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Subject: thought

sometimes the only thing you can do is float and in so doing you are trusting in the buoyancy of Creation. you might say this is another way of living in faith.

dad/papa

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Father, save me from this hour?

> "Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say --'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name." (John 12:27) - He agonized over this decision. He did not want to die. But his heart, his life was surrendered to the work of God's love for humanity. He gave his life for us. Let us not squander the gift. Let us live our lives for him in the way the Spirit teaches, inspires, lights the way for us. The world calls us to live self-serving, but this is a dead end street. Pay attention to the lives of persons who use what they have to serve the good of others. You will see it all around you.......Well, these are some thoughts to ponder......
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The Fruit of the Spirit is Kindness

HE SAT ACROSS FROM ME. HE WAS BLIND. HE DEPENDED UPON THE LADY WITH HIM TO GUIDE HIM SAFELY. THERE HE SAT. WHEN HE SPOKE HIS VOICE WAS SOFT. HIS DEMEANOR WAS PEACEFUL. I WONDERED WHAT HE WAS THINKING. "....THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS....PATIENCE, KINDNESS, ....GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL." (Galatians 5: 22,23) - I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIS SPIRITUAL CONDITION; HOWEVER AS I LOOK A THE EVIDENCE I SUSPECT SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING ON WITHIN HIM.

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Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. (Mark 10:21) - Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:24) - God calls us to be open and engaged in responding to the needs of persons who do not have what they need for daily living. Sometimes that need is food, clothing, housing, medical care, training for a job, deliverance from injustices of the culture that prevails. The conflict between good and evil is on going and we must deal with it til the end of time and God holds us accountable. The story of the Good Samaritan teaches us that we cannot get by ignoring the need of suffering humanity. We are present to do what we can to care for our sister,brother,fellow human in the way they need..compassion.....this involves us at every level of life personally and in all the institutions of our world.

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"Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love,..." (St. Francis) - These words speak to each relationship and to the violence across the world. "Blessed are the peace makers...." (Jesus Christ) - This kind of life is worth living any place and any time.

Freedom

"It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out--in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then? (Galatians 5:13-15/The Message) - We will do well to let this light of truth shine upon the path of our minds and hearts today as we journey in the world. 

Your word is a light to guide me

"Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path." (Psalm 119:105)-- I can only walk in the light of Providence for  me.....I cannot judge the light on another persons path.....yet together our combined light can shine for all along the way.

The peace of God

> "....AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.." (Philippians 4:7) -- this is our grounding in whatever is in the now of my life, your life, .....at the center is Spirit and there is calm, peace flowing into us as quietly we wait.....
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Ageless truth upon which I stand

> "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55: 10,11) Ageless truth upon which I stand today and in which I live in this present content to trust the Word that is producing in it's time in me and in all creation...
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If you keep looking Down at Fear..

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Constant Conflict

CONSTANT CONFLICT GETS NOTHING DONE---COOPERATION MOVES MOUNTAINS-IN FAMILY, BUSINESS, POLITICS, IN ALL GOD'S CREATION......COOPERATION, COMPROMISE, TEAM-THESE ARE NOT BAD WORDS. WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST AND INDIVIDUALLY MEMBERS OF THE BODY. EACH HAS A PLACE BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BODY TO FUNCTION CREATIVELY AND FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD....

AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS

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> "AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS." (Deuteronomy 33: 27) - Babies, young children, teenagers, young adults, middle age adults, older adults yearn for, greatly need a sense of the Everlasting Arms of our loving, compassionate, forgiving, renewing, enlightening God. To deny this need results in foolish dependency upon superficial securities and/or transitory investments, alliances. Thanks be to The Everlasting Arms...
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Seeing life from a human level only results in dismay, despair, violence

Seeing life from a human level only results in dismay, despair, violence.---seeing life on the human level grounded in God's Kingdom and Righteousness results in faith and hope to deal with issues--engaging constructive patterns of behavior no matter how small. I looked out and saw my neighbor moving my trash can off the street to my garage door. That, i thought, is the Kingdom of God at work in seedling form.