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In God's Image
2007-03-16 18:15:00 It is a widely held belief among people of faith that humans were created in the image of God. The Bible states it inexplicitly; other sacred texts infer it generously throughout their instruction. Most of us find comfort in this belief. Knowing that our roots are embedded in higher ground reassures us that, even with all our humanly faults, we were designed to be perfect and whole. Unfortunately, many people of faith also mistakenly believe that because man was created in God’s image, God was therefore created in the image of man. God is often characterized as having human emotions and is portrayed as being vengeful, angry, judgmental and demanding.But to attribute human emotions to God not only diminishes the nature of the Divine, but it also lessens the true nature of man. What I’ve learned from living is that when we attribute human emotions to God, we create a space for fear in our lives. Attempts to undermine the Divine undermine our authentic selve... More About: Image
The Circle
2007-02-26 05:30:00 Like the points on a geometrical circle, each of us are on a fixed radius, with God as our center. Although our distance from our Creator is set, our position on the divine circle is not. As with all celestial bodies, we are cyclical in nature; set into motion by gravitational pull. We orbit along an obscure path, completing our rounds in minutes or lifetimes.Each point on this divine circle carries a unique experience. We are constantly in flux between sickness and health, loneliness and fellowship, pleasure and pain. Some spots leave us destitute, others produce more riches than we can possibly carry.We may pretend to rely on clocks and calendars to mark our spots, but truth be told, our placeholders are useless. We may project a sense of territory, but in reality, there is no place on the circle that belongs to any one person, or any one tribe. There is no hierarchy; no place better to be than the other; no reason to be somewhere we are not. We are on cyclical time. And cyclical ... More About: Circle , The Circle
Sacred Texts
2007-02-02 05:14:00 Over 64 major religions exist in the world; each with its own set of sacred texts. That’s a lot of words of wisdom to digest. From ancient allegories attributed to Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed to commandments straight from Yahweh, there’s no shortage of divine directives for those seeking guidance. Nor is there a deficiency of experts to interpret these manuscripts.But divine inspiration needn’t be confined to manifestos of the past. Advice from God on how to best conduct our lives isn’t on a timeline, nor is it restricted to the interpretation of outside forces.What I’ve learned from living is that although divine wisdom may have been recorded on ancient scrolls and tablets centuries ago, it is also written in the hearts of every man woman and child alive today. In fact, the most reliable interpretation of divine guidance is found deep within our own being. The expression of love recorded here is universal, omnipresent, and needs no translation. It is illuminating, enlighte... More About: Text , Sacred
Faith
2007-01-29 06:06:00 I inherited faith from my great-grandmother when I was ten. It arrived in the shape of a yellow seed suspended in a clear, marble-sized ball. Although the charm appeared quite ordinary, I was ecstatic. I had been taught that if I had the faith of this tiny mustard seed, the entire world would be mine. It would be no problem, even for a child, to trump such a piddled piece of faith.But at ten I lacked intimacy with faith. I knew it only as a synonym to words like hope, wish or belief. Certain that it would grant me the life I wanted, I slipped faith on a tarnished chain and wore it around my neck for years.A few decades and a host of calamites later, that mustard seed didn’t seem so tiny after all.What I learned by living is that faith is constant. It is an unbending, omnipresent, indelible force of life that cannot be contained, either in a heart or a glass ball. It only appears transient, often in the fleeting on again off again interim moments of our need, because we personalize... More About: Faith |
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