About the protection of God's goodness

God's goodness is stronger than any badness,
and we can pull it, like a blanket, around ourselves, 
to keep out the cold of the hatred and horror 
which may surround us.

Thoughts on God

God is the origin and source of all goodness.

God, each of us is a part of your whole.

Help ME to disappear.

We human beings have within ourselves
the impulse of creativity.

We are held in existence
in the mind and heart of God.

We are wrapped in the blanket of your love.

What God wants is for each of us
to be born from and through love
and to be cradled and nurtured in love.

About failure

Maybe we only come to God through the gateway of failure,
the acknowledgement of the impossibility 
of 'getting things right' by ourselves;
learning to live with the dynamics
of the messiness of our lives.

About the shortfalls of love

No matter how much we love someone, 
that love will always fall short and can never be perfect.
Only God can make up that shortfall - 
and does, if we but avail ourselves of it.

God-thoughts from another notebook

I read through the various jottings in this book and thought, 'they seem the same as some I've already recorded from the other books', and some of them probably are!! I used to worry about that, especially when chatting, in fact one of my regular lines is, "I've probably told you/said this before but.......!"

I give talks on the Gospels at one of our local churches periodically and, over the years, have learned to say to myself that, even though I probably repeat myself regularly, everyone has their own style and will say things in a certain way and that's ok.

So apologies for repetition and here goes:

One world, Lord; one world - your world.

God says, "I am the pulse of the universe, the breath of life, the heartbeat of love." 

God wants us to be true to ourselves and loving to others.

You have re-clothed me in the armour of innocence.

God is powerful love and loving power.

God is truth and God is love.
Truth, like a tinder-box, ignites love
which explodes and flowers into life.

Thoughts on God, nature and caring

These are the last two 'God thoughts' in this particular notebook.

The world of nature is God's Cathedral.

It seems to me that the more you have to care for,
the more caring you become.
If so, having people and things to care about and for
is a blessing.

More note-book thoughts on God

God is one and God is three, 
God is all, Infinity.

I long and desire to pour out my mind and heart to you.

Every thought I have is held in the consciousness of God.

If my faith is a gift,
then my treasuring it is also a gift;
Praise and thanks be to God.

My mind is a tiny flicker in your mind
and my heart is a tiny flutter in your heart, O God.