Day: October 25, 2021

A dog barked and barked
As I approached it on the road
When quite near it cowered
Quit barking and backed away
Not unlike many bullies 
Stanski
October 25, 2021 ^

Whenever I travel I feel your
Presence next to me.  I talk to you
And want to be as a brother to you.  
The Holy Spirit is within me
A storm announces itself
And lightning and thunder
Light and shake the skies
Windows are closed and the
Wonders of nature are displayed
In an evident way.  It is beautiful
In its own way.  It may cause damage
But so do many things.  It may
Wake us up to being aware of
Universal needs and how we
Can help with God’s grace.

Stanski
October 25, 2021 ^

Although we are all one in the spiritual sense, 
we ache, suffer pain, even exhaustion 
wondering why we seem to see only our differences.  
We cannot walk in everyone’s shoes for even a moment, 
let alone a day, but are wise enough to 
know that we all experience and 
react differently to the stimuli about us.  
Who is to profit when we begin to 
distinguish the differences we see in each other?  
What does one gain when his eternal soul is 
gambled away on finite, ambiguous choices?  
Who is right or wrong?  Does it matter
when we tend to elevate ourselves 
by diminishing others?  
The word is we should discard our possessions and
follow without question the precepts 
given by Jesus and 
then reinforced by the Spirit. 
This does not have to be literal, but doing so in
the spiritual sense is even more demanding.  
Do we want to be like Him? 
open to everyone with all the problems and 
challenges that come with them and 
act as He wants us to at this time or 
are we going to pause, put on hold 
these things until it is more convenient?  
We ask why, when we know the answer.  
Most are not ready to accept this encounter 
because we do not feel stable, so we are 
willing to wait and in a sense, defy or put aside 
the very teachings we believe in.  
Disputes will continue and 
our confrontation with reality 
will be compromised until the day 
we are ready to throw down
the gauntlet and say no more.  
The sun may shine that day. 
The task, test or trial is just beginning.
There will be others at our side pulling for us
They, too, see the value of the gift

Stanski 
October 25, 2021 ^