Sometimes contemplating life is like watching a parade that just consists of one large marching band. Except every time they walk past you they turn the corner, change their clothes and come back around again, and again and again.

Before man. Buried underneath like a deep mystery. Before the dawn of time. Unknown to most and invented by no one. The

truth. Mysterious and shadowy to human knowledge. Only uncovered by few, yet written in unchangeable stone iwth blood

that lasts forever. Here in what seems like darkness is actually flooded with light, the secrets to life. So easy to find and

understand when you are looking for them. Yet completely counter to all that man has substituted in their place. One would

think that if uncovered and revealed they would be heralded and cherished. Not So! Man has been 'without' them for so long,

they've written their own secrets. Almost complete opposites. This treasure does not fit the mold and is thrown out like trast.

Love...the most powerful force on the earth. Love can not be beaten. When you kill love, it rises again to continue to love. It never stops. When power is on the rise, love is in the shadows, faithfully serving.

Martin Luther King Jr. said "If you beat us, we will love you! If you jail us, we will love you! If you kill us, we will die loving you!"

He who thinks that he is finished is finished.

Lazurus

What would you do to threaten Lazurus after he was raised from the dead?

"I'm gonna kill you..?"

I'm sure he would have just laughed at you.

How do you frighten someone who has already been there and knows the one who is going to let him out?

To Lazurus death is dead.



--Ravi Z.

Happy Halloween!

Short thought (cause sometimes we write too much and spoil it)

Every moment of everyday we are becoming something...

i am loved...i love...

love. it's the root of humanity. In action it is the most awe inspiring view on planet earth, far surpassing the giant mountains and rushing torrents of water that so capture our awe and take our breath away. i would give up traveling the earth and seeing all of God's creation to witness acts of love in their simplest and purest form. and it is this that sets us apart from all the rest of creation. animals have their moments, where they care and almost see to show affection. but humans, we have unlimited creativity, unbridled passion, and indescribable feelings that drive us to wild and at times irrational displays of our love. we can choose to love unconditionally, through the hellish times of life, with a force that no creature can duplicate. and yet through all of this, it still remains a mystery. who can wrap their head around the way that a man pursues the love of his life that has captivated him. the longings to be with one person, one special soul mate, for all the rest of time. how is this explained and where else is this found?

inside of me, there is this desire to be loved and to love, and all that love entails; trust, honesty, humility, intimacy, openness...

something that says, 'you are safe' and something inside of me that lets me know this is not just a hopeless dream.

there is a god that loves me, that mystifies me, makes my heart beat fast and know it's safe.
and out there, there is a girl, one who i will love with all that i was created to love with. she will know she is safe, she has found one to trust, one who will unconditionally and passionately love...because i am loved...

NEW JOB: Day One

So first day on the new job and there I stood guarding fragments of the dead sea scrolls. I believe it was a sign, although I'm not sure what the sign was, perhaps I need to convert to Judaism...

People expect too much from speaking and too little from silence.

God in the Storm

Trinity Part Deux (That means two)

God Among Us:

This is the part of the trinity that seems to be understood and perhaps emphasized (sometimes overemphasized by Evangelicals) the most. When people think of Christianity they think of God among us, or Jesus Christ, God become flesh. When you have those moments in life when things are the most clear and you stop and think about the implications of God among us, it is truly astounding and mind blowing. This is the thing that good stories and movies want to happen; a deity coming to live beside us, to interact with us, share life with us. And this is what did happen, God came to live among us, eat with us, face our problems first hand.

This flesh wearing part of the trinity is what makes it possible for us to commune with the God above us. Job, in his self titled book, alludes to this when he says he wishes there was one to take up and plead his case before the Father. That cry has been heard and now God among us makes this possible.

God among us.