Disconnection

by rkcdlitt

Unfortunately, we are trained to be disconnected people. All of our heroes in life are go-it-alone supermen who conquer all the villains that life throws in front of them, who then hop in their vintage cars and drive off into the sunset. Many of our books and most of our movies have the same theme.
We have this theme because in reality our life is a series of burdens and uncertainties that disappoint us in our shallow, uninteresting daily lives. At some point, whatever our employment is, the joy and gloss is torn off to reveal the toil and mundane existence of the boring everyday existence of modern life. In our hearts and minds, we gradually deteriorate to a state of nothingness and joylessness that looks for any excitement it can find. Our physical world cannot give us this excitement forever.
The light in our hearts must rise out of this mundane state allowing others to share in the will that God has put in the very core of our being that other people can observe and share, seeing the joyful difference, but realizing the similar internal feelings in their own very beings. When it does, this light from our hearts, that we all share, bears the image of God, raising us out of the mundane existence of human drudgery that no longer needs the artificial movie hero we formerly worshipped.
We have overcome the enormous of influential disconnection to the message that Jesus taught so long ago and still teaches today, Love, God’s unending Love is always with us and outlasts all of our troubles, connecting us in infinite Love.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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Interrelationships; Work of the Lay People

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Do you see that person standing in the back of the crowd? She’s the one who is always sitting alone, many times hiding her face, too shy to speak her voice. Those few people who know her say that she has a very gentle heart, a very caring heart. When she speaks, she speaks with authority about the plight of the oppressed; she cautions that God wants us to value and respect people of all traditions and cultures equally. She laughs when she says that we should be a part of humane-ity. We should love one another as Jesus says. Could she be called by God to be our leader with her too-gentle heart? She offers God’s Grace fully and often, could her wholeness suffer the cruelty of our harsh world?

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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Loss

by rkcdlitt

Loss hurts! Deep loss hurts forever, deeply!
When we turn on our televisions, we hear the local meteorologist tell us that a new storm is coming. But when we suffer a deep loss, the storm is already here. And there is nothing that we can do or say that will lessen that loss, that will lessen the pain of that loss. I come to you with open arms. My hands raised, raised high to our God, wondering what I can give, anything will help; but I know that God is already with you. I see an aura of light around you that you may yet not feel. But with all of your friends gathered around you, lifting you with love, the love of God, bringing you God’s mercy, worshiping with you; this is the gift we bring you. For the loss that truly hurts. We pray that we can open your heart. For God to soothe your pain.

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Intolerance or Tolerance

by rkcdlitt

We (society) live in a world of choices, and sometimes our choices seem to sneak up on us (society) and tell us we have made a serious mistake. The terrible part of this is that we (society) are unable to change what we have done. We can be completely intolerant and blame it on the “other guy” (our neighbor). After all, it was his fault; he was the one who caused all the problems in the first place. Or, we can be tolerant, and roll up our sleeves and work together to fix the problems as they come along.
Our first goal is to find a common place to start. We know that place; it has been laid out before us; it is within us; God has shown us the way. The lighted path will encourage us to work together to accomplish the work the must be done for us to be in control of our own lives. If we work together, we can gain control of our individual lives as God desires us to do. We have maximum control of our lives; not for the material goals of more money, but maximum control of life, true life, the life that matters, not the one constantly reaching out for material wealth
The work God wants us to do, we can do together; it is non-adversarial; it is non-counterproductive, if that is such a word. When we work together to reach a fuller and richer life according to God’s wishes (and remember, they may be different for all of us), the result is a fulfillment not just for each individual but for society as a whole, Therefore the subject of tolerance versus intolerance really does not arise , since the fulfillment is the richness of each individual’s life.
I have always believed that a full life of prayer and love will take us a long way to avoid intolerance in our world. Let us hold this spiritual truth in our minds as we walk together on the individual paths of our lives.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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Togetherness

by rkcdlitt

Did you ever think about why the ancients wrote the way they did? Whenever they wrote about one person, there was always another one in the background, or with the person, sharing the adventure or the troubles. In all the major stories in the Bible, our heroes are surrounded by friends and followers who support them during times of fear, hunger, and pain. In times of human despair, God’s love is shown in the reactions of other humans. They are the budding trees of God’s love bringing peace and comfort to those in harm’s way. Friends are the invisible powers of togetherness.

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You Are a Good Person

by rkcdlitt

When someone is grieving, our instinct is to step forward to comfort in any way we can, even if we are not experts. This is the goodness and promise of God’s love within all of us. As we approach our friend or family member, with our pot of comfort food, we are filled with the love and spirituality of God within us, bringing all the love that we can foster in our stumbling ways to the one who grieves. May you always walk in the light of prayer on your mission of compassion and love.
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Love is the Given Gift

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In our relationship with God, In our relationships with each other, we have nothing to offer, because we have nothing of our own. We are born with nothing, and that is the way we die, Except for one important element in our lives. One very important gift Is what is given by God. This is love. It is the gift that we cannot keep! It is ours only to share, to spread far and wide in the world we inhabit. When a helping hand is needed, we give it; any way we can.
Unlike God, we may not have Heaven and Earth to share or promise, but we do have Love, God’s built-in attention of our hearts and intentional love of our insufficient human brains that carry us to help each other in times of need. These make up the Love of the Given Gift of God.

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Our Troubles lead to Hope

by rkcdlitt

Now that we have already broken most of our new year’s resolutions, let’s take a look at our lives and honest virtues that are always with us. First and foremost, we have our family. And we all have a family that nurtures us. Our traditional family, we all know about, but for too many of us, a non-traditional family that also is one of support and love, lives on the streets of our towns and cities. They too have their codes of friendship and family, one of hidden love and support. But do not despair the love of God is always with us and the darkness is not permanent. Regardless of what our life circumstance is faith and virtue can be and are ours to live and love. Fear and doubt can be left behind by the faith and love of the ever-present love of God leading us through the tunnels of darkness to a full life of meaning. A life of struggle and doubt at times, yes; but a life that is always a life of faith, virtue, and always, love.
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Dark hours

by rkcdlitt

In the dark hours of the wee morning, I lie awake thinking of the day ahead. The weatherman promises more snow tonight; great, that means the plows will pile more at the end of my driveway, freezing me in the cave called my home. But I fear not, that is my protective moat, keeping the forces of the dark knight from overtaking my castle of brightness and light. The barricade of snow at the end of my driveway is God’s protection against all evil forces trying to take the life from my 81-year-old bones. So, I rise from my bed, step into my armor of my walker, proudly strut to my weapon of choice, open my computer, and face the morning, ridding my fears of the darkest hours. I say to you all, “May God walk before you on the day, predicted of snowfall; may your shield of armor protect you from all the evil forces from the dark hours of your life, and may you always walk with love and peace filling your heart and flowing from your lips.”
©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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2 responses to “Dark hours”

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    Cathy J. Stiltner

    That was really good. I guess I am not the only one blocked by the road plowers. I am praying I can get out before I run out of food. I have a handicapped son who loves to eat! Thank you for this. I enjoyed reading it. I know God is with me and grateful for it.

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    Liz Sampson

    Very well written. A storyteller indeed

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Life is Good

by rkcdlitt

In the spiritual adventure of what we call life we discover that our life is like a drop of water in God’s eternity. With our family and friends always walking beside us, catching us when we falter, we are always assured that we are on the safe and treasured path that God has given is yesterday, today and tomorrow, allowing us to walk in His grace. When we forever take God’s Love and Grace as our everyday mantra, we treat all whom we meet with love and peace in our hearts and on our lips.
Truly, Life is Good.

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