November 02, 2024 – A

Dugger’s Creek Falls 10/13/2014 — Blue Ridge Parkway, Linville Falls, North Carolina
Our problem is finding our way in the world.
We are questing for who we are
and what we are about--
for what is meaningful and necessary
(Or, "meet and right")
for us to do.
The Bible gives us direction when it says,
"It is not across the sea
that you should seek it there,
and it is not hidden in the mountains,
that you should seek it there,
and it is not tucked away in dusty books
that you should seek it there,
but it is in your own heart/soul/body,
waiting for you to sit still and be quiet,
so the mud might settle and the water clear,
and you might know beyond all doubt
what constitutes your original nature,
and your innate virtues
(Which are the things you do best
and love to do most),
and your intrinsic intuition
by which you know what's what
and what is called for in each situation
as it arises--
without knowing how you know
or what makes you think it is so"
(Or words to that effect).

That which we seek lies within
waiting on us to trust ourselves to it
and to our own body's knowledge,
in order that we might go where
we are led
and do what needs to be done.

Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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