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.

About the rise - and fall - of Babel

If we build a 'Babel', we must be prepared to see it fall.

Whenever we feel 'impregnable', 
this can so easily lead to unawareness of our needs; 
the need for trust, humility, accountability and, ultimately, 
the need for God and each other.

Thank you, God, that in your infinite mercy, you are always there;
to pick us up when we are down, 
to help us rebuild and restore what we have lost;
to help us to love and care about and for others, to fulfil ourselves 
and to reconnect us 
to yourself and to each other.

Sundry thoughts from my notebooks

O God, please counsel my mind and console my heart.

Catch hold of God and don't let go.

We are living,
constrained by the chrysalis of our lives.
Help us to break free and soar like the beautiful creations you have designed us to be.

You are every breath I breathe.
You are my life-blood.

Heal my heart, soften my soul, still my mind.

Time is a 'cats-cradle'
in the fingers of God.

Everything should be viewed through the lens of love.

About the sorrows of the world

All the grief, misery and pain of the world is felt and held in the heart of God.

If we would only learn to carry our cares and sorrows to God,
we would find ourselves held in the outstretched and waiting arms
of everlasting comfort, consolation and joy.

About how creation must come from something

It seems obvious to me that the universe has either evolved from nothing or from something? I would find the former idea inconceivable. Maybe I would be in good company here, as both Shakespeare's King Lear and Julie Andrews' Maria in The Sound of Music held that "Nothing comes from nothing".
The 'something' from which all that exists has evolved is what I understand to be God.                                       

I reckon we either have God in our lives or we have one of two things, an empty space or a false god.. As all nature "abhors a vacuum",  what do we put in that space?