Time...

...passes...marks and holds in place...a riddle without end...we use it to mark moments that pass through our fingertips like sand in an hourglass...leading to more events, some of them markers of joy...some of grief...some of fear and loathing...most to snapshots that make us smile and laugh, that lend us wings to fly...they remind us of why we are here and most importantly, to love while we have the chance.

We have two choices as I see it...a choice to do good, a choice to do evil...

We cannot serve two masters...

The writing of King David never ceases to amaze in its beauty and prose and description...:

'He who is pregnant with evil

and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

He who digs a hole and scoops it out

falls into the pit he has made.

The trouble he causes recoils on himself:

his violence comes down on his own head.' Psalm 6:14-16

What a time such as this....so much to bear, to process...moments of disbelief give way to reality and grief. Once again I turn my face to the sun, eyes closed, heart open...spirit soaking in the rays, in the comfort freely given. God is able my friends...

'nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.' 2 Timothy 12.

I am constantly amazed at the goodness of God...at the kindness and down-home goodness of people...what a benchmark of character, of honour and integrity...what an opposite mirror image of what was left behind.

I have been blessed to meet and spend time with so many men & women of character...to see the skills they bring to the table and the humbleness blindingly apparent in their countenance and comportment.

Oh dear hearts there are so many examples of what is good, what is right, what is lovely and everything that you deserve. I am witness each day...this one fixes a tire on the fly with no need for applause or thanks...that one repairs a faller/buncher with no help from heavy duty mechanics, with no need for kudos or ovation from the crowd, just doing his job....all kind in their treatment of me...kind and respectful, asking nothing just pitching in wherever they can with no thought to obligation or owing them something.

Blue skies dotted with little white fluffy clouds showcased the turning of the leaves amidst the beauty of the forest yesterday...I was reminded once again of the passing of time, the trees readying themselves for winter and then the rest before rebirth in spring. We move through this life working, grinding, pouring out our lives into empty promises and evil doings and watching time stream by with all the good things passing us just out of reach.

That is the life of lost ones, stuck in the trauma and the pit of despair and sorrow...dear treasures, see your way free....free to love and live in peace...free and worthy to pursue your dreams and goals...worthy of kindnesses, compassion and love...

Your time is now....where will you be two months from now? Six months...a year....oh when I used to think months ahead I would feel such hopelessness...stuck in a situation I couldn't stay in, but couldn't leave either...

God made a way...He is faithful to make a way....Miracle worker, waymaker, light in the darkness....He lit a path and I set my feet upon it and climbed, leaped, stumbled, crawled out of that pit dear friends. You can as well....

God bless you today with a fresh vision...with a fervour not easily set aside...May He bless you with grace, with mercy, with courage...May He set your feet on high places far above the mess and confusion...Walk tall my friends, stand proud and speak your truth....