HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD . . .
the higher power, Life itself—
NOT red, white and blue
NOT orange or gold plated

SILENT INVISIBLE . . .
yet seen and heard
flowing through ALL of Creation

PRESENT IN ALL
those who see and hear
and those who
cannot see or hear
IN
buildings and
chapels and
sanctuaries
not made with human hands –

Each
heart that cries out,
Each
soul languishing in darkness,
Each
flower trampled underfoot
is held
by
the Unseen Presence of Love
awaiting awakening
of
the depths of Life within
planted by the Creator,
the essence
of
Being
drawing ALL back
to incomprehensible
Oneness
of I AM . . .
incomprehensible . . .
I AM . . .
MY HOPE

Simple, NOT Easy

in this time, I see chaos
in this time, I see fear
in this time, I see hate
I will NOT repeat the
words that support
chaos or fear or hate!

Words have power
and TRUTH is not spread
by repeating UNtruths,
even if my motive is
to prove them UNtrue!

Every time I repeat
an UNtruth,
I give UNtruth power . . .
I refuse to play that game!

I will speak what I believe
TO BE TRUTH and
TRUTH will bring
PEACE, TRUST, and LOVE
as it displaces UNtruth!

TRUTH versus UNtruth –
I CHOOSE which to SPEAK,
which to SHARE,
which to HOLD in my heart . . .
TRUTH or UNtruth?

I CHOOSE . . . TRUTH
I CHOOSE . . .
simple, not easy!
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“Your body adapts
to what you eat.
Your mind adapts
to what you consume.
Your soul adapts
to what you love.
What you feed yourself today
is who you become tomorrow.”
-James Clear
(https://jamesclear.com/quotes/your-body-adapts-to-what-you-eat)

No matter how long I live,
I have come to the conclusion
that I am a “child” at the
beginning of a journey
that I had no idea I was on . . .
maybe I have reached the “tot” stage!

Born by no conscious choice
of my own
into circumstances and a time
not of
my own conscious choice
with relationships
not of
my own conscious choice
presented with challenges
not of
my own conscious choice
SO THAT
I feel I am always a “child” needing
to learn and discover ways
beyond my current level
of understanding . . .

Today, I decided that what I
need to do is to break my “life”
into smaller pieces – just Today,
examine what I am thinking
only for that small window in
measureable time – ask and answer
“what are my thoughts of today?”

Maybe, at the end of this day,
I can review and explore the
“thoughts of tonight”!
Did my “focus” stay the same or
what “rabbit trails” distracted me
and where did they lead as
I prepare for rest tonight?

Simple, NOT easy . . .

I saw the leaves shining
and I knew somewhere a “light source”
was the cause of that shining –
those “shiny leaves”
confirmed that there was
a source of light somewhere near
even though I could NOT see it right then!

Maybe it is the same in my world . . .
if I open my eyes to see the “shining”
of good things done by some people
I could share those “shiny leaves”
with people surrounded by darkness . . .
talk about the evidence that there
is a source of Light near
even if I cannot see it right now!

Could I help draw others to see
that source of Light,
encourage others to HOPE in
the power of Love
instead of the
love of power,
including myself?

simple, not easy –
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“The world as we have created it
is a process of our thinking.
It cannot be changed
without changing our thinking.”
—Albert Einstein

back BEFORE the “basic” questions
I have asked, I have come to realize
that there is a question I need to ask
and answer before those “basic”
thoughts –
the foundation of what I need to know:
does GOD see me and hear me?

The universe that man knows exists
is SO vast, so beyond all imagination . . .
and there is SO much more that we
do not know exists—
does the Creator of all this immense,
overwhelming, mysterious
evidence of an inexplicable life force
flowing through more than science
can explain, more than mankind
can understand—
DOES this Creator,
CAN this Creator have interest in this
one miniscule container of the common
life force put in place throughout a
universe so vast outside time and space . . .

To equate the Creator with a parent,
I can grasp how I can love the child I
“produced” no matter how many millions
of other children are in the world,
BUT what if I had billions of children
crying out for my attention . . . it is
beyond my ability to comprehend and,
SO, I ask the questions
and I wait in uncomfortable silence
for the answer I need deep within . . .

GOD, do you see me?
GOD, do you hear me?
GOD . . . dare I ask it . . .
do you love ME?

and my heart “hears”
a gentle whisper,
“yes, my child, I see you,
I hear you, I love you . . .”
and, for a moment, I feel the
Life flowing through my heart
and I know . . .