Have you ever reached a point in your life where you’re just
sick and tired of the daily grind, drama and other people’s BS yet you’re oddly
at peace because you have separated yourself from it? Well, that’s me….I don’t
know if I can call it a midlife thing, old age thing or just enlightenment in
general; knowing that my days here are numbered and ordered by a power greater
than myself and the things that I fought, railed and rallied against are
insignificant when it relates to my faith and my faith walk.
The other day I was discussing how American’s don’t read but
I’m hoping to find a few who have actually stepped up their game enough to get
into Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky wrote The Brothers Karamazov. Why am I mentioning
this? The book tells of the transforming power of love; Ivan, a hardened cynic,
resistant to the things of God. God used a simple act to change
Ivan; one day Alyosha, Ivan’s brother kissed Ivan on the forehead. I know
you’re sayin’ huh?!, what the heck are you talking about?!
I just want you to think about what it’s like to be
around someone who is cynical, mistrusting, negative and hateful all the time.
Are they easy to be around? Can you love ‘em? God used an action…no fancy
words, no sermons, no guilt trip, no condemnation, no altar calls, no hour long
prayers; a simple kiss.
What’s my point? There’s an old Middle-Eastern proverb that
states prayer is when Heaven and Earth kiss. When is the last time you offered
a simple kiss to the things that worry you?
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