Random Thoughts Along the Way

Prayer Is Intention

7/30/2022

I’ve heard mantras like “Let go and let God,” or been encouraged to leave my requests at the cross.

According to these mantras, we enlist God to do a thing - we focus on the outcome. Make this sickness go away. Sell my house. Grant me that job - or a job. That’s putting it in God’s hands, right? Then we are supposed to let go or walk away. We are to pray and then sit back and wait for the miracle, no matter how small.

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Prayer Is Presence

7/23/2022

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I was standing on the earth, connecting with that part of its creator that was imbued into it, thinking about how the earth supports us.

Oftentimes in my life, prayer has been outcome based - asking God to do this, to change that, or take that away. The outcome typically sought had to do with comfort, safety, or convenience - whether my own or someone else’s. And when prayer is based on an outcome, we tend to become focused on that one outcome that we decided is best.

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Finding God ...

9/2/2021

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The Me I Was Before looked for God in the mundane, in the everyday things of life.

One of the mundane things in my life is squeezing a lemon into my water every morning. But I don’t like the seeds floating around in my glass.

One morning, I pondered this activity and found God there in my lemon.

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The Ants Come Marching One by One

8/27/2020

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Have you ever done battle with ants? I mean the kind of battle that takes place on domestic soil (ie: inside your house!).

I know I have, more than once.

(They didn't look like this - we all know what the little buggers look like. Besides, who'd want to click on a photo of real ants! Ick!)

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