THE REALITY OF THE ROSE BUSH

Residing along the southern wall of the home of my youth was a Peace Rose bush. It survived and thrived with little human attention, mostly because there was always enough sun and rain to sustain it. The blooms weren’t abundant and there was very little growth from year to year, but the gentle, soothing pastel […]

Time through the Hourglass

Oh, how the time quickly passes through the hourglass. I can feel it sifting away, so slowly, so gradually, so constantly.   Each second of grain  finding its way through time. From the future, so far away, tumbling, tumbling into the present and right on to past.   Every single grain in line, In its […]

ARE WE ALL IN?

Perhaps the most fundamental question that mankind confronts is that of “Divine Creation”.   Were the heavens and earth brought to being by a supreme God, or was it random happenstance resulting from a “big bang” in the cosmos? Most have an answer, whether it be “Absolutely”, “Absolutely NOT”, or “I’m not sure” or “maybe” […]

ENLIGHTENMENT

“ENLIGHTENMENT” Haven’t we heard a lot about this?  Many claim to be on the “pathway to enlightenment”.  My assumption is that they are trying to learn and become a being of light.  Whatever that means to them. Enlighten definition (in Strongs NEW TESTAMENT Dictionary 5461) enlighten, illuminate, make to see, take off the cover, make […]

TIME

The perception time is a funny thing.  Time can seem to travel at lightning speeds, or it can  ride on the back of a 200 year old tortoise. One thing we know about time is that we, as humans, have a finite amount of it as we walk the earth. None of us is guaranteed […]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

We can’t help but see that we have come into the “Season of Construction”.  It seems that every road we take is torn up for repair, often causing slow-downs and detours. It can be so frustrating when we come upon a detour that is placed in the middle of our path. Though detours are there […]