Relationships

Relationships are an important part of who we are.  They can determine our success and failure at times.  I can actually attribute my current job to one of my friends.  I got my waiting job because I knew her and it was at that job, I met the person who hired me for this job.

 

Our human relation ships also affect our relationship with God.  This has been a theme in both of my readings this week.  As I was reading the character studies in The Life Application Bible, I came to Samson and Delilah.  Samson was given great skill and strength by God to serve him, but it was his relationship with Delilah that brought him to ruin.

 

In The Power of Intention, the chapter I was reading was also about relationships.  However it was about how our we affect other people’s relationships with the creative power of the universe through our actions.

 

Mahatma Gandhi summed it up best when he said, “We must be the change we want to see in the world.” 

 

 

Understanding? G-d

I was writing a response to someone’s email this morning and I thought it might be a good post for my little blog.

 

I have been considering for some time now how to explain my understanding of God.

 

I have always believed, even when I was more conservative in my thinking

that G-d was a G-d of logic and order and that G-d acts in creation through

the "laws" by which it was formed.

 

I think that the more we learn about the world we live in, the more we learn

about the Creator and the necessity of such.

 

I have met many people who would set aside logic and reason in their

understanding of G-d, but I have found that it is these G-d given faculties

that draw me to the knowledge and understanding of G-d's existence.

 

In my recent reading and meditation, I have been discovering the concepts

You(the acquaintance I was conversing with) spoke about regarding "we are what we eat."  Our lives are ruled by G-d's creative laws and it is our ability to understand and follow those "laws" which has us reaping what we sow.  Whether we like it or not we are all interconnected on this great big ball and we are all much better off when we seek to be the best persons we can be.

 

By no means do I think G-d plays no role in changing us.  The very fact that

we believe G-d exist impacts our lives and affects how we live.

 

I am sure I could go on and be much less articulate and add quotes and

examples, but it is time for work.  Have a great day everyone!

 

Growing...

Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional,

growing spiritually is up to you.

 

 

Today

I was reading a character study of the high priest Eleazar in The Life Application Bible when I came across this sentence:

 

Concentrating on our present challenges and responsibilities is the best way to prepare for what God has planned for our future.

 

I have not read anything in a while that I agree with more.  Life seems to run much more smoothly when I focus on day to day rather than next year or the next 10 years, etc.  Not that I don’t have goals, but that I live today looking forward rather than trying to live in the future now.  It takes time for some things to come together and we cannot rush them no matter how much we would like to do so.

 

Bill Cosby has said:

 

The past is a ghost, the future a dream;

All we ever have is now.