What I Understand

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 I understand the Grace of God and my goal is to be as forgiving as I say God is.  But forgiving all sins except for murder and suicide can be a tall order even for me.  And not everyone understands God's Grace as I claim to understand it.  I don't worry about salvation in regard to anyone in my circle, but I have.  But as Jesus gave His Discioles to God's care, in a way I have to, but I had to learn.  

My Spirituality focuses on the needs of others and not so much for myself.  But for too long I was too inward.  I am branching out more to others.  But for a long time I had convinced no one of my experience with the Divine.  But now I have convinced a few, but not in all things I claim my Spirit Guides told me.  So, this past 30 years has been a very long learning curve.  The first ten years was the hardest.  The second ten years I had two close calls with death.  And now the third ten years has had a lot of understanding from others.  I am now into my fourth ten years.  

Maybe I measure life by ten year periods.  I am now into my fourth ten years.  And I think this period will be marked by my understanding God's Grace both for myself and for others.  I had a hard time accepting God's Grace.  But this is less true in the past several years.  Now I'm learning to extend that same Grace to others, but I am not God and I have feelings.  I am still human and I am not Divine.  

I have to remember that others don't understand God's Grace as I do.  This has been the hardest lesson of the past 30 years.  And in the world the murder and suicide rates have only increased.  I have little hope of doing much about either.  I've done more to focus on the power of thought and avoid wishful thinking.  I've worked hardest at keeping my thoughts positive and real.  And I work at keeping them focused as much as possible.

I've done this while smoking my pipes.  I guess you knew I'd get around to that.  There are a lot of scenes YouTube has for cafes and smoke lounges often with light music to go with the scenes.  But I'm learning to remain focused and not let my mind wander.  In doing so, I communicate with Spirit Guides.  So, maybe the next ten years and beyond, I'll focus on the power of thought. This morning it is my Peterson System pipe with my Old Professor tobacco, and my coffee is Stumptown Holler Mountain coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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