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Ask and Receive (next day repost)

My God’s intervention depends on intention; just like my submission is humble commission. Submission is open voice intervention does not foist. … I submit for approval God does not bamboozle. I abide by planning without manipulating. Yielding is submission. Joining is intervention. Ask and receive accesses and two standards addresses, good through expectation and badContinue reading “Ask and Receive (next day repost)”

Ask and Receive

My God’s intervention depends on intention; just like my submission is humble commission. Submission is open voice intervention does not foist. … I submit for approval God does not bamboozle. I abide by planning without manipulating. Yielding is submission. Joining is intervention. Ask and receive accesses and two standards addresses, good through expectation and badContinue reading “Ask and Receive”

Goodness

My God, Why do good things             happen to bad people? The common good             protects and serves             but objectifies. My God, Why do bad things             happen to good people? The common good             provides law and order             but judges without compassion My God, How can I be indifferent             regardless ofContinue reading “Goodness”

Evolution

us loving God does not make us good. God loving us makes us good. Love changes – blessings count and graces exceed, we rise and we fall. For the common good, imprints and imposes a quid pro quo justice… and retribution rules. Love changes – mutations are random expressions of relationship. For the greater good,Continue reading “Evolution”

Forced Choice

Timing is everything – There are no absolutes… There are always possibilities… Choices must be made, though and our commitment complete. yes means “Yes” and no means “No”. Even so, discernment is not one-and-done. The Tempter appeals “I give you what you want, everything you have-to-have, holding nothing back.” Despite the benefit, regardless of intention,Continue reading “Forced Choice”

Community

All for one, one for all – my responsibility makes community. Harmony is not lock-step… asks for listening and honesty, celebrates dialogue from all viewpoints. Community is a power for good, always supporting the common good, sustaining the greater good in all ways. Awareness of Presence… gives us inclusion and indifference, allows everyone to beContinue reading “Community”

Peacemaker

Blessed are the peacemaker for they will be called children of God[1] Peace does not deliver justice… to make peace involves everyone’s sacrifice for the common good. Pacificism deescalates, submits right action as good will, and thus, promotes freedom from strife. Communion asks all get along – simply dwell non-competitively as neighbors not adversaries. ReconciliationContinue reading “Peacemaker”