If God said, “Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,” there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, not any act, I would not bow to. — Rumi. The Sufi poet, Jalaludin Rumi (1207-1273), is considered by many scholars as one of the world’s…
Month: April 2018
Always From The Child’s Hand
Alway’s from the child’s hand the sword should be removed. I think every nation is an infant. — St. Francis of Assisi. Who knew St. Francis was into universal disarmament? Wouldn’t it be nice if our world, our country, our small part of this country paused to consider the age, maturity, and stability of the hand’s…
The Lessons of Deeper Knowledge
It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things. — St. Francis of Assisi Followers of the Pew know I occasionally come across a phrase that gets me thinking. Today’s words, “The lessons of deeper knowledge” woke me up. What…
Wring Out My Clothes
Such love does the sky now pour, that whenever I stand in a field, I have to wring out the light when I got home. — St. Francis. I was fortunate as a child growing up in Memphis. When I would get home from school, I would immediately throw down my books and head outside unless…
God Too Would Kneel Down
He lingered a bit longer before any face that was weeping, and before eyes that were laughing. And sometimes when we passed a soul in worship God too would kneel down. I have come to learn: God adores his creation. — St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis describes a walk he took with God in the…