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Little drops of water,

Little grains of sand,

Make the mighty ocean

And the pleasant land…

So the little moments,

Little deeds of kindness,

Little words of love,

Help to make earth happy,

Like the Heaven above.”

          Julia A.F. Carney

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we watch with eyes wide open

mouth agape

heart pounding, mind racing

 

we watch the chaos unfold as the chaos makers

for reasons of their own

create disorder

 

in the beginning the power of Love

that something greater

created order out of chaos

 

and now here we are

creating and climbing our own foul tower of Babel

undoing creation

each one thinking of self

of power and money

the Kingdom of the earth

 

yet we were created “in the image”

imago deo

 

does that not mean,

dare we not believe,

that we were designed to be those

who participate in the making, not the un-making

of the Kingdom

co-creators of the peaceable kingdom

 

where enmity is destroyed

and differences are laid aside

and all are together

lion, lamb, goat, wolf, child, viper

old, young, rich, poor,

live together in peace, caring for, and protecting one another?

 

co-creators of an earth that is happy

and healthy

not burning?

 

is this not the truth, nay, the expectation behind

the teachings of Jesus

who bore the image so completely?

 

give to the poor

feed the hungry

cede power

hold fast to the truth

fight for justice

 

destroy the chaos of the kingdom of abuse and greed

be salt

be light

 

this is who, what, we were created to be

people who make the earth happy

people who do not just carry the Spirit in us

but allow that Spirit to transform us

and move us

into service and humility

 

so that order is created out of chaos

hope emerges from despair

service replaces domination

exclusion is replaced by welcome

love overwhelms hate

and life emerges out of death

 

at times it seems hopeless

at times we feel helpless

 

but we are not in this alone

we are in this together

it is together, working with Love and

with one another that we find our power

 

as was once noted

if you cannot do great things yourself,

remember that you may do small things in a great way

(Napoleon Hill)

 

I may not be able to save the House of Representatives from itself

I may not be able to reverse climate change

but I can be kind

I can help a neighbor

provide food to the food bank

listen

visit a person who is trapped in their home by infirmity

 

helping create in my own small way

the Kingdom of Love