Mid October 2020

Apologetics is answering a question that will open the door way of faith for Another... Best use of our faculty of thought in submission to the Holy Spirit to remove doubts and problems that hinder a trustful, energetic, participation in a life of personal relationship with God." ~ Dallas Willard source

Colossians 2:8 "See to it then no one takes you Captive hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ."

Diligently seek Him :  Hebrews 11:6

Everything is Going to be All Right

How should I not be glad to contemplate

the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window

and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?

There will be dying, there will be dying,

but there is no need to go into that.

The poems flow from the hand unbidden

and the hidden source is the watchful heart.

The sun rises in spite of everything

and the far cities are beautiful and bright.

I lie here in a riot of sunlight

watching the day break and the clouds flying.

Everything is going to be all right.

Derek Mahon, from Selected Poems

Friendship exhibits a glorious ‘nearness by resemblance’ to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the Fruition which each has of God. For every soul, seeing Him in her own way, doubtless communicates that unique vision to all the rest... The more we thus share the Heavenly Bread between us, the more we shall all have." The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

God : "The more you forget yourself, the more God will enter inside of  you." Oct 4 of Wise Thoughts for Every Day by Leo Tolstoy, Peter Sekirin (Translator)

"He who has ears to Hear let him Hear." ~ Jesus

"It's by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life." ~ Joseph Campbell. 

Jesus will help us think and give us his Spirit." ~ Dallas Willard source

“Knowledge” in biblical language never refers to head Knowledge but always to experiential involvement. Thus, when Jesus defined eternal life as “that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3,KJV), he was speaking of the constant, close interaction with the Trinitarian being of God. Jesus brings this grace into the lives of those who seek and find him." p. 37 ~ Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation by Jan Johnson and Dallas Willard

"Listen and understand. What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them." Matthew 15: 10-11

Micah 6:8 "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." 

"Nature works no faster than need be. .. She knows that seeds have many other uses than to reproduce their kind. If every acorn of this year's crop is destroyed, or the pines bear no seed, never fear. She has more years to come. It is not necessary that a pine or an oak should bear fruit every year, as it is that a pea vine should." ~ Henry David Thoreau, Faith in a Seed

 Ledyard Street FRESH garden

OCTOBER 5 : Unification in Spirit : "If a person lives only for his body, it is as if he has closed himself in a 

Prison. The Person who lives for his spirit opens his Prison doors, and sets himself free. Do not ignore your conscience, but listen to it. It will lead you toward the truth you need. 

[Question:] 

Why do I feel so angry when I have a disagreement with someone? Why do I feel so embarrassed when I don’t love a particular person? When we do not love others, and we disagree with them, we are disagreeing with God, who lives in us all. We are essentially disagreeing with ourselves. 

 For God, I am a different person than I am for myself. God brings out the best in me.

Wise Thoughts for Every Day by Leo Tolstoy, Peter Sekirin (Translator)

Radical Change" Week 42 of Core 52 Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the Renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 

He who loves his life [soul] loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal” John 12:24-25

Vine in the boro October 11, 2020

“We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially.” ~ E.B. White

Xenos in the New Testament denotes sojourners in a foreign land, a biblical description of Christians whose ultimate home is in heaven. A secondary usage of the word xenos denotes "one who provides hospitality." Wikipedia

Ynsi Name Meaning: Its Destiny, Luck and Powerful Symbolism source but I will double check with my new friend who lives nearby and often walks when and where I go with Misty

eZekiel 11:19–20 "And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God." Similarly eZekiel 36:26-28