About what we and others do

 It doesn't matter what others do.

What matters is what we do.

About the rock of love

Love is the rock of life

to which we should all cling.

About Beethoven's creativity, given his troubled life

 How could a man like Beethoven, 

given his life, troubled in so many ways,

create the exquisite, quiet, ecstatic beauty

of the second movement of the Pastoral Symphony?

Only through the creativity of God, flowing through his veins,

and into the crevices of his mind, spilling over and onto

the lines, bars and staves of the musical manuscripts.

A prayer of praise - Dear God, please may I be...

Praising you in every way,

In every moment, every day.

A prayer to Jesus of love, thanksgiving and trust.

 Beloved Jesus, I implore

that I may love you more and more

for all you have done for me.

Beloved Jesus, I implore

that I may thank you more and more

for all you are doing for me.

Beloved Jesus, I implore

that I may trust you more and more

for all you will do for me.

A thought about mercy

This thought just came into my mind this morning. 

You can only receive mercy

when you know you need it.

About receiving forgiveness

 We can only receive forgiveness

when we acknowledge that we need it.

About the heartbeat of God

The love of God is the heartbeat of the Universe. 

About healing

Only God's tender touch 

can heal the travails of our hearts.

 

If I could fold my arms around the world - a poem

If I could fold my arms around the world

And hold each living creature in embrace

To soothe away their sorrows and their fears

Then would my heart be satisfied at last.

I cannot though, no matter how I try

Bring solace to this troubled world of ours.

I can but place each soul before our God

Whose widespread arms can carry all our pain.

I know that God alone can bring us ease

And wipe away the tears of every grief.

Befriend us Lord and hold us in your heart

That we may know your comfort and your joy.

A prayer of thanksgiving to Jesus

Beloved Jesus, I implore 

that I may love you more and more

for all you have done for me.

Beloved Jesus, I implore

that I may thank you more and more

for all you are doing for me.

Beloved Jesus, I implore

that I may trust you more and more

for all you will do for me.