Walking the Passage: Not religious platitudes....

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Not religious platitudes....

As I have listened to my friend teach to look at the nature and character of things I have so fallen completely more in love with our God... Looking at the nature and character of the world... Of the enemy of our souls... Then of Him... His goodness melts me and inside I am wooed towards His greatness ... This world and the suffering and sorrow that abide here... The trials... The tribulations... Then the enemy whose nature is to devour... To destroy... It all causes me to pause and in awe be silenced for what is man that our God would be mindful of us and yet He is... He so thoroughly is.... The truth regarding Him and His affections are beyond the scope of what we could ever fathom ... And this morning as I think about He has not left us alone to face hardships or evil... But having equality with God He did not consider it something to be grasped at but laid it down and took the form of a bond-servant... As I think upon this morning and all the moments of decision that came upon me .. I pause and allow gratitude to arise... For when I am afraid or confronted with issues too large for me to grasp.. When looking into another's life, or considering which direction to walk in... When seeing suffering and sickness around me I need not fear... And those my dear friends are not religious platitudes but words of strength and peace and confidence.. Not of myself but leaning against His vast and unending resources I take a deep breath, pause and praise...

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.