His Grace

“Those who work to bring peace are happy, because God will call him his children.”

Matthew 5:9

Tired

When you are disturbed, do not sin;
ponder it on your beds, and be silent.

Psalm 4:4-8

Once Upon a Cab

I leave you peace, my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. John 14:27

When I lived in New York one summer, I had walked down to the Kmart that was near NYU. After I was done purchasing a tiny little suitcase (I was going to DC), I tried to walk outside, but it was pouring rain. I managed to grab a cab. During the ride back to my dormitory, the cabby asked me what I did for a living, if I was a student, etc. I told him I worked in public relations. He asked me my birthday and I told him. He told me that according to numerology, I was a 9 and I should live my life and be an example, that I should never do drugs or anything illegal (I never would, of course).

I live in Washington now, but I thought about that cab ride as I rode the bus home to my apartment. I kept looking at the sky, the tree branches, the sidewalks, the dogs on their walk with their owners. I thought, “Now now now now now.”

Necessary Purpose

You want to be whole, you want to have purpose inside
You want to have virtue and purify your mind

You want to be set free today
Then lay it all down before the king*