Love means substituting "I" for "Thou" Friday June 1, 2018 You survive and thrive not by holding on to what was, but by creatively changing to what is. May you be blessed with open arms ready to embrace what's new. God lives in the present - stand there by His side. KNOW WHAT YOUR DUTY IS AND DO IT WITHOUT HESITATION
by Michael Leach
Last night, Vickie and I watched a documentary about Leonard
Cohen on Netflix. Cohen was a Canadian musician who became a Buddhist monk and wrote unforgettable songs like "Hallelujah." In the documentary, he tells a story from the Bhagavad Gita about a general named Arjuna who did not want to kill others in a righteous war against evil.
"The general," says Cohen in his deep soothing voice, "that great general. He's standing in his chariot. And all the chariots are readied for war. And across the valley he sees his opponents. And there he sees not
just uncles and aunts and cousins, he sees gurus, he sees teachers that have taught him. He sees them. And Krishna, an expression of the deity, says to him, 'You will never untangle the circumstances that brought you to this moment. You are a warrior. Embrace your destiny, your fate. Know what your duty is. Do it with love in your heart. And do it without hesitation.' "
The Gita is a myth that teaches truths about ourselves, the roles we regret and try to forget, the faces we try on that
inevitably crack and crumble like Halloween masks, and the indestructible Self we really are that never dies because it is never born and always lives. Cohen, channeling Krishna, says to Arjuna, "Understand that they [personas] have already been killed, and so have you. This is just a play. This is my will. You're caught up in the circumstances that I determine for you. So arise! Stand up and do your duty."
I could never remember all the circumstances that brought me to the place 15 years
ago where Vickie began to remember nothing, including how to eat with a spoon. But I do remember a moment 50 years ago lying in bed in a rectory in the middle of the night, lonely and not wanting to be a priest anymore. I didn't have what it takes.
I thought how comforting it would be to go to bed each night and wake up each morning with a woman at my side whom I loved and who loved me and how my singular duty would be to love and protect her till death do us part, even if she got sick
before I did and I'd have to take care of her for the rest of my life...READ MORE
Praise God! I look forward to the good times ahead. My faith sustains me. |
PRAYERS FOR MY NIECE
Please pray for my niece’s health. She had a stroke that left her paralyzed on her right side, and she is only 41 years old. She is a good mother to her daughter and son. She needs prayers for healing and for patience to go through the therapy that her body is going to require. Please pray that God will
prepare me to be a spiritual blessing to her through my encouragement. Thank you. - Gloria W. |
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