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The Seeds of Our Soul
As it is with the daffodil bulbs, so it is with our souls. Our
inner destiny has already been implanted in our souls.
That destiny, that calling, that purpose is contained in us just as
the daffodil is contained in the daffodil bulb.
Each of us possesses a life force within us, an energy, a
spirit,
that seeks to bring the seed of ourselves to fruition.
It pulses inside of us, trying to complete who we are uniquely
created to be. ...
There is an old Hasidic tale in which a Jewish rabbi says:
"When you die and go to heaven and meet your Maker,
your Maker is not going to ask you why didn't you discover
the cure for such and such? ...
Why weren't you successful? Why didn't you become more?
The only question that will be asked of you is, why didn't
you become YOU? ... "
by The Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems
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| What Does Conversion Mean Today? |
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What happened to Abdul Rahman, and how did he come to be
such a threat to the Afghani way of life? ...
Rahman "abandoned" Islam, in the words of those who
wanted
to punish him. Yes, he became a Christian ...
... he was perceived by all who were interviewed in the country
as a traitor to Islam, the state religion.
All of this is remarkably difficult to understand for post-
Enlightenment Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus,
Sikhs, or whatever else ...
With rare exception, we have come to accept that you
cannot
irrefutably convince, let alone force, others to believe, or to
hold certain tenets as truth for life. ...
In fact, we've taken this distancing from commitment even
further to the point where conversion is something rarely
talked about. ...
by Jon Sweeney
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| Three
Thoughts to Ponder |
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DAY 35
I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and
in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever
with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils
alone.
--Thomas Merton
DAY 38
Try and be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. Be a spot
of ground where nothing is growing, where something
might be planted, a seed, possibly, from the Absolute.
--Rumi
DAY 39
Hope seen cannot be
hope, it lies
hidden from sight.
Faith, its elder brother, must dwell in half-seen light.
--Renée Miller
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