Perspectives

 “The right perspective makes the impossible possible.” Anonymous

"And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible." ... "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Luke 1:37, KJV. "And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

During my quiet time, early in the morning, I think about the breathtaking beauty of the Earth, and I am overcome with the sense of heaven within and around me.  In those moments, I imagine my neighborhood filled with tree lined streets, neighbors looking out for one another, laughing together, having block parties, gardening in their yards with a sense of time standing still.  I also imagine living in eternity on a farm in a beautiful valley filled with vineyards, crops, and old-fashioned gardens with children running through the lime and emerald green grass. A farmhouse lost in time with a fireplace, warm and inviting and  trees changing in the autumn into burnt and bright oranges with variations of reds.  The farm is filled with animals including cats and dogs running freely.  All my loved ones gathered in dinner laughing and talking while enjoying our favorite recipes.

Our only limits are those of imagination.  If we can conceive it, we can create it.  There is so much diversity within our imaginations reflecting the beauty of God or the whole.  It is not about the world I imagine, but what our collective imaginations and spirits can conceive with love.  As I think about the people in my life, I know there are many facets within them, but in moments of God I can see their whole spirit and humanity.  But in this reality in times of anger and despair, we limit each other and ourselves, by not dreaming and seeing the possible, not seeing the whole instead reducing each other to a single characterization or perspective.  The gift of spirituality is the ability to see the whole, a unification of perspectives in order to focus on the beauty within our humanity.  To see what is possible.

 The power of Jesus’ ministry is that he walked in spirit, knowing he was not bound by this reality and he could perform incredible miracles.  His core message is that the eternal Kingdom of God is within us and around us and that with God nothing shall be impossible.    God is love.  God is the whole.  God is eternal.

Believe.

John 3:15-17 KJV

 "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."