God, in my distress, please answer me. save me, my God from the lying lips and deceitful tongues of the willful, who surround me. Their lying is not helpful, their deception is unkind, Make them listen, their unfaithfulness is hurtful. pierce their hearts withContinue reading “Hear Me! (Psalm 120)”
Help! (Psalm 130)
Out of the depths I cry to you, My God, hear me. Be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, kept a record of offenses, My God, who could stand? But, with you there is forgiveness; therefore, you are feared. My soul waits for you, O God, and I need your protection, My soulContinue reading “Help! (Psalm 130)”
Lighthouse
On life’s way, there are many ports, our destiny is a journey with stop-overs and passing-throughs. Some places I have to be… and others I want to make On the way, I hug the shoreline, keeping watch that the coast is clear, letting the current carry me. The lessons learned while a sea… make possibleContinue reading “Lighthouse”
Faith’s Fruit
Joy comes from security. Joy is built for tranquility. “What must I do to have eternal life?” “You know the commandments” “I have kept them since I was a child” “Sell everything you have then… come, follow me.”[1] When I answer the Call, rapt with a fearful Faith. When I am well with God andContinue reading “Faith’s Fruit”
Tincture of Time
What if…? Can subdue study – Can weaken resolve – Can reduce practice – Good answer – accept change and admit chance with watchful waiting Good answer – review outcome and transform firmness with attentive imagining Good answer – transfigure presence and metamorphose life with heartfelt expecting Final answer – affect with a slight amountContinue reading “Tincture of Time”
Apostolic Spirit
Apostolic is a practice of love and zeal regardless of fatigue and inconvenience. Spirit is a doer of good and kindness with detachment, openness and purity of intention. “Love your enemies, and do good to them, without expecting a return, for you are children of God… [1] What foils it? Anxiousness distracts the mind. WorldlinessContinue reading “Apostolic Spirit”
Tree Lessons
Adaptation changes colors – vividly reflecting the times it celebrates seasons Shedding sustains being – detaching a little at a time makes for a long life Dormancy practices stillness – listening to a cold wind keeps possibilities open “Out” is naked and vulnerable – exposure does not cancel it respects truth and goodness Blossoms renewContinue reading “Tree Lessons”
Rain
“One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.”[1] Rain, rain… go away “Umbrella is comfort, rain is life! You must often leave comfort to touch life!”[2] Come back another day “Those who say sunshine brings happiness have never danced in the rain.”[3] Rain, rain… soak away “If you pray for rain, youContinue reading “Rain”
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