FW: thought

The whole of creation is the Body of Christ. How can this not be if Holy Spirit is in all and nothing can be without the breath of Spirit? One writer said, "Just to be is a blessing; just to live is holy."(Robert Lax). That same writer expressed a deep longing to hear God/Christ say, "I have always been here, and you have always been my child, and I have always loved you." Another writer long ago expressed his awareness of the Christ Nature, "For in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible…all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together." (Col. 1:16-17, NRSV). St. Augustine said, "our hearts are restless until they rest in God." (Confessions)….these various expressions of insight, understanding,experiencing God speak to me. Too long have we separated Spirit from matter, flesh. Too much has the world, earth, heavens been seen as out there and God is who knows where? It is great comfort to realize that any direction I turn, any place I go, any experience I have, anything I feel or think happens in God Presence. Through Christ I have found out that Grace embraces me and holds me carefully and does not reject me under any condition….(well, what do you think?)