This Week's Quotation:
Praise ye the Lord. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
~Psalm 150: 1, 3, 4, 6
Celebrating Life
Jerry Kvasnicka, Wired for Love
The Psalmist certainly got it right! We are here on Earth to praise the Lord, the Creator. No matter what happens in our lives, no matter how challenging the circumstances that may come to us, we are present in human form to celebrate Life and invite others to do the same.
Just think about it! We are alive on a remarkable planet coursing through space where there are infinite opportunities to experience and express the Life Force that we were endowed with by whatever created us. It is truly awesome! Especially realizing that we created us; we are one with the Creator!
Yes, I know that there are several wars going on right now. There is corruption, confusion and chaos in the dysfunctional culture that human beings have produced out of their ignorance of the design and control of the Truth of Love. But we have opportunity to restore that Truth in our daily living, and in these simple acts of service there is great joy!
Someone might say that it is wrong to experience joy when there is so much pain and suffering on earth. I beg to differ! We were created to experience joy. It is our very nature. And the only way the pain and suffering will ever end is as there is a body of people on earth who break through the cycle of darkness and distortion with the authentic flow of the Ordering Power of Love.
So celebrate Life! No matter what is happening externally in the world or in the personal challenges we experience, “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.” Praise, glory and joy unspeakable! Let the ecstasy of creation roll. Someone has to do it and it might as well be you and me!
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“Someone might say that it is wrong to experience joy when there is so much pain and suffering on earth. I beg to differ! We were created to experience joy. It is our very nature.”
Good to read your words, Jerry, I am with you !!!!!
Thank you for your comment, Kari, and the joy you bring to Norway!
Agree and double agree!!
We are here to serve and bring light and life into the world we live! That INCLUDES PEOPLE, THE PLANT WORLD, ANIMAL EVEN THE AIR WE BREATH! there is nothing in THIS WORLD THAT DOESN’T NEED THE CORECT action of human beings !!! It’s the reason our creator sent us here!! Let us do part!!
Thank you, Mitch. Good to get your life-affirming perspective.