Dear All of Us,
Words come easy for me
(Often too darn many,
though )
Not so numbers.
I totally dumb out.
Don't know
what you're
talking about,
EXCEPT FOR RATIOS.
Them I figure fine.
Example:
The faster we go
the more we miss
as we go.
.
That factors for miracles.
Miracles are God
on the job for us.
They're all over the place.
Yet, hell bent on
achievement, success,
schedule, destination,
distraction, fixation,
hurry, profit,
possessions, position,
recognition, results,
Mad-Hatter-Much
we zip right on by and
miss most miracles.
Augustine, genius and
sinner become saint,
saw-said it like this:
"We take for granted
the slow miracle
whereby water
in the irrigation
of a vineyard
becomes wine.
It is only when Christ
turns water into wine
in a quick motion,
(Wedding at Cana)
as it were,
that we stand
amazed."
YES
to
both
I was instantly
amazed and grateful
when a speeding car flipped
and came at me upside down
with only inches to spare,
inches that spared my life.
Amazing miracle noticed so
for sure!
It took me years, though,
to slowly
Soul See
my conception
and the nine months
and billions of cells
it took
becoming me
as the
Slow Miracle
it was.
Almost missed
the amazement
of that
slow motion
miracle me.
It seems
most miracles are
Slow Miracles.
As we
Slow Soul It,
we get it
and is it ever
WOW!
More than less,
though,
our culture
hassle-hurries us
- fast food,
quick solutions,
internet instant
everything,
Amazon deliveries
seeming to arrive
before we finish
the order.
Pretty crazy.
Fast forward
that
blurs and dulls,
missing miracles,
missing God
on the job for us.
Imagine
a
Beethoven symphony
played ten time faster
than scored.
Beauty marred,
cacophony,
a dozy of
a headache.
Slow Miracle
missed.
Sure, there are times
when we really need
to get a move on
- finishing a delayed
term paper or tax filing,
EMT's in response,
getting the bride
to the church on time,
taking the barbeque
off the grill
when it is just right.
Most of the time,
though,
we need to
Soul Slow It
to be in on
all the miracles
taking their time
being God's
WOW!
things like:
-keeping company
with a seed
miracle maturing
to intricate full flower,
-watching the clouds
slow dance with God,
-blending into a Van Gogh,
-instep with God
on the Appalachian Trail,
-savoring a simple supper,
-holding a sleeping baby,
-carefully crafting a
product/program at work,
-slow soul scrolling scripture,
-watching a wheatfield
wave hello,
-teaching a child
to play checkers,
-taking five at home
to see how wonderful it is
to have a place to live,
-listening as sea and shore
do a duet,
-sensing the mountains'
muscled might and majesty,
-sitting on the porch with God
when neither of us have
anything else but each other.
We hurry up and slow down
because
so often, so much
is
SLOW
MIRACLE
******
"There are only
two ways
to live your life.
One is as though
nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though
everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein
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Love to all.
God Bless,
John Frank
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