Fish on Friday. I put my faith in Christ but know I have to do more for those who have less than me.

Good day my brothers and sisters. This is our blog today composted by me,with additional writing by our brother George, who I believe may be a Quaker.   I will post just a few photos of my latest artwork, which after God and me you are the first to see. Then there will be the message in time of war, followed by oodles more of my art.             When one is asked which is ones favourite of something, then for me each one is my favourite.      Same with you my brothers who I have mostly not met yet, but many of you whom I may meet      when this time has past and we are eternal spiritual beings. The picture below captures my attention      for more time than those above. Though the same goes with my sisters whom  I see more of one than the                                                        others! The thing which I like is many of you will not pick perhaps the                                           same as me!     Below is the Fish on Friday              Article     A Message in Time of War by George Amoss Jr.

Looking through my journal from past years, I found a transcription of vocal ministry from April 20, 2003, not long after the U.S. government's invasion of Iraq.

For the past couple of months I've been reading the works of George Fox. A week or so ago, I read a passage there that affected me deeply. It’s mostly a quotation by Fox of words of the prophet Micah.

The prophet, said Fox, was speaking of Christ when he wrote, "He shall judge amongst the nations, and shall rebuke many people, and they shall beat their swords into plough shares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more, but they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it."

That in itself affected me, but I was even more deeply touched by Fox’s own words which followed. In his enthusiasm, Fox wrote, "Is not this vine Christ, and are not these the days of his gospel of peace?"

Those words made me sad, because I knew that if I could respond to Fox today I'd have to say, "These are certainly not the days of Christ’s good news. We still live under the God of war, not the Prince of Peace."

Fox and other Friends believed that the eschaton, the full realization of God's Kingdom of peace and justice, was at hand. They believed so, in part, because they knew by experience that within them was a holy light and power which, when surrendered to, led them to justice and peace. They expected that the extraordinary thing happening in and to them signaled the advent of God's perfect world. After more than three hundred and fifty years of subsequent history, we know that they were wrong in that expectation. But we also know that they were not mistaken in their experience: living in fidelity to the love in their hearts, they did change the world for the better.

To say "better" is to judge. George Fox often insisted, quoting another scripture [1 Cor. 6:2], that "the saints shall judge the nations." He knew that Jesus had said, "Judge not, lest ye be judged," but he saw no contradiction there. The Christ who "shall judge amongst the nations" lives in those who are faithful to the measure of his light in their hearts; their judging, then, is that of his spirit at work within them. In the spirit of the Kingdom we discern good and evil.

When I see rulers who torture and murder those who oppose them, I know that I see evil. When I read that the master of the world's mightiest military said "I feel good!" moments before announcing the imminent destruction of many lives in Iraq, I know that evil masquerades as goodness. When I think of the millions of Christians who demand that death be visited on others even as they pray that they themselves be spared, I know that we are inhabited and surrounded by darkness.

The "ocean of darkness" is disheartening, but I find courage in the example of those Friends who, despite the failure of the eschaton, never forsook their commitment to the spirit of justice and peace. They teach me that, although surrounded by darkness and bereft of grand hopes, I still can cherish compassion and allow myself to live by its light, a branch of the sheltering Christ-vine.

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Note: When giving the message during worship in 2003, I did not recall the statement by Fox perfectly, but for this post I have copied it from the source,  Gospel Truth Demonstrated, Vol. 6 of the 1831 edition of his Works, p. 166.

Note, my brothers and sisters that some of the above writing brought tears to my eyes. When I think of the money spent even in the Philippines on the army and fighting communist and Muslim brothers against Christian brothers and sister. Then remember the orphans I visited and held but had to leave. God I want to do more to heal the hurting in myself and others. Even mother earth seems to be getting raped and ravaged by the greedy who put money and power above love and mercy.  Note, we will reap what we sow if not in this lifetime then in the next. Bro Peter G Kimble.

                                                     

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Read Romans 8

 “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

 “The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”

 “Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.”

 “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

 “Never seek to tell thy love, / Love that never told can be; / For the gentle wind does move / Silently, invisibly.”

 

“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”

                            “A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.”

Have a great day plus weekend and know that you are loved. O yes if any of you are having a drought, please feel free to pray you get our rain which has been deluging us for days!

                    My love to you and all beings, bro Peter   ps. please please pass this on to as many people as you can. This is note about me, but about getting known as a spiritual artist who wants to help in healing those (including yours truly) and that which is hurt, like our Mother earth. . 

Happy serene and calm is where I am this moment. Please join me, so we can be at one togerther.

Welcome brothers and sisters to this blog where I shall share some pics of my latest art and quotes from various people who in the goal of attaining oneness, will not be named.

Hmm, having a name in my website/blog title seems to be thorn in my side at this moment, but it will work itself out ;-)
 So we can see immediately below this sentence the one painting which all the others came from and although they are separate and even sometimes viewed in a mirror image, they still originate from the one work.  

“Each time a being looks into your eyes, they are only searching, often unknowingly  to find themselves; for the subconscious knows already, that they are part of you.” 

 “All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”

 “You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.”

 “Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. ”

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"Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words.  It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God".

 “Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.”

 “To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us. This does not mean that we suffer for them, but that we offer them possibility of going beyond the separate self in which suffering is harbored.

 “A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.”

 “The Self says ‘I AM’–as in the very grand sayings of Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, in which he says in the state of onenenss with Yahweh (which in Hebrew means ‘I AM’), I AM is the way and the truth and the life–but the ego says ‘I am this’ or ‘I am that,’ thus attaching itself only to a small portion of the Vastness.

 “One in All
All in One--
If only this is realized,
No more worry about your not being perfect

                                                     “In one moment, we are now forever,
                                                             in one moment...”

 “All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ.”

 

                                       “You is.
                                            Within Me!

 “Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense of your spouse, you are living against yourself and destroying your joy. But if you devote yourself with all your heart to the holy joy of your spouse, you will also be living for your joy and making a marriage after the image of Christ and His church.”

 “With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference. So try one x one = one.”

 “The real you suffocates under the layers of your learned identity. Uncover the layers so you can truly breathe again from the true center. Being aware of your infinite potential and access awakens the Master with the Master Key within. You have always been settled in oneness with All.”

 “Saying a prayer can be as simple as thinking positive thoughts about someone—it’s not an act that needs to be tied to any particular religion or system of beliefs. I can say a prayer just by saying “I wish you peace” after someone becomes angry with me for something trivial; I can say a prayer for the woman who is always cheerful (or gloomy) at the store where I shop by thinking “I wish you all the best in life—good health, good relationships, and all of your true needs fulfilled.” Of course, if you want to pray to God in the form in which you conceive of God, that’s fine, too—and your prayer will not be wasted. Think about it. Is the world a better place when you walk away from someone either forgetting them immediately or thinking negative thoughts about them? This world of ours can use all the positive thoughts we can contribute to it, and our simple and heartfelt prayers are some of the most positive thoughts we can create and share. And they affect us as much as, if not more than, they affect the objects of our prayers.”

 “The wonders of life...you and I are the light! Seek within...there is no one to fight…love is all…we are one…concentrate on bringing forth your sight...breathe deep…the universe is waiting for you divine ones.”

 “Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.”

                                                           “Each person you meet
                                                             is an aspect of yourself,
                                                               clamoring for love.”

                 “To the ego, love is poison and so love more.”

             “Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.”

                      
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