God abide with us

50 years old at least, big and yellow

And thank you for your support 

As always, take special care of S today. Send her everything she needs to survive and thrive the day. 

Lee Daily Five Substack today, to remember itsnature: 

“ When the connection to gravity is a sound one, 

without interference from thought 

and when the stillness is more perfectly aligned with being, 

the taste of the vibration that arises in sensation is more concentrated. 

And this is the taste I wish to carry forward into life today. 

To remember its nature here in the body. 

And to stay with it in every moment that I can.”

Change of season

I love fall color. In Greenfield from LL corner about 5:30

Sky’s still gray after three days of rain, 

but the the leaves held fast 

We just came off the Saturday full moon which we could not see for constant rain. Surely its cosmic influence had some effects on us all this week

  J and A are watching Sox vs Yanks right now, first time together, and I’m hearing lots of laughter and spirited conversation. Such a delight to me!  Thank you Jesus for that young man. One of your angels, maybe, though he would laugh if I said that. 

  Another angel is moving on, to MDOT from hair dressing and daughter-like consideration. She’s in my will even. Bless her whole life and career change. It is the right move though a loss for us. 

    Daily must I lift up S for healing as she goes through this cancer experience.

  Nor would I neglect to ask your blessing on my other children and husband and family. We seem so fragile when a few shocks occur close together. 

   You are and must be the great addition. Buoy us up in every hour with realization of love from and for you, blessed savior.  Comfort us, like the mother hen gathering her chicks under her wing, as the Word describes. IJN

Must imagine the chicks

4-13-26 in the ‘hood

I give thanks

 

September 24, 2023. Knitter

Before the events of this day, whatever they are, let me watch my heart open to give thanks.  Let me see that the kingdom of heaven is truly within and its atmosphere is peace, the peace of God. Fear opposes it, doesn’t it?  And fear would deny it. So help me stand, gird in the assurance of That peace—Gods forgiveness and love. The unity that Lee and Master Eckhart discuss in Sermon Twelve. Lord, knit my uncertainties into the assurance of presence. IJN

Prayer

 

Friday  Sunset, Corn Harvest moon Saturday

4:49 am. Awake fussing with cPap and then phone storage over an hour. 

S may be awake. Help and comfort and heal her I pray. I asked her whether she prayed or if I was asking too personal a question. She said I was. I hope that means yes

Adoration. Jesus, you are totally lovable and beautiful. I love the good you brought into the world, including the the structure of Judaic Christianity and the trinity. Blessed awesome Jhwh. 

Confession I Sam a sinner, I have fallen so short of goodness and treating well the people I know 

Thanksgiving. I thank you for this life and this earth and sun

Supplication For S again but for A and me as aging affects our actions. For I, E, A and my siblings and their families. Help us grow our inner lives and move to you. As we move through our time. Bless B and all my GIG friends,  IJN

Meister Eckhart sermon 12 from Lee ‘s substack, Inner Christianity, today

“ [Reading begins]

Now he says, that we should want his forgiveness. That is why our Lord rightly says, it is my will that you beg them that harm you. (Luke 6:27.) That is how important it is that we should beg them that harm us. Why? That we may do God’s will, that we should not wait till they beg us, we should say, Friend, forgive me that I have made you sad. 

And that is how serious we should be in our practice of virtue. The greater our pain, the more seriously we should strive for virtue. So much should your love be one. For love does not wish to be anywhere, but where there is likeness and oneness. Where there is a master and servant, there is no peace, for there is no likeness.”

I know not how

Season is dying

Bit not ingloriously

As Lee repeats frequent:

Lord, I call to thee from the depths of mine iniquity. 

I have not delivered myself sufficiently unto thee. 

I now not how

  

I find it really hard to push away depression these days. I pray your help. For S too. And for all suffererers. 

 

I watched UT short about an absolute murderous Chinese emperor 2k years ago, who he buried alive under the 8000 clay warriors: 700k workers and enemies and relatives. What would RB say to that after the atom bomb comment last week?  Almost inconceivable how buoys people are in their pursuit of “mutual destruction.”  So repeat, did God know or care?  But also is there some meaning in this horror?

Again, “ through a glass darkly, but in face-to-face.”  We hope. And pray. 

Kind of raises another question:  I assume I need God’s forgiveness    But do I and humans need to forgive God?  Look out I’m waiting for the lightning to strike!  And cover myself by saying God forgive me for my lack of Humility. IJN

Lord have mercy

 

Yesterday evening. A beautiful end of a harsh day

Just want to say “I gave at the office!”

Do we really need any more bad luck?

And since we have it, support our bearing of it, to conduct ourselves with love and remembrance of what’s important .  

And I pray with some anger, they smile the enemies of your chosen people, and that right soon and incontrovertibly.

IJN

What to say

Ordinary street scene, life most graceful

Helps to borrow the words from someone else. 

I listened to part 2 of Peter B Haas 8 part prayer series, Prayers to Ponder and Pray,  in his Substack. If I didn’t mention it before, he’s got Parkinson’s and a broken sister for whom he prays. A metaphor he used really caught me:  death is a flower  he said or meant; it’s the bloom at the end of life. That relates to Now I see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. The great hope for Death, I guess.

    His repeated injunction:  don’t pray for what you can’t, pray for what you can 

    Again, to remember:

       A adoration 

       C confession

       T thanksgiving 

       S supplication 

   The low afternoon sunshine feels warm and comforting on my bare toes. Thank you, Lord. 

    Baruch is traveling today. Grant a safe journey 

    Two sisters have tickets to come for Thanksgiving. Grant them same travels as well. 

     

   Give A strength and hope. 

IJN