THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL

"‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

JESUS the CHRIST

IMPECCABLE POWER
- nerve & grace -

fill your cup
pull up a chair

the challenge: the gap

don't edit yourself to belong
"The pot that dips too often into the river eventually leaves its handle behind." (African Proverb)     LEARNING to CLEAR the GAP ( you came to become you ) "If you're lucky to be taught by somebody with wonderful imagination, even if later you're cruelly cheated, learned, you're less likely to be the one bemoaning that prophetic Shakespeare line, 'I wasted time; thus time has wasted me.'" ~ SBL
QUESTION OF THE WEEK

 

To see the world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

William Blake
Auguries of Innocence

 

 

"Encourage one another. Build one another up."

A New Creation

Nicolette Sowder

"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."

Isaiah, the Prophet

"Rise up, shine, because your light has come. The glory of Yahweh has risen upon you. Look, darkness has covered the land. Deep darkness covers the people. But Yahweh will rise upon you. His glory will appear over you, and nations will come to your light."

This World is OURS to NURTURE and NAVIGATE

ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! Consult YOUR preferred / respected QUALIFIED counsel or professional when dealing with YOUR pain, loss, tragedy, trauma, or grief. Tragedies and traumas are not conditions ONE can simply SNAP OUT from. They remain corrosive until effectively dealt with! Be aware that some personal beliefs, cultural attitudes and traditions can keep persons trapped in traumas which are then perpetuated across generations. This reality is often obvious to those who refuse to live in the excuse of it and oblivious to those who excuse it. We (individually, collectively, the human) have the power to change those trajectories and inhabit better circumstances. It is worth repeating: humans, marvelously made, a work in progress, a divine project. Isn't that awesome? "Perhaps some young men, older men too, were never told, 'there is a boy inside of you looking up to you; take good care of him!' Perhaps they never knew self-care is supercool."

YOU SHAPE YOUR COMMUNITY
YOUR COMMUNITY SHAPES YOU.

WE SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY
OUR COMMUNITY SHAPES US.

Salt of The Soil

SAND is not SALT

Be who YOU are! If you don't like what you are, TRANSFORM

Do what it takes! If you don't like where you're headed, TURN

The BEST you is you. Be you! Don't lose your salt.

Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.

Joshua Dubois
PRAYERS

Intelligent AWARENESS along THE JOURNEY through life's SPECTRUM of CHALLENGES