Maybe It Is Simple

Being who you really are and doing something you really want to do does not have to be hard. After all, if you search in the deep quiet recesses of your spirit you may discover it to be something you were created to accomplish anyway. Many times we go through life pursuing goals someone else thought we should do or just doing what will generate funds for our livelihood.

I decided to buy a flute. I have wanted to learn to play the flute for about fourteen years now. I love the sound the flute makes, soothing and calming and not to mention its portability. Music is a world language, and can be with the right blending of notes, very therapeutic. So now I am learning to play this beautiful instrument so that I can play for myself during my hour of meditation and I can hopefully get good enough to play while visiting those who are in nursing homes and hospitals.

Maybe it is simple to do that something that you have always wanted to do. Think about it and as the Nike slogan says "just do it."

The Kid In Me

How did I let her stay so quiet and hidden inside of me? She wants to come out, she wants to have fun and laugh and play. Life presented so many problems and hardships that I think I hid her inside of me to protect her, but even I was holding her hostage, in bondage, and a prisoner. Sucking the life out of her, not protecting her. Not treating her as an equal. She is an equal. She is the reason I am me. She is wise, she loves God, God loves her and she loves unconditionally. She is imaginative, creative,sad but mostly happy and faithful . She is the kid in me.

(Matthew 18: 2-4)

2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Faith To Stand

I have come to a time in my life that I realize I need to be sure where I stand . I need to know who I am. I am in a continuous growth mode and the cycle continues to expand. Not only that, everything around me is continuously growing or dying. I don't know when I will take my last breath on this earth but I have no desire to wait on it. I hope to live life with no regrets, no apologies not given, no love not shown, and no deeds not done. I hope to have been pleasing in Gods sight and I pray to have been useful to humankind.

I would like to have stood on principles, morals and standards that are worthy of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. I pray these attributes would at the least be a springboard for my children and grandchildren to visit as they find themselves relating to God in the struggles of their faith.

I want to be correct in where I stand, not because it is where I am comfortable, but because it is right. O, how I know, sometimes the right place doesn't always feel comfortable and sometimes the right place can cause many hardships. In the end, and there is an end to every trial and test, I always find the reward is just that. Rewarding!