A post I found online.....author unknown-
Some People
Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never, ever the same.
Some people come into our lives
and quickly go, some stay for awhile
and embrace our silent dreams.
They help us become aware
of the delicate winds of hope...
and we discover within every human spirit
there are wings yearning to fly.
They help our hearts to see
that the only stairway to the stars
is woven with dreams...
and we find ourselves
unafraid to reach high.
They celebrate the true essence
of who we are...
and have faith in all
that we may become.
Some people awaken us to new and deeper realizations
for we gain insight
from the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Throughout our lives we are sent
precious souls...
meant to share our journey
however brief or lasting their stay
they remind us why we are here.
To learn... to teach... to nurture... to love.
Some people come into our lives
to cast a steady light
upon our path and guide our every step
their shining belief in us
helps us to believe in ourselves.
Let us reach out to others
and feel the bliss of giving
for love is far richer in action
then it ever is in words.
Some people come into our lives
and they move our souls to sing,
and make our spirits dance.
They help us see that everything on earth
is part of the incredibility of life-
and that it is always there
for us to take of its joy.
Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never, ever the same.
- Posted by a fellow sojourner from his mobile office
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
One True Source
All that I am and need comes from God. God is my source. My comfort, healing, peace, joy, strength, love and well being. Saying that God is my Source is a truth that if understood and part of my daily practice in worship, prayer and devotion my life remains centered, empowered and in sync. It is when I do not live my life out of this truth, chaos, frustration and failure seem to abound. During these times of being out of sync, I tend to look for those things I can only truly find in God in other things. This is idolatry. Idolatry is not about bowing to a statue, or offending God's ego by worshiping another. It is about living the false illusion that something or someone else can give us what only can be found truly in the One True Source....God. Real Love begins in God. Real Peace is rooted in God. And so on......
For many of us in the GLBT community, we have had difficult experience with religion or church and many time project this unto our idea of God. This is because we have bought into the false idea of God that religion sometimes peddles. The judgmental, angry, jealous and unaccepting god that is seeking ways to reveal to you the errors of your ways and who out frustration will one day, be done with all of us with one fiery solution. However this is more of a solution that religion has adopted to deal with a group of people who do not fit into their neat, cookie cutter idea of God and life.
I invite everyone to allow God to reveal God's love and essence to you. This Relationship based on a Love that comes from God, is where faith begins. Knowing this love produces faith. Knowing that God is love and loves all is where faith begins. This Love is the Good News of Christ and is salvation for all. This Love is the essence of God and is the base and foundation of true faith and religion. Anything less is simply a human attempt to form a false god to get what it cannot produce or supply.
God has not separated "god-self" from you but instead wants to be reunited with all of us, so that we can experience this Love and tap into the source of life, peace and live from our true nature and spirituality. This is what salvation is. Not a "get out of jail free card" or an escape from Hell in the nick of time, but a reconnection with all that is true and a setting things right.
The truth and availability of this is now, the living this out is a daily practice. There are times when I am quite successful at living out of this truth and it affects every area of my life and every relationship. However there are times when I fall into old patterns and try to find love in other things and people and I soon feel anxiety, restless or lack of peace. This is the hunger of my true essence and spirit crying out to reconnect with my One true Source of Life....God.
In the next article, I will talk about a few false sources we sometime look to....
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For many of us in the GLBT community, we have had difficult experience with religion or church and many time project this unto our idea of God. This is because we have bought into the false idea of God that religion sometimes peddles. The judgmental, angry, jealous and unaccepting god that is seeking ways to reveal to you the errors of your ways and who out frustration will one day, be done with all of us with one fiery solution. However this is more of a solution that religion has adopted to deal with a group of people who do not fit into their neat, cookie cutter idea of God and life.
I invite everyone to allow God to reveal God's love and essence to you. This Relationship based on a Love that comes from God, is where faith begins. Knowing this love produces faith. Knowing that God is love and loves all is where faith begins. This Love is the Good News of Christ and is salvation for all. This Love is the essence of God and is the base and foundation of true faith and religion. Anything less is simply a human attempt to form a false god to get what it cannot produce or supply.
God has not separated "god-self" from you but instead wants to be reunited with all of us, so that we can experience this Love and tap into the source of life, peace and live from our true nature and spirituality. This is what salvation is. Not a "get out of jail free card" or an escape from Hell in the nick of time, but a reconnection with all that is true and a setting things right.
The truth and availability of this is now, the living this out is a daily practice. There are times when I am quite successful at living out of this truth and it affects every area of my life and every relationship. However there are times when I fall into old patterns and try to find love in other things and people and I soon feel anxiety, restless or lack of peace. This is the hunger of my true essence and spirit crying out to reconnect with my One true Source of Life....God.
In the next article, I will talk about a few false sources we sometime look to....
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Greater One on the inside
The Greatness of God dwells within us by the Holy Spirit. The greatness of God's Love, Peace, and wisdom all dwells within us as a great resource. God is our source of life, strength and ability to rise above our old limited life born of the definition given us by this life or world. however God seeks to define our life by God's ability within us. This is the abundant eternal life that Christ came that we might have. The problem is many of us have more faith in our old definition, instead of allowing God to renew our mind by God's definition.
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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