Walking the Passage: Just that.....

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Just that.....

The hungry were just that... hungry

The poor were just that... poor

The sick were just that ...sick

The weak were just that ....weak

The broken were just that ....broken

The fool was just that... a fool

The religious were just that .. Bound by law

The lonely were just that... Lonely

The prodigal was just that .... Covered in pig slop

The woman caught in adultery was just that... Guilty

The hopeless were just that.... Without hope

The orphan was just that... An orphan

The slave was just that.. A slave

I was just insane, murderer, lost, hopeless and full of despair. Prisoner, beaten, abused, left for dead, abandoned, struck down, lied to, forgotten, destroyed....

Until...

Sunday morning arrived, we passed over from death into life.. We who were not a people became the people of God.. We who were orphaned became son and daughter ...

Now let the poor say I am rich

Now let the weak say I am strong

Now let the forgotten say I've been remembered..

Now let the lost say I am found

Now let the insane say I have the mind of Christ

Now let those in despair say they have seen a great light and hope as come!

There is wisdom for the fool, hope for the hopeless, a Father for the child left behind

There is grace for the religious, forgiveness for the guilty

Life for the dead..

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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.