Where do you go to get away from the worlds cacophony? Daryl Madden hit it on the nose in just a few poetic words . Please read these two posts. https://darylmadden.wordpress.com/2021/01/07/where-the-noise-disappears/ Thanks Daryl
Sandra J with her thoughts and photography ran with it in her winter wonderland https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/160380100/posts/7634 Thanks Sandra
I spend a lot of time in three places. One is in nature enjoying creation and another getting to know the creator as in Daryl’s last verse. Third is living everyday life attempting to be a peace walker from the core of who I am to what I do. Click on any picure for a better view.
Where does the noise disappear for you? Are you getting away to be still? Do you even have a space or a place to go? Even if you are in the middle of the worlds wars or in the middle of the most serene wilderness it does not mean you have or do not have turmoil inside.
Have you met people who seem to be at peace? It’s inside them like an extra ingredient making them palatable and savory to the world around them. Salt of the earth people. Peace walkers. Like Jesus. Like followers of Jesus who emulate him (not the cacophony religious ones on Fakebook).
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. (Jesus, Matthew 5:13)
Peace is oxygen to the soul and much of the world is dying of spiritual hypoxia.
Gary
I am always amazed at how God’s Holy Spirit can take a volatile situation and introduce His peace, which seems to literally change the whole atmosphere, if you take the time to ask Him to do so and not only does that include others that you may be dealing with, but also one’s self, which sometimes is the biggest problem. Ask and you shall receive. Blessings to you and yours Gary!
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Thanks Bruce, you are right. We need to be those kind of people at times when it’s the hardest
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Beautiful
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Poem and pictures
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Thanks Ted. I admire people like Daryl who can put words in rhyme and order painting a picture in one’s mind. I can take pictures.
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I agree with you on Daryl Madden’s words. You have also made a powerful point on the high value of inner peace, as “spiritual oxygen.” True indeed!
Thank you also for the excellent photos – the photo of the moon…awesome!
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Thank you Suzette. Peace seems top be in short supply nowadays and it must come from inside before showing on the outside.
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Absolutely! 🙏
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Thank you for the peace walk. My soul calms.
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Thanks Kathy we all need to walk in peace don’t we.
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Glad to know one Gary.
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You are one as well Ron
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You are too kind. Thank you for the encouragement. Just trying to keep “me” out of the way
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I know about the “me” thing getting in the way. Your post “Where the noise disappears” resonated deeply with me. Thanks Daryl
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Beautiful thoughts on living as a peace walker. Thank you.
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Thank you Stephanie for those kind words. The world often needs the opposite of what we are tempted to be.
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Love this quote: “Peace is oxygen to the soul and much of the world is dying of spiritual hypoxia.”
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Someone told me the other day in discussion “assume everyone has the virus and then act safely” I said “I will assume everyone is living in fear and needs God’s peace”
Thanks Jim
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Have a blessed time Ice fishing!
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