Sunday's Blessing

Draw near unto God, and he will draw near to you. James 4:8

Peace. Love, Linda

Sunday's Blessing

The Inescapable God

Psalms 139: 1-11

O Lord, you have searched me

and know me.

You know when I sit down and

when I rise up;

you discern my thoughts from

far away.

You search out my path and my lying down,

and are aquainted with all

my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue,

O Lord, you know it

completely.

You hem me in, behind and

before,

and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful 

for me;

it is so high that I cannot

attain it.

Where can I go from your spirit?

Or where can I flee from your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you

are there.

If I take the wings of the morning

and settle at the farthest limits 

of the sea,

even there your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me fast.

Peace. Love, Linda

It's Time We Grow Up

Party planners and revelers are crawling out of bed to face a work day Monday. Another monumental celebration has come and gone. Our nation's birthday cake has been eaten for another year, and the flaming candle remains are bits of wire and paper left in streets, on sidewalks and in yards. It's raining softly, and the Southeastern residents as well as conservationist across the land once again tune in to the morning news to view pictures of brown beaches and oil slicked birds as well as roller coaster stock reports and nations on the brink of bankruptcy.

It's who we are. It's what we do.

In celebration of our nations birth, we should turn over a new leaf the day after July 4, 2010. The leaf is waxy brown on the side now showing as it lay on the ground, but if we flick it over, like the shiny green of a magnolia grandiflora, it's glowing freshly on the side not seen. As a young girl, I learned in Girls' Auxiliary, "green stands for growth." It's time, as a nation, we grow up. It appears that in times of strife when faced with adversity, a majority of us spend much time and effort fighting about who's to blame or who's "not doing what" while talking incessantly about just that. I hear few creative solutions in the noise.

Think about it. We are bright, smart, wealthy people.  Still, we let corporations, in the name of the dollar, take what is holy and and smash it . Can we blame only them? Our insatiable gluttony for energy and love of huge vehicles is a corner piece of this puzzle as is their incompetency. Aren't most all of us guilty of violating the earth in some form? As a side note but related, think of this. Many Americans who curse what is happening in the gulf, sanction war, which strips our earth of its most precious resources in ugly, violent ways including the killing of mankind.

We have the creative power of God, Almighty with us. We could be flooding our thoughts, minds and airwaves with his loving solutions that are there for us- if only we would seek them.

We can renew our world. After all, we are at the top of the food chain; we should know better.

Wisdom's Feast

Wisdom has built her house,

she has hewn her seven pillars.

She has slaughtered her animals;

she has mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

She has sent out her servant-girls,

she calls from the highest places in town,

"You that are simple, turn in here!"

To those without sense she says,

"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Lay aside immaturity and live and walk in the way of insight."

Proverbs 9: 1-6

Peace. Love, Linda

Sunday's Blessing

   

   Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually. Psalms 105:4

Peace. Love, Linda