01.22.08
Posted in Inspiration at 1:57 am by Administrator
It’s been a good day, Lord. Yes, a very good day. I didn’t realize it while it was happening. There were many frustrations. I was very discouraged when the letter I was praying for didn’t come. Then the telephone rang, bringing good news.
When a child was carried home from the playground hurt and we rushed him to the hospital, you knew my awful fears. But to learn that it wasn’t really serious brought a sense of heightened joy. (Sheer releif can generate sheer bliss.)
So now the child is asleep, with the bandage slipped rather comically from his head. My husband stands in the yard, leaning on his rake as he visits with a neighbor.
Other children come spilling across the yard. The sun is a golden glory behind the trees. I can smell the pot roast mingling with the tangy fragrance of burning leaves.
I look back on this day with its usual ups and downs. Its moments of anguish, and its moments of gratefulness and joy. And now that it’s ending, an aching awareness fills me. I realize that it’s been a good day, Lord. A very good day.
For it’s been filled with life. The life you have given me to cope with, and to contribute to. And I wouldn’t want to have missed it, not a single moment of it. Thank you, God for this good day. ~Marjorie Holmes
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01.14.08
Posted in Inspiration at 9:26 am by Administrator
This is a letter written to Linda from her girlfriend, Kendra. The story behind the letter is one that most of us would recognize. Many will be able to empathize with Linda or cheer for Kendra and hopefully all of us will enjoy a part of it. Beautifully written Kendra! You make me smile!
Sister, I am so sad that Michael is now having such a reversal in his surety. Seems like this is a trend since August with many couples going through separations. I empathize with your tender spirit and the aching of your heart resonates with my own pulse. I swear, when I finally get to meet whoever is writing this life script, I am going to have words with the Celestial Sadists. You sound so brave, it shames my own tendency toward tantrums, keening and wailing, gnashing teeth and renting my clothes. I do aspire to keep my vision, but I am weak and easily suffer the Aires-born childlike pangs from abandonment and fury from injustice. I mean, what, pray tell, is there NOT to love about us? We are extraordinary women, far evolved in all aspects, ready to recognize and treat our partners as divine beings. If I ever am accused again of being TOO KIND or TOO LOVING, I believe I shall instantly morph into the Tasmanian Devil and show my accusers ass what base instincts thrive in this redhead’s soul. Is it that we must truly be manic for them to want to stay? Sigh… I spent way too many years battling my darker side, and now I find it’s the attractive one. What’s a woman to do?
And so I breathe. And you breathe. And we dance and pray and light our candles to keep the darkness at bay. And find our shredded hearts mended by our womenfolk. Were I there I would rock you in my arms and stroke your hair until you had had enough.
I pray, FERVENTLY, that this year is a year of reaping our just rewards in love and in life. May Michael’s veil of doubt be burned away by his awareness of the bounty he has in your love. And soon. The waiting for what is to be is cruel.
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Posted in Inspiration at 2:58 am by Administrator
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you, let them walk.I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you. Staying attached to you. I mean, hang up the phone!When people can walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can’t make them stay. Let them go.And it doesn’t mean that they are a bad person. It just means that their part in the story is over. And you’ve got to know when people’s part in your story is over so that you don’t keep trying to raise the dead.You’ve got to know when it’s dead. You’ve got to know when it’s over. Let me tell you something. I’ve got the gift of good-bye. It’s the tenth spiritual gift. I believe in good-bye.It’s not that I’m hateful, it’s that I’m faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have, He’ll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat, I don’t need it! Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!If you are holding on to something that doesn’t belong to you and was never intended for you life, then you need to let it go! If you are holding on to past hurts and pains, let it go! If someone can’t treat you right, love you back and see your worth, let it go! If someone has angered you, let it go! If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge, let it go! If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction, let it go! If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents, let it go! If you have a bad attitude, let it go! If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better, let it go! If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship, let it go! If you keep trying to help someone who won’t even try to help themselves, let it go! If you’re feeling depressed and stressed, let it go! If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying “take your hands of of it,” then you need to let it go! Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. God is doing a new thing! Let it go! ~Bishop TD Jakes
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