With Eyes to See

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Nobody knows the troubles seen in war. Sherman called it hell, but he understated the situation. It defies human words. War goes beyond the worst we can imagine, thus authorities try to hide its atrocities. Calling it hell or sin, while not inaccurate, cannot fully express its abominations, its blasphemy against life.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy Child,

How do we find time to do what is necessary? When we think it all depends on our power, the necessary becomes the overwhelming. When we realize it all depends on divine power, the overwhelming becomes the possible.

Your times of prayer and solitude reminded you of this fact of life. Walking on water and calming a storm are metaphors for this reality.

As a baby, you represent awesome responsibility and wondrous possibility. With God, the possibility goes beyond imagination. Thank you for your example to us. We bow now in wonder, awaiting divine power for divine possibility.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Rabbi, who was this virgin the prophet foresaw?”

[Ever imagine what it was like trying to teach the child Jesus about scripture? But He didn’t ask this question – at least, not in English.]

D. Blog: A Parable

A man left a library to his children. He told them it offered words of life. One searched the books and found rules to live by. Another searched through the books and tried to figure out the future based on what was in them. The third looked through the books for the pictures of her Dad and what had been important to him. She noticed that some likenesses were better than others, but she kept them all. As the years went by, she added her own memories of Dad to the library.