Grace to Love

Woke up from a nap. Turned the channel to a show and watched it. It was about the death of a woman’s daughter who had died 10 years earlier. How she could or hadn’t changed her room in all those years. She was told she was living the victim role in her life. Her daughter had brought her so much joy, that in loosing her she continued to live in the past. She hadn’t moved on emotionally in many ways. It was like a slap in my face as I recognized who Lunara had been to me. She came into my life at the perfect time. She was a healing for me in many ways. I was able to give her the love I had bottled up inside of me for the years I was morning for the life I had lost, for the love I had lost, for the time I had lost. She was a new spirit, a clean slate, a fresh start in the world. Her greatest need was to be loved and I had plenty to give her. It almost came in an instant the timing was perfect. I had been suffering for years over the loss of my religion, which was not...

Critical times...today comes the worst storm in 100 years, political deception before a presidential election, and the many voices of rebellion heard around the world that promise destruction, these things disturb me as reality in the world.  But in a room, on the phone.... I heard a small, weak voice cry “I love all my children even if they know it or not. I wish they knew. I know I won’t be here much longer, but I will hang on for a while.” In his shaky voice he told me of a young nurse that had been kind to him, how she cared tenderly for him, gave him a little hug and a gentle kiss on his cheek. Then he said in a strong voice, “if you were here I’d give you the tightest squeeze”.  As frail as he has become over the years, there is a strength and a need to be touched and loved. I am thankful for the young nurse who gave such kindness to the old man that lay in that hospital bed. She was giving something from her heart, compassion towards a man sh...

My Dear Friend, This continues to come to my mind after reading your post and the article, “His Will Isn’t the Point”. http://www.stevenfurtick.com/personal-development/his-will-isnt-the-point/   It reminds me of the popular book that starts out, “It’s not about you”. Both of these I’m afraid are so misleading and disingenuous. Though they may want to lead you to God, they in fact do the opposite.  We cannot separate ourselves from God to find truth. We cannot separate God’s perfection and love into boxes or ideas of understanding and say, “This is what God look’s like”. This is carnal (natural) thinking. As if any of us can separate God out of His desire (will) put that part over here, His love over there, His divine character in another place. If we believe he is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, “All in all”, then we must understand that he is Wholly God. We cannot dissect Him from His Word, and in the Word to get a complete picture. You can’t separate God from His will. That is...