Burdens

 If we stay in the light of the Lord, no politician or political party can prevail against us. So it fol;lows, that if we reserve our rights within ourselves iand stay in His presence, our enemies can do nothing. Their limbs are weighed down as if encased in concrete. It is amazing the way the Lord frees His people and bogs down His enemies. If God has enemies, you know you have enemies too, but those who belong to the Lord are free and their burdens light because God carries them Himself.

Choice

She rose to please God, and it will please God that our democracy should prevail.

God has the final word, and His word is that He loves the human race, the united states and those who love Him. The final word on the Voting Rights act is therefore in His hands, and we may rest securely in His Will in the matter.

The idea that the idea of laws being necessary is an important one. Where everything is governed by a madman's desires there is a lot of care given to laws written to permit illegal things. In truth, it doesn't matter because those who oppose the will of the government are killed off lest anyone be nfected with the notion that freedom is a good thing. The ide that it is alright to refuse to allow voting was overturned in our time in Poland, and subsequently many other nations in the grip of the soviet regime found themselves in a position to take back their freedom, and persist in the idea of freedom to this day.

If the soviet government could pass away, so could other governments without wars. The illegal version of the voting rights acts should be buried and forgotten in place of democracy and freedom which have permitted incredible wealth under freedom. The idea that that should be abolished because one man does not like it is absurd. Indeed, the one who cherishes enslavement is the lackey of the evil one, and Jesus waits to receive our love and gratitude

August 10th my Baptism in the Holy Spirit 1970. 

Reality

 

We are, after all, all in this together :) +

We cannot pick and choose our reality, in spite of what some people think. Trying to pretend a cancer is not burrowing in our bones is insane. We must acknowledge what is real. It is often nearly impossible to endure, but our grasp of what is is shaped by His presence where we are. Wishing to be somewhere else or to experience what we wish is often pointless. In such times, we must really love Him and desire Him. If one does not exercise his will to submit to His Will one does not grow, and since the future is indeterminate, we have no choice but to accept what is. That does not mean that anything becomes easier, necesarilly. Often it does, and we realize what was asked was not that much to give and we might be disappointed with ourselve.

So long as we are not overcome, we still have a better future availalbe, because God is in the moment.

I wish you peace in which to come to know the Lord.

Prayer of Endurance

 

Prayer in such a place; imagine !

It is summertime in Seattle, and yesterday was very hot, by our standards. Occasionally we hit 90 or above, fahrenheit, but usually the air flow shifts and ocean air flows in with its characteristic cool temperatures and normal moisture content. I remember years when I had to walk through snow that had accumulated to my hips, and it was treacherous going. Getting on or off a bus was a challenge; the snow had piled up, the bus is abnormally far away from the curb and you had to struggle to get on the bus. It doesn't generally stick around for long, and the snow pack in the mountains is prodigious, making for merry hearts for skiiers. This year might be one of those years when the skiirers are ecstatic and everyone else either hunkers down at or sets in for a siege against the snow and ice until the weather changes and the ice and snow are melted by warmer air

You might think that it ought not to matter to a hermit or a monk, but winter can be a challenge. Some ot the old eremitical orders had wood stoves and piles of wood for heating the cell. Whether it is cold or hot, weather is undeniable. A wool habit is fine for winter, but innappropriate for summer. If the abbot decides it is too hot to work and wear the habit at a certain point, he can call for removing part of the habit to relieve the struggle in the heat.

Father Lewis of the Kentuckey Trappists related such occaisions as being noteworthy. Very little things can become significant in a monk's life or the life of a hermit. Whlle penance is beneficial in a spiritual life, after a certain point, it becomes more than intrusive, and tends to be a distraction; hence removing part of the habit to relieve the heat becomes a moment of grace.

enduring the attitude of the political climate in the world becomes a spiritual matter when I intrudes in our attitude to God and fellow human beings. 

There are millions in the world, after all, who endure exactly the same heat or worse in Saia Europe, from time to time, and one might questions what happens to the merit collected in enduring the unendurable. There are people in the world who live without food or water, and no one recognizes their merit for enduring to the bitter end; people die of thirst and hunger, and their brothers in the world think nothing about it as they trudge through the shimmering desert trying to reach water and food. Women and children are caught up in the fury of the weather with no escape, and life goes on.

Prayer is like the fragrance of a rose. It is there for a moment, then fades from sight, and the monk or hermit who markes its passage is carried on the wind of its passing. One might remember such occasions for a long time. A person enduting many such days reaches a point when the question arises, how long, O Lord?

Contrasts

 

I got my mail, a letter from the Democratic Party and a letter from the director of the orphanage to which I contribute. I read the letter from the director first, thanking me for my prayers and contributions. Then I opened the other letter from the Democratic Party. I was suddenly stunned by the incredible difference brtween the two. One is from a man who takes care of homeless children in Belize, thanking me for partnering with him through my donations. I can't send very much, but then the only important thing is that I send something every month and try to include a little more if I can.

The other was worried about the money the political opposition has been given by those who think they can buy an election. One man is worried that he has such small resources, and the other bewailed the hundreds of thousands of dollars they must surmount somehow.

The orphanage is in a spot near Mexico, Belize and Cuba where people live in a potential disaster zone every year in the summertime. The man from the Democratic party doesn't have to worry about where his next meal will come from or whether he will have a safe place to sleep tonight.

In my mind, the opposite party is demonic, and the people running it are visitors from hell, not caring if anyone needs resources to have something to eat or a place to sleep that is warm in the cold and dry in the rain. Every cent someone gives whose people is a punch in the face to orphans the homeless the elderly and the poor who barely survive day to day. They also could care less if the people have jobs or medical care or can afford groceries or money for bills and education. 

Remember this; every cent going to the republican party is going to the enemies of the human race and a servant of hell.

Courage

The sounds of love don't just happen, you have to make them :).

 

To follow nature month by month and year by year, means acknowledging we are susceptible to the same forces of nature as the animals. All of us are subject to the will of God. The most we can do is love Him.

Fathers

I never met anyone who captured my entire fascination enough to settle down together with them and found a life together. That becomes starkly apparent when father's day arrive, and people around me are having lttle babies and boucing them on their kees with delight <s>. I have offered my potentilaities to Jesus to do with what He pleases. No one goes through life unrecognised, and when God recognises you, it is before witnesses who bestow their approval. It may not be apparent to me, but it seems to be apparent to others. Those who engage  a soul in recognition are lit by the light of God's love, that we took the time, to honor Him with a gift of their time and love for one of His own.

We honor one another with special garments, while God honors us with the garment of His Being, always perfecting us as we wander through life, hoping we measure up to His expectation, knowing, nonetheless, that we can never offer anything so perfect as to surpass His gifts to us.

Happy Father's Day to all fathers :).