Let's Be Perfect » e. Bite-Sized Perfection

Blessed are the Meek

rlpruitt — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:44:29 +0000

I have heard God is Everywhere. . .
If I, therefore, go anywhere – I will find God.
But if I go nowhere, God is always with me.

I have read that God is Everything. . .
If I, therefore, become anything – I will be like God.
If I remain nothing, God and I are One.

If God is All Knowledge, I should be a fool.
(1 Corinthians 1:27)

If God is Eternal, I should have no future.
(Matthew 6:34)

If God is All Power, then how Blessed are the Meek.
(Matthew 5:5)

All That Is

rlpruitt — Sun, 08 May 2005 17:01:52 +0000

Wherever there is man, there is God.

Where man is not – God is not.

Then is God merely a creation from the mind of man?

Heaven forbid!! For, when man “is not”, God ceases to be the creation of man. . .

. . .and becomes ALL THAT IS!

( 2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

Spritual Progress

rlpruitt — Sun, 08 May 2005 06:23:20 +0000

When you’re flying on the wind of the spirit, how do you measure progress?

As the seagull flies into the wind, it gains little ground. It moves motionless in the air, flapping its wings in an apparently futile effort to move ahead.

But, it’s that very feat, hovering in the air, that caused me to pause and ponder.

The feat itself would be impossible without the wind the seagull struggles against. The air flowing rapidly over and under its wings allows the graceful bird to dip and rise almost at will.

How do you measure the seagull’s progress? By the distance it covers or by the wind that passes it by?

Forever starts today

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 05:38:49 +0000

I have felt both heat and cold
And the sensations born to my fingers are still present.

I have known hunger and I have been full
Yet there is still flavor in all that passes my lips.

I have been in bright sunshine and in the blackness of no light
But the colors of the rainbow do not escape my eyes.

I am surrounded by sound and silence
by perfume and dung
But my ears still hear the wind
and my nose still gathers in its fragrances

Today I live. One day to come I will die.

How can I not believe that I will continue in my experiences?

In and Out

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 05:25:19 +0000

There is no “up” without “down”
Where there is “in” there must be “out”
“With” and “without” walk hand in hand.

If all seems “up” then “down” is only hidden
If all looks to be “in”, the “out” is just beyond view
Whenever there is “with”, “without” is there to hold it together.

God in the Space

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 05:14:55 +0000

Moses spent 40 years in the desert before he took on Pharoah. Elijah spent time in the wilderness after being threatened by Jezebel. Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness before starting his ministry. God’s voice is louder, fuller, clearer… Read the rest

No batteries…

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 05:04:07 +0000

In a dream, I saw a child playing with at toy. The child became angry because the toy evidently wasn’t behaving as it was supposed to.

What was the problem? No batteries.

When we loose our energy, our spark, the spirit that animates our lives, we’ll end up like that toy… Looking fine on the outside, but basically pretty useless.

"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot."
– Jesus of Nazereth (Matthew 5:13)

Get those batteries recharged. . . and be perfect.

Humpty Dumpty

Administrator — Sun, 08 May 2005 00:17:33 +0000

All the Kings horses and all the Kings men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

… ’cause they hadn’t created Humpty in the first place.