Damaged, by Plumb

I said, “Let me walk in the fields;”
He said, “Nay, walk in the town;”
I said, “There are no flowers there;
He said, “No flowers, but a crown.”
I said, “But the sky is black,
There is nothing but noise and din;”
But He wept as He sent me back-
“There is more,” He said, “there is sin.”
I said, “But the [...]

FALLING FOR FREEDOM
So you’re free now, from the pain of disappointment and desperation
And the day is an open blank page and you are the only one with the crayons
And there are no lines to avoid
And no pretenses to keep up
And no more fear of fighting
Or failing
Who will deliver you from loneliness?
Unless you have several REAL [...]

And for all this I am still a bird in a cage….. Where is freedom and why does she yet sing? When she must know my ears are deaf, and my salute is a broken wing…. Sweet freedom, an echo against the wind My haunted, and only friend You slip away You run and play [...]

We must be about our Father’s business IN THIS WORLD, and paying attention to
WHO and WHAT and WHY is what helps us WALK IN PEACE.  HIS PEACE, not as the world offers.Â
I found a writing today in Bases of World Order, a book of notes from a summerseminar led by Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson, of [...]

It’s all relative.       Regardless, you are a work in progress, and like all that grows upward, there will be distraction, and impediment, and detriment….and the solution is as vague as the day your journey began, and  yet it is today that you can be free.  What do you long for?  What is the dream that [...]

It’s Thursday
Hello broken wind  what is it to live in the eyes of the maker?  Does it mean that even now I can talk with you?  I am uneasy.  I am at unrest.  Should there be a storm it would only clean the rubble, and make the path cleaner…..but it doesn’t, and the journey goes [...]

This will be an ongoing journal of observations concerning our pursuits, of Life Liberty and Justice for all.  To begin, let us define LIFE:  Bible references:Â
Genesis 2:9  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also [...]

From A FAITH TO LIVE BY, Sadie tiller Crawley:Â
“Since Baptists believe that every individual must be free to worship as he pleases, and that every individual is responsible to God for his own choices, they also believe in the absolute separation of church and state.  A state-controlled religion cannot leave individuals free to worship as [...]