NOT ALONE
Cathryn flowers Ritchie
Moonlit night
Breezing through
My soul
(rays streaking darkness).
Alone
But not.
The past
Whispering of sorrows
Crying with losses
Gentle with joy
(and yes, sometimes leaping,
sometimes).
Alone
But not.
And tomorrow, hope
Dear Hope.
Alone,
But not alone
And my Soul Rejoices.
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God bless.
It was thanksgiving weekend 2005. I was sitting at the dinner table looking out the window of one of my friend's home. I encountered a sunset like none other! The sun was the largest I had ever seen. It seems to cover the whole vast universe. Large rays of light spreaded out like a gigantic fan that covered the whole horizon as far as I could see! I thought to myself there has got to be something out there, way beyond us as human beings. The house was quiet. Just my thoughts I could only hear and see! It seemed like I could see forever and beyond. Without a warning, the sun slipped beneath the night sky, as if it dropped through a slot and vanished.
I got up and went outside to see if I could get another glimpse of the horizon. Just as fast as the sun went down-the stars began to appear very faintly-like tossing darts at a dart board-so evenly spaced like snow drops that fall from the sky. As if someone painted them there! As I stood there taking in all of God's handy work-I felt the sky was a large canopy hovering over me-I began to have thoughts of wow! This is neat and unexplainable…I felt warm all over and safe. Suddenly, I hear a voice-"I will take care of you and the sky is unlimited to you. All you need to do is trust me! Feed my sheep!" I knew I had to find some paper quick and write down what I had just experienced. I know it was a split second, but it felt like several minutes even an hour had gone by.
I suddenly had a thought. My friend Justin in Iraq could see the same sun that I had just seen. Only he could see it at a different time of the day. I begin to visualize what it would look like on his side of the earth. And, I was hoping that he was in a safe place. His mother continues to worries about his safety. His job is to transport the prisoners to court and back to their cells. He feels it is an honor, to be able serve his country. They go over there as boys and come back as men.
I know we have several of these moments throughout our lifetime. I can even remember having some in the past. I hadn't taken the time to write them down. God speaks to us daily. I just wonder if we tried to get some of God handily work down on paper, shared it with our friends, what a difference it would make in our lives. It is amazing how often my mind goes back in time, just remembering a moment of one day, in November 2005.
On a second note, it is amazing to me that this beautiful sunset that I witnessed in only seconds was the results of pollution in the sky! And such as, our lives are polluted with TV, music, bad choices, unkind words. I could go on forever. I was thinking if only we as human beings could be compassionate enough to look way beyond all our polluted faults, our polluted mine and even our polluted habits-we would find some really neat and wonderful people right next door to us. If only we would take the time to stop and smell the roses in our lives each and every single moment of our day. I see the "old" that can hardly walk, into the grocery store or in a wheel chair trying to get down the hallway. I know it has changed me. Take a second to say, "Hello, how are you today"! I am committed in 2006 to take time to look around and see what I have been missing all these years-the past is gone-but there is a future out there. I can't imagine it would be any different-just more wonderful! Get your head out of the sand-look up-you have unlimited possibilities. Don't let anyone tell you any difference! Start writing it all down and share it with your friends. They might suddenly; see another side of you and you will brighten their day!
Babs Burnett