02 Tuesday Dec 2014
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indeed
Dream Flight
Yes, yes the mind
may dream the dream.
Of this, no doubt remains
But it is the heart,
the humble heart,
that provides the power
of belief
and with this the dream
flies free
13 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Consciousness, Faith, Poetry
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My search of WordPress led me to this extract from a post of interest: Deed Seeds Revisited, by Nancy Ruegg. I enjoy the method of linking together the circumstances in the example. Clearly, from my perspective, I do not more than plant seeds. If these seeds that I post do some good, I often may not at all ever know. Sometime readers give me credit. I feel though that the credit is that God connects us. I am doing what I can to be a channel of His will. This human form is not in any sense a source of the glorious eternal.
Here is an edit from Nancy’s post:
“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet, 1850-1919
Observation #1:
We never know when a small deed may plant a seed of faith or encouragement. We never know when that seed will reap a bountiful harvest in the life of someone else.
Live attentively to the fact that every deed is a seed. The people around us are watching and listening.
Perhaps you’re familiar with the story of a church elder who once led a worship service for two. It happened over 150 years ago in England. A blizzard on Saturday night made it impossible for villagers to get to the church—including the pastor. The elder almost sent home the two individuals who had come, an older man and a young boy. But something (Someone?) compelled him to speak. Later he confessed his words came out rather jumbled and brusque. The elder planted a seed that took root. The young boy accepted Jesus as his Savior that day. His name? Charles Spurgeon — preacher and author. For an example of Dr. Spurgeon’s God-given genius, see: Not Length But Strength.
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Observation #2:
Our responsibility is the planting of “deed seeds”; the harvest is up to God.
The same principle that works in the physical realm works in the spiritual realm. A farmer may plant, fertilize, and water, but the germination of each seed is a miracle only God can bring about. Don’t become tightly focused on results.
The elder who led Charles Spurgeon to the Lord that snowy, wintry day, had no idea the boy would grow up to have such a profound effect on the world. We know, and we marvel.
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Observation #3:
The true harvest is not measurable in physical terms, and it’s hidden from view in the spiritual realm.
Only now and then does God give us a glimpse of what our deeds accomplish. Imagine the joy that elder continues to experience every time a saint comes through the gates of heaven–fourth and fifth generation Christians, who have been influenced by Charles Spurgeon, whose ancestors accepted Jesus because of him. In addition, thousands have been influenced and encouraged by the preacher’s writings. It all began with that faithful elder.
You see, the positive influence of a man or woman of God never dies.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 — October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was ” Solitude”, which contains the lines: “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone”. Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.
Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on a farm in Johnstown, Wisconsin, east of Janesville, the youngest of four children. The family soon moved north of Madison. She started writing poetry at a very early age, and was well known as a poet in her own state by the time she graduated from high school.
Her most famous poem, “Solitude”, was first published in the February 25, 1883 issue of The New York Sun. The inspiration for the poem came as she was travelling to attend the Governor’s inaugural ball in Madison, Wisconsin. On her way to the celebration, there was a young woman dressed in black sitting across the aisle from her. The woman was crying. Miss Wheeler sat next to her and sought to comfort her for the rest of the journey. When they arrived, the poet was so depressed that she could barely attend the scheduled festivities. As she looked at her own radiant face in the mirror, she suddenly recalled the sorrowful widow. It was at that moment that she wrote the opening lines of “Solitude”
Laugh, and the world laughs with you
Weep, and you weep alone.
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11 Friday Jul 2014
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ah… stillness
If you sit Quietly,
Listening with your Imagination,
Nature will Sing you a Sweet Lullaby,
Waltz of Dreams
Into the Mystical Realms
Of Unreality,
Where Smiles and Laughter Pirouette with Joy.
~Morgan~
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Beautiful Original Artwork: Artist Unknown 😦
11 Friday Jul 2014
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This is a re-blog from Trini
India/Norway… I am a freelance writer. I write articles about spirituality, multiculturalism, and psychology. I also publish poems, and stories for children in various magazines and newspapers. My heart beats for poetry and I wrote my first poem when I was 7.
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10 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Culture, Faith, Mindful, Poetry, Self-improvement
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Come out from there my dearest one
There is no place to hide
For what you seek to escape
Is nothing but you
Fall in love with yourself
Do it head over heels!
There’s a Beauty deep within
Blinding evil eyes that stare
Lull your mind to sleep
Hush your desires still
Let your courage come alive
Born from the light of faith inside
Divorce your false self
Let your soul rein free
It will fall over laughing
Looking at the face of fear
You have everything you need
There’s no need to be afraid
Come out, come out and
Experience the miracle that is You
Hmm…
This is a re-blog from
Hiding Miracle at iithinks
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Image at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/infraredd/9287096123/in/photostream/
03 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Entertainment, Poetry
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This is a favorite – so a re-blog will keep it in my post list for weeks – thanks friend!
There are so many things I don’t know
There are so many faults I have…
There are times I loose my calm.
Yet you always caress me as a child.
I make mistakes but you always take care.
You are my armor and my light.
Arms that hold me at my weakest are yours.
when everyone else annoys me ,I annoy you,
Often questioning and demanding proof.
Dear God, my father, my closest friend
always be with me.For it is only you I seek
You are my journey and destination
So often I whisper Help me !
Rarely I say Thank you….
But I know you are aware-
your voice in my heart is
the secret assurance that….
You listen to my thoughts
In quietness you are my confidence
In the commotion you are my confidant
A galactic leap forward away from desires
to embrace you and unlock the doors…
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30 Friday May 2014
Posted in Culture, Happiness, Inspiration, Poetry, Spirituality
My dear friend Amy shares a blessing.
Hi, Friends. Please take your time with this post, because it is a thinker. Really look closely at the photos I chose to match the words with to understand the deeper meaning of the words. If you take the time to do so, I believe you will come away from this post, with such an incredible deep feeling of awe.
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25 Sunday May 2014
Posted in Poetry
I love this poem”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ
“click on the original and say you love it too:
When I saw your face smile,
My heart’s space was filled,
It’s like I knew From then,
That you are a part of me,
And I have loved you ever since…
Your tiny fingers in my arms,
Your tiny eyes looking right through me,
for you are my heart ,
Oh dearest love of mine…
i have loved you ever since…
As I see you grow
I see my childhood grow with you,
For you are my echo not shadow,
Your sweet whispering voice
reminds me of unchained melody,
There’s someone I had been missing,
so I to say you,
May be I am just dreaming,
But sweet child of mine….
I have loved you ever since…
21 Wednesday May 2014
Posted in Entertainment, Faith, Happiness, Inner peace, Inspiration, Mindful, Music, Poetry, Prayer, Spirituality
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This is fantastic!
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The love of God, unutterable and perfect,
flows into a pure soul the way that light
rushes into a transparent object.
The more love that it finds,
the more it gives itself;
so that, as we grow clear and open,
the more complete the joy of Heaven is.
And the more souls who resonate together,
the greater the intensity of their love,
and, mirror-like,
each Soul reflects the other.
~ Dante Alighieri
17 Saturday May 2014
Posted in Consciousness, Faith, Happiness, Inner peace, Lecture, Lessons, Meditation, Mindful, Philosophy, Poetry, Self-assessments, Spirituality
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Christianity, God, If you correct your mind, Pierre Teilhard, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Religion & Spirituality, Wayne Dyer
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When you allow Him to correct your mind,
the rest of your life will fall into place.
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People I know really need this message. I’ll invest time as Dr. Dyer’s suggesting to practice staying obscure. I see the wisdom of letting God direct this universe without me pushing my nose up front as though it has mostly to do with me. Do you see the wisdom of letting God direct the universe? Hmm… would it be possibly as beautiful a universe if we followed my or your directions? Humility… letting what we know is coming come to us.
The sea stays low, and because the sea
stays low, all of the rivers and all of the
streams empty into it.
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I want to share with you this inspiring poem. As you may reflect and resolve for yourself improvement for your life, I hope that this will be a help. I pray that you may be filled with joy, peace, and love.
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The Slow work of God…
Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient
in everything to reach the end
without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the
way to something unknown,
something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability — and
that it may take a very long time.
And so I think it is with you;
your ideas mature gradually
— let them grow,
— let them shape themselves,
without undue haste.
Don’t try to force them on,
as though you could be today
what time (that is to say,
grace and circumstances
acting on your own good will)
will make of you tomorrow.
Only God could say what this
new spirit gradually forming
within you will be.
Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
that his hand is leading you,
and accept the anxiety of
feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.
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Come back often — there is more to be discovered.
Thanks for learning with me.
Eric
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Pondering…
Do I live a life of faith that shows that I know that God has a plan for us?
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02 Friday May 2014
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I wonder if you know my friend Barbara’s blog… if not, here is a page of some of her creativity:
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Song of the Open Road
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Health, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.
The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)
You air that serves me with breath to…
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13 Sunday Apr 2014
Ali
gning Dove Divines
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Observed perceptions refine;
receive aligning pliancies,
Holy Spirit doth divine,
etiolates errant audacities.
Truth doth Holiness ignite
communion knowing love;
fruits of spirit recite,
His ascendance above.
Expansive flows His reign;
consuming compassion;
elucidating hearts sane
His mercy seat fashion.
Hath thine heart love
of His Holy Grace forms;
Spirit, soars His Dove
dost illumine beasts lorn.
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I wanted to capture in my poem tenacity for seeking holy wisdom and also how I view the Spirit fading from our hearts all negativity to align finally our accepting of divinity in loving luminosity of His light. For some, especially non-religious, the coming of God’s grace may seem harsh. This is not at all how His coming seems to me. However, my poem reflects the very human healing of this with the struggle intact until that final moment.
The image came from a google search gallery. I hope that my poem is a fitting entry for my acceptance of the Liebster 2014 Blogger Award that I received from Barbara.
Thankfully, I display these awards.
It is my great pleasure to share them.
I am working on a nomination for the
2014 Liebster Blogger Award of April 14.
My awards page is here.
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Thanks for visiting.
Eric
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On Time… Gibran poetry
The Alchemy of Love – Rumi poetry
Lost In The Call – Rumi poetry
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Haiku assignment
I just looked around
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4-13.
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02 Wednesday Apr 2014
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In “deep” conversation; invest love, invest stillness; be what is present… that’s what is.
~ Eric
I came upon a poem and a story
Warm embrace… A poem
by Joe Bradshaw
I know you’ll love this!
A hug is a gift
Warm and cozy
A hug is a gift
Makes me feel rosy
A hug is a gift
That costs nothing
A hug is a gift
It is something
A hug is a gift
I can give
A hug is a gift
Makes it nice to live
A hug is a gift
From your mother
A hug is a gift
With your lover or brother
A hug is a gift
Shared with another
A hug is a gift
We all need
A hug is a gift
I sure could use
A hug is a gift
I share with you
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I wanted to express a thought or two, as I reflected on the last two days my life it seems is so beautiful in so many ways.
G. T. Reynolds, I am going to go out on a limb and say many of the people…
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29 Saturday Mar 2014
Amen. I add only, this is often meant to be an agreement — I agree that God is of Love and His gradual revelation to us is one of peace and gifting to us his Holy Spirit of love and peace. If you haven’t visited Shannon’s ‘Revelations in Writing” I hope that you do. You’ll love her poems, images, and prayers; I’m sure.
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Blessings.
~ Eric
Though this verse is given as instruction in the context for holding worship services in the church, if we are living our lives as an ongoing act of worship before Him, I imagine that the same principles are meant to be applied throughout our daily walk with Him. When we exercise the gifts that the Holy Spirit has given, we are meant to do so in harmony with one another. Chaos should not reign, for God is not given the opportunity to work among us as He intended, when the world we operate in is a constant whirlwind. When we slow down enough to allow His peace to reign, it permeates our perimeters and is passed on to those around us.
After one of my busiest weeks of the year so far, this is a timely…
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27 Thursday Mar 2014
Posted in Inspiration, Poetry, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality
FANTASTIC ! ! !
Capture my thoughts Lord,
free me in the truth
let me follow Thy Word
as in the days of my youth.
With childlike faith,
take into custody my mind
keep me close to You
so Your ways I can find.
Control and restrain me,
release me not from Thy hold
may my heart for You
not turn luke-warm or cold.
Let me not be disillusioned,
by the wisdom of man
seize upon my belief
show me Your perfect plan.
Capture my thoughts Lord,
be in complete control
I give to You my life . . .
let not man conquer my soul!
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2 Corinthians 10:5
King James Version
“Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
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Deborah Ann Belka
23 Sunday Mar 2014
Posted in Consciousness, Culture, I can improve today, Inner peace, Inspiration, Poetry
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Charitably pray,
there may be no more homeless…
giving today help.
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Today, I choose to be charitable. .
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Thanks for visiting.
Eric
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Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
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16 Sunday Mar 2014
Posted in B4Peace, Consciousness, Culture, Inner peace, Peace, Poetry, Spirituality
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B4Peace, Grof, knowing, knowledge, Tao, Tao Te Ching, Tao Te Ching 36, transcendental wisdom, wisdom, Zen
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True Knowing
comes from the most fundamental knowledge
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transcendental wisdom
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Should you want to contain something,
you must first let it expand.
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..Should you want to weaken something,
you must first let it grow strong.
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Should you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
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The lesson here is called
the wisdom of obscurity.
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The obscure outlasts the obvious.
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The soft overcomes the hard.
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The slow overcomes the fast.
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Let your workings remain a mystery.
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Just allow people to see the results.
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More at Hunt For Truth
Life Lesson – Being Thankful
a sensible sermon from a soul saving surgeon
practicing simply: mindfulness
You shall reap what you sow
Watch – a power is changing this world
stillness – your essential nature
Looking at yourself honestly – Respect
Mindfulness – it is improving us
The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success
what are we afraid of and who’s to blame?
being true is
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Thanks for visiting with me.
Eric
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NOTE: The Tao Te Ching is not a religious study. Unlike Taoism, Zen is philosophical. However, Zen philosophies were greatly influenced by Taoists. Zen is the Chinese Taoist philosophy with its central image of “yin and yang” which are Tao.
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16 Sunday Mar 2014
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Full Of Roses Inspirationals, Global Consciousness, God, Grace, Heaven, Heaven Is for Real, Isaiah 65:17, poem
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from
Full Of Roses Inspirationals:
Christian inspirational photography and poetry
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I awoke this morning to the birds singing
I went outside, there was a sense of well being
The air was so fresh, a calm breeze blew across my face
It was so quiet, as if everyone was sleeping
I found peace and joy in my heart
As if the world had stopped just for a moment
The longing in my heart to draw near to You
I closed my eyes and pictured You in my head
The flowers in the garden began to bloom
The trees filled with the shiniest fruit
The grass grew seven shades greener
The grape vines that never produce were full
A rainbow had criss-crossed another rainbow across the sky
It was most beautiful
A stream came rushing through my feet
Fish with wings jumping over me
The sky a shade of blue I had never seen before
A Man in white came walking towards me with a gleam in his eye
I have never seen Your face, but I knew it was You
Lord please don’t make me leave this place
He spoke to my heart with a smile on His face
I realized there was still more to be saved
With a tear in my eye, I smiled
He knew my love for Him
Keeping all in my heart of that day
I will seek all that You lead me to
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Isaiah 65:17
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
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We are to practice seeing this.
I think that Heaven dawns as consciousness joins God, a place where He is all at once all that is… in a moment that is forever… a place that is like no-place; a truly God place; a place where we love wonderfully satisfyingly, deliciously; and where finally all knowing is all known by all beings in God. I believe, God is Heaven. I do.
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see also:
I just looked around
a place called Heaven
Only one Word was on my mind
Rippling
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Thanks for visiting.
Eric
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05 Wednesday Mar 2014
Posted in Consciousness, Poetry
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Barbara posted a sweet one… check it out. Thanks.
~ Eric
Blue Ridge Mountains, NC Photograph taken and copyrighted by BarbaraMattio 2013
Peace is always possible
“Help me to serve, Thy Cause,
O Spirit of Guidance, throw Thy divine light on my path.
Open my heart, that Thy spirit it may reflect.
My life is changing and taking a better turn.
My mind is still, my thought steady, my sight is keen, my life is balanced.
Harmonize my soul, Lord, with all people and with all conditions.
My body is healed, my mind fortified,
and my soul is illuminated by the grace of God.
Fortify my heart.
Give me a new life and new inspiration,
that I may see in life Thy divine inspiration.
Make my heart Thy Divine temple.”
—Hazrat Inayat Khan
If we would be willing to do this we would save the life of our planet
Last year, a very dear friend traveled to Turkey. She brought…
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28 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in Faith, Meditation, Poetry, Religion
This is a lovely poem – and TRULY perfect, I think. I love the image too by Nathan Furr; it says. Thanks Debra.
~ Eric
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When a heart is full of grace,
it is a heart that is kind
compassion for others
envelopes its mind.
It puts on humility,
wears the cloak of patience
it dresses itself with modesty
wears the robe of justice.
It is wrapped in peace,
It’s covered in forgiveness
drapes itself with love
it’s swathed in gentleness.
When a heart is full of grace,
gratitude is its garment
the Word of God . . .
is its wardrobe requirement!
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Colossians 3:12
King James Version
Put on therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering;”
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Deborah Ann Belka
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