October 2012 Blog Posts (22)

The very quality of your life, whether you love it or hate it, is based upon how thankful you are toward God. It is one’s attitude that determines whether life unfolds into a place of blessedness or wretchedness. Indeed, looking at the same rose bush, some people complain that the roses have thorns while others rejoice that some thorns come with roses. It all depends…

(« Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji Meditation Hall » by Michael Dougan)

After Simon tells his roshi the story of the man who waited at the door of the Law, the student begs his master to explain the dark…

Wonderful Saviour,
God's Holy One-
Let us give thanks
for the gift of the Son.

Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17

(« Ganjoji in Izushi » by 663highland)

The third part of « The Door Of The Law » is entitled « Parable » and presents the part of the story wherein Simon, the Zen student, reads to his master the bewildering…

Satan’s condemnation brings no repentance or resolve, just regret!

Satan has one aim:  steal your peace, kill your dreams, and destroy your future.

He’s deputized people to peddle his poison.  Friends dredge up your past. Preachers proclaim all guilt and no grace.  And parents, oh, your parents.  They own a travel agency that specializes in guilt trips.  “Why can’t you grow up?”  “When are you going to make me proud?”

But he will not…

(« Huike Thinking » by Shi Ke)

« The Door Of The Law » is a suite in six chapters inspired by « A Parable About A Parable » from RAWilson's « Quantum Psychology, » itself inspired by Kafka's «…

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

In the final days of Jesus’ life, he shared a meal with his friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. Within the week he would feel the sting…

(« De Profundis 1 » by Kate Parry Evans)

« De Profundis » is the fifth and final movement of « Lifeforce. » I discovered the title when time came to name the various sections of « Between Worlds. » I opened my encyclopedic dictionary and started looking for words beginning with « d » in…

When most people retire they may take a cruise, play bridge on Wednesdays, go to the spa with their best girlfriends, or park in front of the television.

Not so from Marlene Berthelot. She is a compassionate woman that has spent her lifes savings helping orphaned children in Haiti.

Formerly a science…

“I the LORD do not change.” Malachi 3:6

Recently we decided to downsize and reluctantly listed our property on the real estate market. So for the past month we have been sorting through everything: cupboards, closets, shelves, drawers, storage rooms, the garage and barns. Sorting through forty-seven years of stuff and many, many precious memories.

Everything has changed -except…

(« A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane » by Mets501)

How long have I hankered

For the right way to go

How far have I wandered

To know what I now know



Laying under the moon

Rising up with the crow

And the wail of the…

(« The Sea of Ice » aka « Polar Sea, » aka « The Wreck of Hope » by Caspar David Friedrich)…

“We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may…

(« The Crystal Ball » by John William Waterhouse)

« Uncertainty Principle » gets its title from Heisenberg's quantum mechanics principle which states by precise inequalities…

“The payment of sin is death.”  Romans 6:23 (NCV)

Sin does to a life what shears do to a flower.  A cut at the stem separates a flower from the source of life.  Initially the flower is attractive, still colorful and strong. But watch that flower over a period of time, and the leaves will wilt and the petals will drop.  No matter what you do, the flower will never live again.  Surround it with water. Stick the…

Psalm 5:12 “For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.” And Job 10:12 “You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.”

Beloved one, know the assurance of your Father’s blessing, his presence, his favor, and his surrounding grace. Who you are and everything you have is the result of…

 Heavenly Father, in Jesus name, Our Lord and Savior. Your Word tell us, we have not, because we asked not.  Therefore, I decree breakthrough in the believers hearts, minds and souls, reversing everything that the enemy thought he had stolen in their lives which seem to be dead or delayed, in their situations, I call on the spirit of life, trust, forgiveness, love, goodness, joy, gladness, reconcile in marriages, in the fathers and sons relations, in the mothers and…