Friday, June 29, 2018
DISCOURAGED
Hi There !
So, I really hope
it is in fact
"high" there
where you are.
It is not so here where I am.
It is "low" here, very low.
I so want to write
for you of things like
cosmic energy,
near and dear companionship
in The Spirit,
everyday contemplative living,
and lots more.
Can't just now.
I'm down.
My heart ( "cor")
has been ("dist")
as in
"dis - cour -aged."
Relational failures -
big time and bad.
Pain!
No blame game.
I can only speak
for myself,
facing
my ineptitude,
my mis-reads,
my mis-steps.
Love is union,
and for me lately love
has failed into separation.
Union left town,
went south,
far and fast.
What hurts so much
is to be blocked,
by myself and by others,
denied an opening
to pour forth
God's love
freely and fully
so that it transports
to transcendence.
Rather, it's been
the incarnation
of love aborted
and union lost.
Heart blockage is
so dangerous and painful.
Look, honestly I don't mean this
as an invitation to a Pity Party.
We will get to cosmic energy,
near and dear companionship
in The Spirit,
everyday contemplative living,
and lots more, and that soon.
First, though, the imperative
for me, and for you
in your own time and way
of discouragement,
is to get Heart Healthy.
How do I/we do that?
How deal with the devil of
discouragement,
whatever the cause:
be that relational, vocational,
economic, your air conditioner
takes a vacation on a 95 degree day,
health issues upend everything?
How be, and what to do,
when something
frustrates our oneness,
our union with God, be that
God present in our relationship
with one of his children, be that
God present in our relationship
with some part of his good creation?
Whatever the cause and context,
it throws us for a loop.
In plain English,
how deal with discouragement?
The best response I know and
am employing right now is:
- admit it
- suffer the pain
- allow for mourning
- refuse furry
- as a particular love union
is denied, embrace all the other
particular love embraces
open, healthy, fresh, good
that welcome you -
family and friends, babies and puppy dogs,
tulips, Giotto's frescoes , a walk in the woods,
a meal shared, a child happy to have you
as a Big Brother/Sister, restoring a 1930 Model T,
mentoring a young person from the inner city,
and endlessly more if only
we keep looking through our tears
to see the Love Unions open to us
- realize that all Reality is not wrapped up in
just one particular love union denied
- in simple, plain, pure prayer
"Cast your care upon the Lord."
( Psalm 55:22 )
because
- "There is a Wideness to God's Love"
for sure.
- in fact, there are no limits,
no denial of union from
The Love Who Is God.
The Love Union of God is oceanic
and it is present in all sorts of
people, projects, possibilities,
places and objects.
- when discouraged, sink into the ocean
of God's Love so universally present.
- We go deep, or we drown where we are.
"Discouragement focuses on
'what is not,' and completely misses
the far greater reality of 'what is'."
( Craig D. Lounsbrough )
Hey, thanks for letting me be
honest and open with you
and go through this here.
Yes, it's so good
"to embrace all
the other particular love unions -
open, healthy, fresh, good...
that welcome you,"
and not get stuck in
'what is not' and miss
the far greater reality of
'what is '.
When the devil of discouragement
tries to steal and still to death our hearts
when love union is denied one way or another,
stay open, go deep, swim free in that ocean of
presence that is the Love Who Is God.
Please do consider the
MEDITATION MARKERS
that follow when either discouraged,
or supporting another who is.
They provide an abundance of
clarity, comfort, direction and wisdom.
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by many new to our weekly sharing
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Holding one and all gratefully in
God's Dear Love,
A Refreshed and Renewed,
John Frank
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Meditation Markers
- When written in Chinese the word "crisis"
is composed of two characters -
one represents danger
and the other opportunity.
John F. Kennedy
- If the wind will not serve,
take to the oars.
Latin Proverb
- What the caterpillar calls
the end of the world,
the master calls a butterfly.
Richard Bach
- If one dream should fall and
break into a thousand pieces,
never be afraid to pick
one of those pieces up
and begin anew.
Flavia
- Fall seven times.
Stand up eight.
Japanese Proverb
- Weeping may endure
for a night,
but joy cometh
in the morning.
Psalm 30:5
- It's just that in the Deep South,
women learn at an early age
that when the world
is falling apart around you,
it's time to take down the drapes
and make a new dress.
Karen Marie Moning
- I survived because the fire in me
burned brighter than
the fire around me.
Author Unknown
- We must endure pain
and burn it as fuel
for our journey.
Kenji Miyazawa
- God is my Shepherd!
I don't need a thing.
You have bedded me down
in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools
to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in
the right direction.
Even when the way
goes through Death Valley,
I am not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd's crook
makes me feel secure.
You serve me a six course dinner
right in front of my enemies
You revive my dropping head;
my cup brims with blessing.
Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I'm back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.
Psalm 23
( The Message )
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