ONCE AIRBORNE, I'M SURE THE CONCEPT WILL TURN HEADS AROUND THE GLOBE. I SEE IT (IN MY ONE IMAGINATION) ON OPRAH AND LARRY KING, SIXTY MINUTES AND PERHAPS EVEN AMERICAN IDOL. I HAVEN'T WRITTEN A MUSICAL JINGLE FOR THE CONCEPT BUT WILL SOON WHEN I AM IN A MUSICAL MOOD.
HERE'S THE NUT IN THE NUTSHELL: (I THINK IF I CAN GET THE GENIUS TYPES LIKE GATES AND PICKENS, ALONG WITH ANDY ROONEY -TYPES AND THOSE SASSY, GOOD GUYS OF THE MEDIA, (INCLUDING BARNEY AND FRIENDS),THE CONCEPT WILL FERTILIZE STINGY MINDS, WIDEN THE NARROW ONES AND STOMP OUT PREJUDICES OF EVERY KIND. MINE IS A CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE OF ONE AND UNTIL TODAY, APPLAUDED BY AN AUDIENCE OF ONLY ONE. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY, FULL OF HOPE, FULL OF GRACE, FULL OF LOVE AND GREAT EXPECTATION.
WISE FOLK ACROSS OUR ONE LAND WILL FLOCK TO THE JUST ONE PRINCIPAL ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND ITS BENEFITS AND BORDERLESS BLESSINGS ALONG WITH THE DIGNITY OF A HOLY LIFESTYLE.
ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE, THIS IS IT - EVERYONE IN AMERICA (AND LATER THE WORLD) WILL EDIT THEIR LIVES TO INCLUDE ONE TELEPHONE, ONE TV, ONE CELL PHONE, ONE KIND AND GENEROUS THOUGHT PER HOUR, ONE LEAN MEAL - THREE TIMES A DAY. OH, ONE HOUR A DAY TO WALK ABOUT ONES' NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ADDITIION, ONE, ONE-A-DAY VITAMIN, ONE APPLE, ONE PROVERB A DAY (THERE'S JUST ENOUGH FOR ONE MONTH, THEN YOU START OVER AGAIN) - AND ONE PRAYER THAT LAST THROUGHOUT ONE'S WAKING HOURS. OH, INCLUDE HERE ONE SABBATH DAY TO REST AND RESTORE.
"PRAY WITHOUT CEASING," THE GOOD BOOK SAYS. HOW EXACTLY DO WE DO THAT? I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT WILL BLOG MY WAY TO THE ANSWER. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME, I'M A CAUTIOUS, HUMBLE LEARNER.
STAY TUNED TO THIS BLOG FOR THE NEXT NEW DAYS. JOIN FORCES WITH ME - IT'S FREE, EFFECTIVE, AND FLOPLESS. I LIKE THINGS THAT RING TRUE AND SURE AND PEACE-GIVING. THE JUST ONE PRINCIPAL IS JUST THAT. CAN THIS ONE PRINCIPAL PRODUCE A STRESSLESS, MEANINGFUL, PASSIONATE AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE? IN A WORD - YES!
AUGUST 25, SUNDAY
MAN WAS MADE TO THINK ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME. LET'S MAKE MUSIC WITH OUR NOTIONS, BUILD MONUMENTS WITH OUR WISE AND WELL-CHOSEN THOUGHTS. ONE PURPOSED THOUGHT AT A TIME MAY MOLD OUR MOTIVES INTO DELIGHTFUL, ARTFUL SHAPES AND HELPS CURB OUR APPETITES, ANGERS AND DISRESPECT FOR COUNTRY'S LAND. I'VE FOUND THAT AS WE EDIT OUR LIVES, CHERISH OUR EARTH'S GIFTS, WE MIRROR OUR MAKER, HONOR HIS HANDIWORK. AS WE GIVE AND FORGIVE, AND HELP OTHERS RESTORE THEIR DREAMS, WE FULFILL OUR DESTINIES. (OH BROTHER, THIS IS GETTING H E A V Y). -------please read on, it gets lighter.
A BIT OF RAMBLING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL, DON'T YOU THINK?
I'M ALREADY RE-THINKING MY ONE INNOCUOUS NEED FOR THAT 15 MINUTES OF FAME THING. WHAT WAS I THINKING!! WILL I EVER SHED THIS SKIN OF SELF ABSORBTION?
IMAGINATION IS THE "NOW" VERSION OF YESTERDAY; LET'S GIVE OUR IMAGINATION TO OUR ONE GOD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I PERSONALLY IMAGINE EVERY WILLING PERSON HOLDING A HUNGRY BABE IN THEIR ARMS, FEEDING AND CARESSING HIS DRY FLESH, WIPING AWAY THE FLIES.
I SEE MANKIND RIDDING OURSELVES OF UNNECESSARY FLUFF AND STUFF. I HAVE AN RELENTLESS ITCH TO HELP AND GIVE AND CLOTH MY NEIGHBORS IN WHATEVER I CAN. BECAUSE OF THE SAVIOR BORN ANEW IN ME, I SOMEHOW FEEL THE BROKEN HEARTS WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING TO NATURAL DISASTERS; I SILENTLY HEAR THE PLEAS OF THOSE I IGNORED IN MY SELFISH YOUTH.
IS THERE HOPE FOR ONE SUCH AS ME? I HAVE THIS ONE LIFE AND I RELY ON MY ONE GOD AND ONE SAVIOR AND ONE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE ME - ONE MINUTE, ONE HOUR, ONE STUMBLE AT A TIME. SO, HERE'S MY THOUGHT, THOUGH LOFTY IT MAY SEEM, I WILL DEVOTE MY WRINKLY ONE SOUL, ONE YEAR AT A TIME, TO HELP "RESTORE THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN," (as the Bible says) AND WALK WITH STEPS (ONE AT A TIME)- THOUGH BABY, THEY MAY SEEM, THAT LEAD TO THOSE WHO NEED A HAND TO HOLD, A LAP TO REST ON, A PRAYER TO CALM FEARS AND FRETFUL THOUGHTS. I LONG TO BLESS AND ENCOURAGE AND HELP RELIEVE THE JANGLED NERVES OF ONE BETRAYED OR BROKEN HEARTED. I WILL TO HELP UNTIE THE KNOTS OF DEFEAT, SHEPHERD THE LOST, SING TO THOSE WHO DON'T MIND AN OFF-KEY, PITCHY PSALM OF HOPE.
THOUGH I COULD NEVER WALK IN THE HOLY SANDALS OF MOTHER TERESA, FORGIVE ME IF I LIFT HER WORDS HERE (and adopt them as well) - "I ONLY HOPE I CAN REMAIN A LITTLE PENCIL IN GOD'S HAND."
amen and amen
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