Leap Of Faith –

“The foolish ask many questions the wise cannot answer” – Oscar Wilde

“Of the making of books there is no end, and much study leads to exhaustion.” 

– Ecclesiastes 12:12

 

Questions are a sign of intelligence and creativity but they can lead to an endless, tortuous circle of reasoning. Why did that tragedy happen to me? Is God male or female? Will I know people after I die? These inquiries can exhaust my mental and emotional energy, leaving me with no strength to push through the day at hand. Questioning my beliefs, my existence, my experience, is necessary, but I must lay down these pursuits and find a place of peaceful existence should my questions go unanswered. What follows is a leap of faith that eventually brings sense of well-being to my life. There I have to understand that I don’t understand, admit my finite power of mind, lay down my notepad, my calculator, my psychoanalysis, and find the peace that will guide me though the dark valley of the unknown.

 

Also published on Broowaha

First published in Opinionsofeye.com

12122011 

Have You Heard? – Nature declaring providence

“Remember the order of life. Sometimes we forget how it was intended to be.” 

 – Jean Williams

 

Have you heard the liquid giant

roar demanding you respect

His presence?

Have you heard the invisible one

run through the land teasing

the trees?

Have you heard the little ones

flitting about the clouds and grasses

singing courtships?

Have heard the massive submariner

deep below the dappled surface

echoing His sounds?

Have you heard the ancient ones

drop His fruit creating food

for the valley floor?

Have heard the sounds of creation

so loudly proclaiming

the existence of one?

Have You Heard? – Nature declaring providence

“Remember the order of life. Sometimes we forget how it was intended to be.” 

 – Jean Williams

 

Have you heard the liquid giant

roar demanding you respect

His presence?

Have you heard the invisible one

run through the land teasing

the trees?

Have you heard the little ones

flitting about the clouds and grasses

singing courtships?

Have heard the massive submariner

deep below the dappled surface

echoing His sounds?

Have you heard the ancient ones

drop His fruit creating food

for the valley floor?

Have heard the sounds of creation

so loudly proclaiming

the existence of one?