Why can't we be humble
Like the good Lord said
He promised to exalt us
For love is the way
How men be so greedy
When there's so much left
All things are God given
And they all have been blessed
That's the way God planned it
That's the way God wants it to be, didn't He
Well, that's the way God planned it
That's the way God wants it to be, for you and me
Lyrics
by Billy Preston
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Everything happens for a reason!
Nothing occurs by chance!
Its all part of God’s divine plan!
Is that the way it is, really?
When that good person gets cancer, that’s God?
When that evil person flourishes, that’s God too?
When that person get unexpectedly well,
that’s God?
When another person simply dies,
that’s God too?
It is a mystery
this God thing
this powerful presence thing
for that truly, is what it is all about
its not about an external God
who is “up there” or “out there”
arbitrarily, sporadically
jumping into the mess
its about a Sacred, Spiritual presence that permeates us
all
and which variously
oozes from the inside out
into our daily lives
when we are open to this presence
when the Power rocks and rolls in our souls
things happen
when we are closed?
when we are self focused?
not so much
when we think God is ours alone?
not the way God planned it
when we think God is our excuse to dominate and coerce?
not the way God planned it
when we use God as a reason to judge and exclude
not the way God planned it
when we use God to support toxic individualism or
tribalism
not the way God planned it
when we think God is a cosmic bellhop who brings us
goodies?
not the way God planned it
all of us, connected to the ground of our being
all of us, permeated by love
all of us, with the fire of Sacred love roaring
and the wind of divine power blowing
all of us connected to the One
and thus connected to one another
living out LOVE
that’s the way God planned it
all of us, with the Spirit flowing into us
through us
out of us
between us
that’s the way God planned it
kindness is us letting Sacred Presence flow
so is generosity
forgiveness
and when we join together
and do it the way God planned it
wow
we can change lives
we can change nations
we can change the world
because that’s the way God planned it
(and that is why the Kingdom is near)
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