Wednesday. Took mum to church and came home. Poor Buster had been sick.

Good day to you my brothers and sisters.


The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.  Julian of Norwich.

This reminds me of when I lived in London with my late wife, who happened to be a londoner from East Acton. Going to work on the underground, there was a station where the loudspeaker would repeat, `Mind the gap`.
A little while ago I bought a book entitled `God of the gaps.`
I dont now remember at a conscious level all it said. The thing is though, I do wonder now that I have time to be still, and also time to ponder, isnt it the silence and stillness that many people avoid just because deep down we are frightened of what we will be confronted with!
We are all created as distinct individuals, even albeit on a usual pattern. One head and four limbs. Two eyes, two ears, one nose and one mouth. Etc etc. We also have the family and clan instinct. For much of the time this works well. It doesnt work well when the society is so rigid that anyone who doesnt conform to strict rules is thrown out, imprisoned or tortured. When in the past a great thinker said that the world wasnt the centre of the universe, he was shut up until he recanted. The church had it wrong.
Actually, when I say the church had it wrong, I ought to say it was a false church that had it wrong.
We must not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Following good guidelines is essential for an ordered universe. The sun will shine on half the world and then as the earth goes around it will shine on the other half. This gives all a time to rest. Imagine if our brains we full of information and also we were going over it to work out what was the best thing to decide, soon we would be in overload. Letting go of control of what is both inside of us and outside is essential most of the time. The universe wont grind to a halt.
If we are made in the image of God then yes, we too are creative. We have a built in need to love and receive love. To organise and shape our lives and the environment. To learn lessons and in doing so sometimes make mistakes. This way we find out what real love is. As it says in the Good Book, it is in giving that we receive. We have to give space and be open to filled with newness of life. If a cup is full with mud, it will take the pouring of much spring water into it before you get a cup of crystal clear water. Yet if you take a little time first, to empty the mud and wipe it clean, then you will not waste any of the pure water with which you pour in. If we have got to a point in our lives where we are wanting to be true to ourselves and to everything outside ourselves ( in realisation that there is no real distinction and we are all one.) that which is false will be coming less and less into our orbit. Like attracts like.
I have to head off now as its approaching seven pm and Im going to find the house where my potential sponser in AA lives.
So peace and soham to you all. Your brother Peter.