We have been enabled to be co-creators with God,
but, oh how flawed.
We are God's 'toddlers'
and God loves our 'works of art'
as we love our little ones' first efforts,
which we hang so proudly
on our kitchen walls.
At the end of each day,
let us give our offerings gladly,
our daily toils and joys,
to God,
who will cherish them.
Saturday, 29 August 2015
Random thoughts on God's love for us
We are made from love, for love.
We are, each of us, an encapsulated morsel
of the love of God.
No-one can ever fully know or understand
the amazing and all-compassing love of God.
I am nothing but that which the love of God has made me.
Feel suffused in the love of God.
God's arms hold us
and God's heart loves us
as a parent holds and loves
a precious newly-born child.
We are all living in the slipstream of God's love.
We are, each of us, an encapsulated morsel
of the love of God.
No-one can ever fully know or understand
the amazing and all-compassing love of God.
I am nothing but that which the love of God has made me.
Feel suffused in the love of God.
God's arms hold us
and God's heart loves us
as a parent holds and loves
a precious newly-born child.
We are all living in the slipstream of God's love.
About faith, hope and love
God has made us
to live by faith, in hope, for love.
In what should we place our faith?
If we really believe in the existence and reality of such concepts as Love, Truth, Beauty, Justice, Friendship, this belief will surely see us through the difficulties and hardships of life, no matter what comes our way.
It is this faith that gives us hope that "all will be well" one day, even if not 'today'.
The more we believe in, contemplate and trust in the loving power of God,
the more we may learn to hope and, hopefully, to love.
to live by faith, in hope, for love.
In what should we place our faith?
If we really believe in the existence and reality of such concepts as Love, Truth, Beauty, Justice, Friendship, this belief will surely see us through the difficulties and hardships of life, no matter what comes our way.
It is this faith that gives us hope that "all will be well" one day, even if not 'today'.
The more we believe in, contemplate and trust in the loving power of God,
the more we may learn to hope and, hopefully, to love.
Thursday, 20 August 2015
About God and praying - some thoughts
If we sit in a quiet and comfortable place,
we may find ourselves slipping into the silent sanctuary of our souls
and there, meet with God, our life and our love.
God, may I sink into you,
in silence and stillness,
at rest in the hammock of humility.
You have come into the room of my heart
and said to me,
"Be at peace.
Forget the mistakes, the failures and the betrayals of yesterday
and rest in the presence of my love"
God, we live in the pulse of your being.
God, you are the breath of my life.
we may find ourselves slipping into the silent sanctuary of our souls
and there, meet with God, our life and our love.
God, may I sink into you,
in silence and stillness,
at rest in the hammock of humility.
You have come into the room of my heart
and said to me,
"Be at peace.
Forget the mistakes, the failures and the betrayals of yesterday
and rest in the presence of my love"
God, we live in the pulse of your being.
God, you are the breath of my life.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
About having read an old prayer which spoke of God's wrath
God's wrath? I don't think so.
God's grief, more like.
God's grief, more like.
Saturday, 9 May 2015
About seeing in the light
You don't light a candle to see the candle
but to see what the candle illuminates.
Walking into the sun, you see nothing.
With the sun behind you, you see all before you.
Jesus came into the world as a candle, to shine a light into all the crevices of doubt and despair from which we suffer, to open up the hidden spaces of loss and loneliness so that we may feel his presence.
Jesus is the light towards which we travel, knowing that he will always be there to guide us a beacon, lighting our path on the journey of life.
With Jesus as the light behind us, we are able to see the world before us as God's gift and travel in hope and courage, knowing that we will always be helped to face all that befalls us.
but to see what the candle illuminates.
Walking into the sun, you see nothing.
With the sun behind you, you see all before you.
Jesus came into the world as a candle, to shine a light into all the crevices of doubt and despair from which we suffer, to open up the hidden spaces of loss and loneliness so that we may feel his presence.
Jesus is the light towards which we travel, knowing that he will always be there to guide us a beacon, lighting our path on the journey of life.
With Jesus as the light behind us, we are able to see the world before us as God's gift and travel in hope and courage, knowing that we will always be helped to face all that befalls us.
Sunday, 12 April 2015
'God thoughts' connected with the poem "On His Blindness" by John Milton
These may be of interest to some and are on the 'About all sorts' blog.
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