THRIFTING

Dear All of Us,

Thrift Stores are a bargain for sure.

About half of what I wear 

someone else broke in for me.

As a pastor, my Wedding/Funeral Suit 

came from a church thrift shop.

It was a dark blue Seville Row pinstripe 
in mint condition.

I got it for $5.00 years ago.

Many of the books in my library 

were cracked open 

for me by someone else.

That was how I got 

the leather-bound set of

The Great Books.

They were in perfect condition 

and came complete with bookcase.

There they were at a

Ladies’ Aid Rummage Sale and

happy to go home with me 

for a mere $50.00.

Thrifting is the way to go.

There are real “finds” everywhere.

Among my most treasured "finds" are 

a collection of wisdom sayings and insights.

Again, I am the beneficiary of others,

in this case not their clothes or books,

but their pain, their joy, their growing,

their freeing into Fullness.

All it costs me is attentive reflection.

What a bargain!

Rather regularly 

some of these treasures

are shared here.

They are ours for reflection.
Over time and slowly

let's caress them 

with quiet openness. 

Let them be prompts 

for a journey at once into

Spirit Deepest, Spirit Highest

as we slowly savor them 

in daily meditation and prayer. 

Happy to go “Thrifting” with you.

   

          John Frank

         

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You are not just the drop in the ocean.
You are the mighty ocean in a drop.
                  Rumi

Soul Scope:

        Talk about "Oneness!"

        Wonder of wonders,

        we get to be awash 

        in the Ocean of All.

        What does it mean 

        to sense that we each 

        are a drop in the ocean

        and the mighty ocean in a drop?

                 
                 *****

I understand that Mozart 

just listened 

and wrote what he heard.

In a sense,

Mozart was made of music.

I wonder if we are like that 

and just don’t know it.

Are we all made 

of music we don’t hear?

Made of words we don’t write?

Do we have images within us 

we never form with our hands?

Is the genius simply the person 

who is able to let the beauty 

flow through him or her 

onto the page, into the clay, 
onto the canvas?

The one born knowing 

how to get out of its way?
There is the beauty everywhere, 

all around us, 

surrounding each of us,

and do most of us live entire lives

never feeling it course through us 

and out into the world?

          Barbara Crafton

Soul Scope

        We are divine at our core. 

        Let's listen and look.

        How can we get out of the way

        and let God's beauty in us flow forth?

        What are the tones and hues 

        of God's vibrancy in us?

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Prayer Pause:

       "Where your treasure is, 

         there your heart will also be."

                    Jesus

                Mathew 6:21

Soul Scope:

         In The Spirit let's 

         honestly, prayerfully, 

         unguardedly, 

         candidly and completely

         see and say

         our top ten "treasures",

         whomever, whatever, however 

         they are.

         

         Then in The Spirit let's see and say 

         what those "treasures" say about 

         what we are all about at heart just now.

 

          

       

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spreading word about

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by sharing with others 

through personal word
and by reference 

on their social media.
It's the main way we connect 

with new people here.

Your help is just that 

and greatly appreciated.

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             Holding us all in All,

            See you next week!

                John Frank

         

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