Category: Meditation
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Come And Sit With Me
“Come and sit with me.” But there is laundry to fold, and writing to edit. “Come and sit with me.” But there are meetings to attend, and others to help. “Come and sit with me.” But I must answer those emails, and clean up the house. “Come and sit with me.” But I did that…
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Ripping the Veil
This morning’s meditations – after last night’s debacle – brought to the surface one question… Would I have said that or behaved in that manner if Jesus was walking beside us? And now I know why so many people who want to follow need to follow and try to follow with all their might simply…
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The Hero of Christmas
The following piece of writing is something that came to me in 2017. I have posted it more than once here during the Advent seasons since then. I’m posting it again this morning because I just can’t help it – this is the time of year that I am most fascinated with the actions of…
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Eternal Vigilance
Desmond Tutu* has been quoted as saying “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Having heard about some parts of his life, when I first read that quote my mind thought of the oppression he has had to stand up against; and the courage, strength and commitment it must have taken for him to do…
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Who Is Leading The Way?
A fellow traveler on the path of recovery from addiction often jokes when recognizing her defects of character by saying: “There’s no danger in me getting well!” Since first hearing her say it, I have also thought and said the same thing as I have worked through the daily process of surrendering my will to…
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Concentrating on God
“There is only one way to develop spirituality, and that is by concentrating on God.” – Oswald Chambers That’s it. That’s all we need to do – concentrate on God. It sounds so simple. I dare you to try it. Concentrating on God in a world filled with deceit, hate, materialism, greed, selfishness, and immediate…
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A Prayer Remembered
Her hair was a fluorescent pink I haven’t seen since the 80s; and her eyelashes were so long they made me think of a cat’s whiskers. I had no idea I was gawking until she excused herself from ringing me up to help the cashier next to her with a jammed cash drawer. When she…
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Pain
Pain. I am not fond of it. Yet it is, and always will be, a part of my human condition. I must remember that it is not to be ignored or avoided, but respect and accepted, as part of the path; and more importantly, as a tool of God’s for using all things for the…
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What About Joseph?
I have posted the meditation below for the past two years. I’m posting it again this year because I still find the character of Joseph fascinating…and I wish more people would talk about him this time of year… This Christmas, I have been thinking a lot about Joseph. Nobody really talks about him much. At…
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Uninspired
Yesterday, I did not post anything to my blog. No poems came to me throughout the day. No words of wisdom, or even rambling tirades ensued. I was just blank, empty, and tired of thinking. I was uninspired. And that scares me. It scares me because of what I know about myself – which is…