Inspiration

. If the word Is with God . Then the breath Of the universe . Is Inspiration. .

Who Can Tell?

Who can tell where it all begins? Not the hills or the flowers of the fields Not even the unfolding universe Which has not seen it all Only one Who is Beyond Can pierce All depths Now listen To that call. Image by Frankie Hartland, used with permission

All Shall Be Fulfilled

~ Before the word is being And before that ideas cannot be thought But faith concedes God will be So all shall be Fulfilled With meaning in a living universe. ~ “In my beginning is my end” wrote T.S.Eliot [1].  If our “end”, our purpose, is in our beginning, then what is our beginning? To …

Love is the Heart of the Centre

~ And I saw that Love is the heart ~ Of the centre of the universe ~ And that God is love ~ And is holy, unbearably so. ~

The Light of Every Star in Silence Sung

. In the beginning Darkness . Was on the face Of the universe . Where the Spirit Hung . And the light Of every star . In silence Sung. . Image by Sergei Tokmakov from Pixabay

The Immanent Spirit Everywhere

Filled with the spirit of life This universe And our spirits too Ablaze With the inner God Communing with omnipotence The immanent Spirit Everywhere. ~

Hold Each Beautiful Thing As Most Dear

I cannot grapple With this enigma Of suffering ~ I would not degrade The God Of the cosmos ~ I who understand So little Of the ways the universe ~ I can only wonder That the God of lightning And of thunder ~ Would choose To create Such a beautiful imperfect world ~ Which can …

The Treasure

The treasure is deeper Than most understand Buried beyond darkness beyond desert sand Beyond all pleasure beyond all hurt Where the mysteries of the universe Converse With the human heart.

The Far Stars Adorn God’s Invisibly Loving Face

Separation - God’s spiritual operation To move from foetus To fully human Flowering In the universe For which the womb Was preparation Now so vulnerable And yet so open To discover the greater gifts Of grace Now showering As the far stars Adorn God’s invisibly Loving face. ~

God or the Tide of the Universe?

Beyond good and evil Where does spirit abide Washed up by the tide Of the universe? Chosen By God. Inspired by words by Richard Rohr: “Your True Self is that part of you that knows who you are” (Immortal Diamond)