To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

Stephen Covey 

 

 

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O Lord

It is easy to forget

the sacred in others

Sometimes it is difficult

to get past

all the external distractions

the anger

the hate

the poverty

hard to look past

the dirt

and the drunkenness

the behaviors we do not like

hard to look past

the smell

and the raggedness

hard to look past

the racing minds

the voices we cannot hear

the dark depression

that silence and isolation

 

but Lord

inside each of us

you reside

the Sacred seed is there

and when we reach out

with understanding

and compassion

when we reach out

and touch

we are on holy ground

Reluctant Growth

Usually, without growth being forced on us, few of us go willingly on the spiritual journey.

Richard Rohr

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Adversity

We hate it Lord

I mean really!

Isn’t being a child of the Ruler of All

Isn’t participating in the Sacred

Supposed to make everything easy?

Kind of like being in the Spiritual 1%?

And yet life happens

Big time!

Lord, help us to remember

That when adversity comes

We really have two choices

We can allow it to destroy us

Eat us up from inside

We can wallow in anger or self-recrimination

We can become less…..

Or we can go deep

Deep to the heart of who we are

And find You

In our radical vulnerability

We can cry for help

And reach out

Desperately for our heavenly parent!

Much as a child

No

Exactly as a child

And find comfort

And strength

And love

And

Yes

Growth

Thank you for transforming trial

into growth

perhaps reluctant growth

but growth

Remind us O God

To choose

Wisely

To choose

You

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“Those that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength”

Just love

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

John Wesley

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Christian ethics

are pretty simple really

Love God

Love the people around you

Not some of the people

All of the people

Love them no matter what color they are

Or what they believe

Love them whether they are rich or poor

drunk or sober

liberal or conservative

Love them when they are strong and productive

Love them when they are wounded

And hurting

Love them when

For whatever reason

You can’t like them

Just love them

Love them with loving speech

Love them through compassion

Love them with your actions

Love them with your attitude

Love them with your time

Love them with your giving

Love them by forgiving

And accepting

By seeing the seed of the sacred in them

No matter how twisted or blurred

Or hidden

The divine image might seem to you

That person in front of you

Is inherently precious

A child of God

A prince or princess

A child of the Ruler of All

So just love them

love them with all

the love (God)

that is in you

just love

(and don't forget to love yourself too)