A New Year

by rkcdlitt

Here it is, the end of another year! As true with all years, we have had to climb a few hills, but we also had some smooth paths to walk also. Generally, God has been good to us. As we approach the new year let us all keep on the path that God has paved for us. Greet others with a smile and share with them God’s love. Know your own heart and its ability to grow every time you meet others. Be in good health and trust your instincts; God put them there for a reason.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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It Just Makes My Heart Want to Sing

by rkcdlitt

It’s December 26th. Our small family celebration of Christmas has peacefully passed; my brother-in-law returns home tomorrow, and my grandson returns to college on Saturday. It was truly two days of love, arguments, and love. We exchanged gifts in good humor, many were frivolous jokes, grinch related, but there were serious gifts also.
My daughter prepared two feasted feeding many more than six people could eat, but somehow we ate it all. Of course, my brother-in-law will take some back home, and my grandson will have much for his coffers on returning to college.
I did notice one oddity: my highly successful iron-willed daughter and my steel-secured wife were disagreeing about basic things and mothers and daughters often (replace: always) do. This so much reminded me how much my young successful iron-willed wife and her steel-secured mother were constantly disagreeing over every insignificant detail possible.
Family, ah, family, we ain’t perfect, but we are all love. It just makes my heart want to sing!

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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God’s Beautiful Child

by rkcdlitt

So misunderstood,
yes; . . . but loved by God!
In his lack of misunderstood grace,
his genius hidden by disability,
and feared by those he seen,
but shines through to those
who take stop to wait,
to listen to offer. . . God’s Love
to this beautiful man.

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I Wish You Happiness

by rkcdlitt

Gracious and Loving God,
I open our minds to the goodness
and strength You bring in our lives.
When we searched for beauty
You blessed us with human warmth and Love.
Poured us aplenty with doses of blessed goodness and strength.
You created within us a compassionate
presence that is so much greater than ourselves,
so much greater than our imaginations
could ever take us on our own.
It is then that I remember
God steps forth as the loving arms of Mother.
Giving us true happiness.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

Light within you

by rkcdlitt

Do you feel it deep within you?
It’s always there but not beating.
Not beating like your heart.
It’s a warmth that’s always there.
Sometimes you try to ignore it.
But it shines through regardless.
This light is the soul that God
places in our hearts that shines
up through our faces for others to see;
we feel, but cannot see it in ourselves
as others do. We can only see it shine
in others. It is God’s wonderful plan
seeing the light within you shine
for others to see, and for you to see
their light shine to see their beauty.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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Light of the World

by rkcdlitt

We are all children of God.
By His Grace,
we are the light of God on earth.
We are the fruit of the best of His Creation,
therefore, we are true. . . and right. . . and good.
If we accept God’s light and life,
our paths before us are filled
with His goodness and light and life.
The paths of our lives cross with others’
on their paths of light and life.
When we accept others as our brothers and sisters,
we grow broader and deeper in God’s love.
Jesus says in Matthew that
we are the light of the world
and by doing these many good works,
we glorify God.

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Strength of Goodness

by rkcdlitt

I awoke this morning with the blood of God flowing through the veins in my body. If you ask me how I know, I will tell you that I live with the goodness that God has blessed me with allowing me to live for the better part of almost 82 years on this small orb we call Earth in the atmosphere somewhere in the vast milky way God created billions of years ago. After I thanked God for allowing me one more day, I kissed my wife, told her I loved her, and bounded out of bed (slowly creaked my ancient bones) to face the new day.
Let’s face facts, our lives are difficult; we face some troubling times in our lives, but we make our way through these times. My grandmother always said that the tunnel may be dark, and it may be long, but there is always light at the end of that tunnel, and that light is God, and if you add one more letter “O” to God, which is :Good; and we know that God is Good., we are born of God; we are born of Good; therefore, we are all born with the strength of Good, the strength of God.

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“Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes”

by rkcdlitt

It is that time in church when we sing hymns of praise celebrating the birth of Jesus so many years ago. For all the non-French students out there, the title translates as “Angels We Have Heard on High,” truly one of my favorite carols, if not for the angels that have stayed with me since my near-death experience four years ago.
I believe in angels; mine have kept me on the path of righteousness, allowing me to greet all whom I meet with God’s gentleness, but more importantly with God’s everlasting Love. So, I try to go through life with a song in my heart and the words on my lips: “What the gladsome tidings be, which inspire Your heavenly song.”
Merry Christmas, all my beloved brothers and sisters.
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Exploration

by rkcdlitt

I walk out on my front lawn at night and look up at the night sky. I am in awe at the portion of the great Milky way that is splayed out for me to see. The beauty is overwhelming. Not being a scientist, I am truly amazed at the grandness of the universe that is beyond my imagination. I am envious of those who are capable and have the equipment to see the beauty of the colors and hues of the cloud structures that surround the planets circulating the stars that are our nearest galaxies.
As a youth growing up, I was a Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers fan in the 1940s and 1950s; I faithfully watched Star Trek but was not a Trekkie; and Star Wars was interesting until it got too violent. All this means that I am one that mankind is truly interested in investigating what we refer to as outer space.
I think our space exploration is an excursion into another realm of God’s creation. Do we have the intelligence to understand and accept any differences we meet? Or will we meet these differences with the violence shown to us from the Buck Rogers days to the Star Wars Days?
I walk out on my front lawn to see the peace of the night skies. . . to see the peace of God’s creation and be blessed by God’s love.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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Sharing Hearts

by rkcdlitt

Over the last four weeks, I have had three tests run by my cardiologist. All three have turned out near perfect, which is maddening because before the tests he said that my heart looks great, but because I am 81, we just needed to check, so said he. I guess I should count myself lucky. But then I ask my doctor why my heart aches so much when I watch certain movies. My heart skips a beat when Kevin Costner’s father asks him to play ball in the movie “ Field of Dreams.” And forget whenever a dog dies in a movie, not a man, but a dog, forget it, I’m a big baby; a gulp comes right out of my heart.
I use that same heart to pass love all around. I meet and talk with strangers all the time; I learn their names, let them talk about their interests, and get to know their thoughts and emotions. This allows me to be more open and caring to all the people I meet and see in the world in which I live. I see them, and I love them.
I am so happy God gives us such loving hearts. . . loving hearts to share with others.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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