Does It Have Legs?

Does It Have Legs?

Do you just believe in it
or does it have legs on it?
It was one of those questions
I remembered as a child,
but understood it better as an adult.
If I believe I can do something
but do not act on it
then nothing will happen.
It's got no legs.
Faith, I was told
is belief
that has legs on it.
Using our legs
is not always easy.
Sometimes it is challenging,
painful,
and requires devotion.
Walking in faith
says we are practicing
what we believe.
Putting legs on our practice
can be rigorous at times.
It means we keep walking
in good times and bad
We walk on our legs,
the ones that transform
belief into faith
and know we are not
walking alone.

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Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt

Are you ready for the treasure hunt?
That was the message I had been given
for the pastor who did not want me in his church.
He didn’t understand the message
or why I had said it.
He told me I could not hear from God
because of who I loved.
Yet here I was at this place
knowing I was not yet to leave
and ready to learn from a guest speaker
talking about the challenges in the church.
Then he said it.
The biggest challenge is that we are not ready for
the treasure hunt.
We are not ready to look for the treasures
in our own congregation.
We are not ready to see the treasures
in those we deem to be the least of thee.
We just are not ready.
Not only are we not ready,
but we are so afraid of what we might find
that we throw the buried treasure out.
We are just not ready
for the treasure hunt.
Our prejudices keep us from seeing
the treasure in others.
When we open our hearts and mind and soul
we allow ourselves
to look for and find
the treasures
where we least expected them
to be buried.  
The question is simple
are you ready for
the treasure hunt.
The treasures are thre in front of you
waiting to be found.

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Write About This

Write About This

Write about this,
that is what my friend Laura said
as she sent me this photograph.
There is a poem in here for you.
I think there may be several,
The words I heard were
can you see it.
God is doing its’ thing here,
can you see it.
What I saw was the heart in the air.
the love that was coming out of nowhere.
How often do we not see it?
How often do we miss the miracles happening before us?
Are we present enough in this moment
to sense it, feel it, see it, hear it,
be mindful of it?
If Laura had not been present in that moment
that photo would not exist.
It does and as we stare at it
what can we see.
What it says to us today
is not the same as it will be tomorrow.
It's like reading a scripture.
It can speak to you differently each time you read it
because it is never the same life twice.
If we are not present,
we will never see it
and unlike what Laura saw
not all things can be captured
in a photograph
for her to tell me
write about this.

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Hungry

Hungry

Have you ever been hungry,
but no food seems to satisfy you,
not even your favorite comfort food?
Have you ever been so tired and stressed
that all you want to do is cry?
Those are the moments
when I need God the most,
the times that what I am really hungry for
is God’s love and understanding.
What I really need is to have a good cry
and let the stress, anxiety and frustration go.
It is in those moments that need to remember the basic
to let go and let God.
I need to remember that in my hunger for God,
comes a fullness,
no physical food can give me.
I need to remember that
it in my most vulnerable moments with God
that I feel most at peace.
I need to remember that
it is in the depths of poverty
that I feel the richness of being
the royal princess I am.
It is in these moments that I remember a song
let the weak say they are strong
and let the poor say they are rich.
My strength, my food, my peace,
all of it comes from my hunger -
my hunger for a deep and abiding relationship
with the one who hears and answers
my prayers
and keeps me from feeling hungry.

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I Didn't Know

I didn’t know

You are such a trooper.
You are so strong.
You are such an inspiration to so many.
I am not sure where all these affirmations came from yesterday,
but they flowed into my life
from random people
in random places.
Then I kept hearing Whitney Houston
singing I didn’t know my own strength.
it made me realize that I never think about
how strong I am.
I just focus on getting through.
I just face the challenges
and I find what I need to get through.|
I call on my ancestors.
I remember my father saying
you are like a timex watch,
you take a licking and keep on ticking.
Do I even know my own strength?
The last several years have been filled with challenges,
and sometimes I get tired,
but I know I have to move through it.
As Whitney said,
I may tumble,
but I do not crumble.
I just move through each day
one moment at a time
and focus on where I am heading,
not what I have to overcome.
I don’t focus on the obstacles.
I focus on being an overcomer.
My soul is what reminds me
that the Ultimate will bring me through.
With my faith, I can make it through.
I may not see my strength,

Until others point it out to me.
I just knew, as the song says,
I was not meant to break.
I have always been meant to overcome.
I didn’t’ know, my own strength,
but I am beginning to understand and own it.
Soon,
I will know my own strength.

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"Wow! What a Ride!”

"Wow! What a Ride!”

"Wow! What a Ride!”
those were the words of a desperate southern gentleman
about his life.
Every time I read his words
Hunter Thompson reminds me how I want to live my life.
His words remind me that I want to feel as if I just slid in
to home plate going wahoo.
I am reminded that life is like a roller coaster.
There are those times I am going higher then I am comfortable
and the times I am sliding, sometimes plummeting down
traveling solely in faith.
Faith knowing that one that bought me to the highest of highs
is the one that will bring me through the lowest of lows.
I cannot appreciate the highs without the lows.
It is this constant journey which guarantees me
as Hunter explained,
I will not be “arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body.”
Rather, I will be skidding in “broadside in a cloud of smoke,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
and loudly proclaiming
"Wow! What a Ride!”

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Look at the View

Look at the View

These were the words of wisdom
from a homeless man
who said
“look at the view.”
He had nothing,
but he had everything.
He could see the world
and the beauty in it.
He saw the view
not just what was in front of him.
His philosophy taught me to see
not just what was in front of me,
but to pay attention to the world and
look at the view.

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Seek & Find

Seek and Find

It’s a question I am asked from time to time,
How do you do it?
Do what? I ask
See God in everything.
Then I smile and laugh because the One is
everywhere and in everything.
Maybe it’s easier for me,
because I live each moment
remembering the Divine, the Ultimate, the One
is with me in every moment
and every place.
No matter where I seek the Ultimate,
I will find the Ultimate.
I have found the presence
in the warmth of my morning coffee,
in the bubbles of my club soda
in the cold breeze from the snow,
in the postal carrier who picked up my mail,
in the computer that allows me to work,
in the time alone,
in the parties I booked,
the poems I wrote,
the people I spoke with,
and the bed I will crawl into tonight.
Do you remember to ask for eyes that can hear
and ears that can see
and senses that allow you to be in tune
with the presence of the one who is ever present?
Take time each day
to seek and you will find.

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The Undoable

The Undoable

We all have those moments when we feel like
God cast us in mission impossible.
it is so easy to feel overwhelmed,
perhaps even paralyzed by the
mission before us.
I all too vividly remember moments
I felt so overwhelmed
all I wanted to do is cry.
It is in those moments I find myself
traveling back in time
and thinking about my ancestors,
the ones who adopted me,
and the attitude with which they began their life
in a new country.
Their legacy taught me the importance
of immigrating to new lands,
to new missions in life
and to new understandings
of my own strength,
my own vision
and my own ability
to do the undoable.

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My Boldness

My Boldness

There is one thing I know for sure.
The Ultimate loves me,
even when I do not love myself.
Even in my darkest of moments,
the Ultimate loves me unconditionally.
I cannot think of a moment,
and do not want to,
when I have felt abandoned
or forsaken by the Ultimate.
There may be moments when
I want to kick myself to the curb,
but God, the Ultimate One,
finds a way to let me know
I am not alone.
In those moments,
I am like the woman who
touched Jesus’ robe.
I reach out in an act of boldness
and allow myself to experience
the unconditional love and acceptance
of the Ultimate One.
Even when I am struggling,
I reach out in faith,
knowing this is where
my strength and wisdom comes from.

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Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

I love it when people ask me
how I keep my faith.
My faith is something
I renew daily,
work on daily,
and give thanks for
daily.
I read,
write,
think,
pray,
meditate,
and journal.
I look back
at how my prayers
have been answered.
That historical view
helps me to keep my faith.
Being disciplined,
having things I do
help me stay strong
and keep my faith
in good times and bad,
especially the bad,
because my faith
keeps me positive
focused,
balanced
and centered
It is through my practices
I keep the faith.

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Asking

Asking

Asking questions
is so important.
It is what helps me grow
in my understanding of life
and of humanity.
At the same time, sometimes
asking questions can be scary.
It takes courage
to ask questions.
It takes courage
to want to dive deeper
to seek understanding
where there is confusion.
Sometimes I want to ask,
but also want to feel safe
with the person
or in the situation.
Sometimes I find it easier
to ask questions
of the Ultimate
then I do of others.
Perhaps it is because
of the trust
or lack there of.
In any case,
not asking
keeps me paralyzed
and asking
while scary
brings me to a deeper
relationship with others
and with the Ultimate

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On the Edge

There are days we all feel
as if we are on the edge.
There are those moments when we feel
as if we have done all we can.
Those moments when we feel as if
we cannot handle anything more.
While a song tells me
I should just stand,
the voice within me
says I have you.
Trust me.
Take one step towards me.
Hold on to me.
I won’t let you fall
And I do
and the edge moves
and my faith becomes stronger
and I make it through
the very situation
which felt overwhelming,
crippling,
and left me feeling
on the edge.

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Solid and Calm

I remember reading
how the disciples woke Jesus
up in the middle of the storm
and all he said was
“Peace, be still.”

He did not panic
or stress
or worry,
He just laid there
solid and calm
and said
peace be will

What if we did that
when others are
stressed and worried?
What if we are the ones
who are solid and calm?
What if we are the ones
who remembers
this too shall pass
amd models that for others?

We have the power
to be the solid and the calm
in the midst of the storm
and help others
make it through

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My Brace

They gasped,
as I took my brace and shoes off
and placed it on the altar.
They wanted me to move them
but all I could ask was
how many braces do you see.
They answered one
and then again requested
I take them off the alter.

For them the table we used
as an altar was holy,
but the brace,
which keeps me from falling,
is not.

When we stop and look at our lives,
we all have ways the Divine
keeps us from falling,
stabilizes us,
holds us,
whether we see it or not.
When they looked at my shoes
all they could see was the visible
they could not see
the presence of the Divine
in the one that
appeared empty.

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Free

We are in uncharted and
unprecedented territory. Right?
At the same time, we are not.
We are in the territory of fear.
We are in a territory which enslaves us.

What if we had a beginner’s mind
and we did not know we are supposed
to be afraid.
What if we saw this as an adventure?
What if we forgot we were
supposed to worry?

What if we freed ourselves
from worry
fear.
expectation,
prejudices
and concern.
What if we opened ourselves
up to faith,
trust,
love and adventure.

What if we took precautions
without worrying about
hoarding toilet paper.
What if we had faith we could
pay our bills in time.
What if we learned games
which allowed us to laugh
and play.
What if we found new ways of
relating and discovering
new things about ourselves
and others because
we set ourselves free.

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Courage

Scared,
nervous,
uncomfortable
all of the above,
however, in the midst
of the storm
I tap into my courage
I hold onto the one
who gives me peace,
joy, and
courage.

Courage
it is what inspires me
to step forward in faith.
Courage does not mean
I am not afraid.
It just means
I overcome it.
It means I master it.
It means I resist it.
It just means I walk in my
courage.

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Baby Steps

I try to remember this e very day
it is all about the baby steps.
Sometimes we all face tasks
that seem challenging to complete,
Then I remember to take baby steps

Baby steps get me through.
I just do a little bit every day
and eventually it is done.
I set an achievable goal
and then I focus on meeting it.
Just one baby step at a time.

Sometimes I think
that is how God answers my prayers.
in baby steps.
One revelation at a time,
one step at a time,
until I have been guided through
what was insurmountable.

I have to remember
I am just one.
I cannot do it all,
but I can do a little at a time.
Baby steps, just baby steps.

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Beyond My Coward

There has always been
a coward living inside me.
It is that part of me that
has been afraid,
insecure,
and afraid to face my fears.
It has looked at the obstacles
and shuddered

My relationship with the Ultimate
has been giving me
the faith
to battle through the fear
and face my obstacles
and move beyond my inner coward

Life has called me into battle.
I have had to face opposition and challenges.
They have developed strengths in me
I did not know I had.
I have been training under the Ultimate
and preparing to leave
the coward in the dust.

The coward has been my biggest obstacle,
but as I evolve and grow,
I develop the skills I need
to be the spiritual warrior
I was created to be.

I am more than a conqueror.
I am an overcomer.
I am one who is growing
in my reflection of the one who created me
the Ultimate.

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Stones

I was reminded the other night
how fragile life is
as I remembered how
I almost died 4 years ago,
as a friend’s house burned down
and her cat died in the fire,
and a friend’s grandmother passed away
I remembered my mother and father
and the frustration I have about
my father not having a tombstone.

Then I thought about the stones
that sit on my shelf.
The stones that represent them,
the memories I hold of them
and the feelings which live in my heart.

My parents may be gone,
but like the stones I have
they live on in me and
the memories I have.
They are in the care of
the Ultimate and when
I hold my stones,
I know the Ultimate is
caring for them on heaven
as they were cared for on earth.

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