Tuesday, January 7, 2025

LIGHTEN UP

Dear All of Us,

So, look.

For those of us

in a hurry

to catch a plane

        or

change a baby's diaper,

here's the whole point 

of this blog:   

    For God's sake, 

    for sanity's sake, 

    really for both,

         let's 

    LIGHTEN UP


Sure, the sky may fall.

Let's dance until it does.

We dance divine eternal. 

If it doesn't, dance on we will

         here and now, 

         vigorously so.


What's shooing 

us too many off 

the dance floor is 

  FUTURE FEAR

There's this 

killer anxiety

that's making us 

crazy afraid and angry 

            and 

crazy afraid and angry

with each other.

We fear that

the dance floor

is about to fall out 

from under us,

pitching us into 

unbearable 

pain and turmoil.

At the moment 

here in The States

the fears goes 

Something Like This:

With the Democrats 

it's liberal, 

permissive, 

feather headed 

fluff and furry,

intrusive government

on a spending spree.

With the Republicans 

it's dictatorial 

control and chaos, 

diminished social justice,

environmental and 

international disaster.  

Globally there is the fear 

that migration will overwhelm, 

that resources and environment 

    will fail to our fatality,

that fascists and dictators

    will rule to our ruin,

that society is on life support.

        FUTURE FEAR

               of

   COMING CATSTROPHY

       

       RIGHT or LEFT

       we suffer and 

       cause others 

       to suffer from

              PTS

"Pre" Traumatic Syndrome


We're suffering not a now

    but a future feared,

               a 

           MAYBE 

          POSSIBLY

   CAN'T SAY FOR SURE


Cause and effect 

are seen in 

radically different 

and frightful ways.

Those on the 

Right and Left 

sides of the dance hall

blame and fear the other.

    No Chance Dance!!!!

We just can't

       "Partner Up"


Our individual and 

corporate souls

are at issue here.

We literally need

"to get it together"

         as in

     God is One

We have our being 

      together 

in God's Oneness 

     and that 

in different ways.

We need to 

warm into that.


The ancient symbol

for God is a perfect

        CIRCLE

no beginning, no end,

altogether and always

       perfectly

          ONE


Our being as 

the ones we are

comes from 

being together   

in the sweep 

of that dynamic

      ONE

     that is 

      GOD


Now imagine a circle 

         where 

     The Left Side 

          and 

    The Right Side

separate from each other,

seek to cancel each other out.

The circle fails-falters-flat.


In the current environment 

    we really do need an 

   Atmospheric Change!

     A SPIRITUAL ONE

   "My prayer is...

    that all of them  

    may be one, Father, 

    just as you are in me 

    and I am in you. 

    May they also be in us 

    so that the world 

    may believe

    that you have sent me."

    John 17: 20-21


Let's read this 

again and again 

until we realize 

that no less than 

      Jesus 

is telling us that 

BELIEVABILITY

     IN HIM 

  WORLDWIDE 

depends on our unity, 

on Right and Left 

being supportive of 

      difference 

     in a unified 

         ONE

          in 

         HIM


It's not "faith" 

in doctrinal concepts,

denominational 

affiliation,

rite or ritual 

that does it.

Look where 

that has 

gotten us and

has failed 

to get us.


    BELIEVABILITY

the ability of the world 

      to believe

   happens when 

    we are holy 

        as in

      WHOLE


We can be different

We must be together.


Differences span 

a circle 

do not split off, 

do not push others off,

claiming they alone are

the one and only 

true circle.

They need each other 

for balance 

and symmetry.

They thrive 

in contributing

their uniqueness 

to a dynamic 

      ONENESS  

They need each other

       to be a

       WHOLE 

Each gives the best 

of what it is as it is.

        To be a 

  Follower of Jesus 

     is to be in a 

Oneness of Diversity


Seeing is Believing.

A stressed world

     is looking.

     May we 

   LIGHTEN UP

   Embrace our 

   differences,

   Rejoice in our

       unity.


A stressed world

would love to see it

and be able 

to believe it.


GOD'S ONENESS

LEFT AND RIGHT

          a

      WHOLE

DIVINE DYNAMIC


We can lighten up 

the world 

as all sides of a 

HOLY CIRCLE

DANCE A ONENESS

    spin lift

 LIGHTEN UP

   ******


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      Have a great week.

           Love to all.

           God Bless,

           John Frank

            ******