ONE

I reckon the real problem with us humans is not that we don't know how to become one, but that we don't know that we are one.

How different would the world be if we found out that we are one?
How would my life be changed if I lived in the knowledge of being one with every person I meet (beggar or buisness man)?
How much differently would I treat my neighbor if I really understood that I'm one with him?

Same substance, same breath.
Same father, same maker.
Just a different person(ality),
but ONE.

First, one in Adam.
Now, soon and forever one in Christ.

Em's Mum visits

For two and a half weeks, we had Emma's Mum staying with us from Tinaroo, near Cairns. It was a great time and it brought back many good childhood memories for Em.

Right: Mum and Em took out the corn plants, which were finished, and erected a trellis for snow peas in its place.

Right: Mum and Em at Federation Square, in Melbourne City.

Right: Mum and Em outside Regent Theatre, where we saw 'Wicked', the musical. (Better than the Wizard of Oz!)

Everyone who met Em's Mum seemed to comment that Em looks like her! In actual fact, we have the same frame, but we look rather different in the face.

Love you Mum!

The Answer

I know now, Lord, why You utter no answer.

You are Yourself the answer.

Before Your face questions die away.

What other answer would suffice?

- C.S.Lewis

Worship and Coffee

Worship is like coffee... It comes as 'instant' or as 'freshly ground and brewed'. The flavour and aroma will tell the difference.

Just as instant coffee is ground and brewed before it is granulated or freeze-dried, so are the songs we sing written by people who have, figuratively speaking, gone through the process of roasting, grinding and brewing, before putting the words on paper.

As we sing those songs they can give us a 'kick', just as instant coffee does, but the flavour will not be quite the same as 'freshly ground and brewed'.

The question is:

Will I just be addicted to 'instant', or will the 'instant' compell me to a journey that will lead me to my own 'freshly ground and brewed' with the aroma of deep intimacy?

Also:

Am I willing to be the bean (roasted, ground and brewed)?

and:

What about organic-fairtrade???