LOST AND FOUND

My last blog was written about an experience I had while on a trail that I walk everyday which has been the source of many revelations in recent weeks.
Three days ago it happened again, only this time it was a two part story. I did my usual and began my walk with a short prayer to ask GOD help me clear my head be silent and to show me the path in life the he wants me to follow. I begin my walk.
along the way I met very cool Labrador Retriever. I talk to GOD out loud while i walk so if i see other people i go the other way.I approached a couple walking so I began to run in order to pass them and get a distance away so I could resume my conversation. Shortly after the short run I noticed a snail crossing the path, so I stopped to look at it. I saw just how slow he was moving and thought to myself "Wow, I hope no one steps on him". As I ran away, I thought about what it must be like to move that slow. Then it occurred to me that I "am" moving that slow. We all are. In time measured by GOD our lives are but a split second in the big scheme of things. In our eyes it is a journey ,much like crossing that path was for that snail. My walk was soon over. I said my ending prayer and went home.

I got home and realized that I had lost something along the way that day.
I had a cross on my neck that I like wear when i am walking and it was gone ! At first I was a little disturbed, but I notice I didn't feel the way I had in the past when I lost a piece of jewelry. As I explained my loss too someone I know well, they replied by reminding me and saying "well that's what you get for wearing that kind of stuff when you go jogging or walking". I was further disturbed by that statement more so at the person than the idea. Some people aren't happy unless negativity is included in every conversation. I then realized why I wasn't angry about losing the cross. I figured that it was a good thing I lost it so that someone else that needed a sign from GOD would symbolically receive a message from finding it.




Well I didn't think much more about it for a couple of days. Last night My wife suggested we go for a walk. It was late and the trail was about to close for the day. It closes at dark for safety reasons of course and there are coyotes out there as well. As I began my walk I had an overwhelming sense that I would find my cross that had been lost two days earlier. It had rained and thundered one of those days along with the fact that hundreds of people walk this trail everyday yet I still had that overwhelming feeling. So I began this 2.5 mile walk and about half way through without even a thought I looked down and there it was pointing straight at me off to one side of the trail as if GOD said to me, "here you go". My wife stood and looked with amazement and said "WOW ! GOD is good ! I hadn't mentioned to her that I already was shown I would find that cross so I told her that I already knew and I wasn't surprised at all.GOD had already shown me the outcome. Then the lesson came. Let something or someone go and if it was meant for you to have them or their return is guaranteed by GOD.

AMEN.

FOCUS ! .......A Dogs Lesson

Today was an interesting day and full of blessings and messages.
I have recently gone through a spiritual makeover and the world has opened up in ways that I have experienced in the past but somehow lost my way. Lesson learned.
I am currently and will continue thanking GOD for parking his Soldiers and Angels all around me in this troubling time. They are coming out of the woodwork and giving me information in all forms. I'm paying attention to the signs and I'm loving it.
I went for a walk which was about 2.5 miles long. While on the trail walking I observed what I know was my divine lesson for the day, which actually began yesterday. A very spiritual brother of the Muslim faith who is a business associate of mine gave me an eye opening piece of advice. He said, "Go for a walk and talk to GOD out loud ! And do it everyday". He went on to tell me that he does this every morning and when he is out there if he sees anyone going left, he goes right. I asked "Why?". He said ," Because I'm going to be talking to myself out loud and I don't want to scare anyone". I laughed and replied,"Good point".

The trail where I walk is beautiful and full of life, trees, flowers and a lake with lots of streams everywhere. There is a dog run and play area nearby so people bring their dogs and walk them there as well. As I was walking today,There was a lady jogging past me and she had a small dog following a few paces behind her, without a leash. My first thought was " There is a leash law that is strictly enforced here, well..... at least the sign says so."
Then I remembered that there was a man not far behind me with a big German Shepard and a few other people with dogs as well. I turned to see what the other dogs would do since she had no control over her dog without a leash on him. It was no surprise that as she ran right through and all the other dogs were pulling at their masters leashes to try and get near her dog, but to my amazement her dog never even looked around, never missed a step and stayed on pace with his master running past the other dogs as though they weren't even there. I have had an unruly dog or two.I was impressed! Look at the obedience and the focus that dog has and the lady never even looked around to see if her dog was still behind her, she just knew. Then it hit me. That dog knows who his master is and follows obediently without pause and nothing to the right or left could shake that dogs drive to follow his master and the master already knew what her dog would do even if the other dogs tried to get her dog.

God is our master and if we all had the obedience and focus possessed by that small dog, we would be so much clearer about who we are, where we are and where we need to go. No weapon formed against us would prosper. I for one will never forget that dog and I have every intention on following GOD who is my master the same way. My spiritual friend summed up our conversation from the previous day by saying to me. " We drive at 65 mph so Lets say life is traveling at 65 mph. While you're driving, you look over at another person in another car or at another persons life and what they are doing,you could easily wreck your car because you took your eyes off the road, right ? Well if you look around to see and pay attention to what other people are doing in their lives you have taken you eyes off your road and then we wonder why our own lives are a wreck." Yes i asked a lot of questions today and got some answers, so it did work and today I received some serious blessings so I am thankful for yet another day and more gifts from the "Most High".
I feel great!

Just food for though y'all .........

"God lead my steps and guide my path so that I might walk in your steps and be a better man".

TECHNICAL STUPIDITY.

We think were pretty smart these days.
We have our computers,smart cell phones with G4 and internet capabilities plus I-Pods MP3 players and GPS units. We are quickly becoming the idiot society of the world with all this technology. Why you ask ?
If i take your cell phone away right now how many numbers will you remember?
Would you remember how to get to a destination after the first time you went there
if someone took your GPS?
If we didn't have Google how much information would our kids remember about the world and what are the things that we would work harder to commit to memory ? We have begun to allow artificial intelligence to do the momorizing and thinking for us.It occurred to me over the holiday season while driving from Atlanta to Chicago,that too much technology is a bad thing. That trip is about 760 miles or so. It takes roughly 10.5 to 11.0 hours to drive that far with good weather and a few gas and bathroom breaks.
I realized that in that 11 hours everyone in the car had said very little to one another because at some point or another every one in the car , except me was occupied with a gadget. The kids and my wife were talking to or texting their friends while listening to their I-Pods. Every time I said someones name to get their attention for one reason or another it was like I was intruding into their personal space.
I remember a time when as a family we had a closeness that was rivaled only by few.
Now we are reduced to a non-communicating me,me,me and not us family.
I DON'T LIKE IT ONE DAMN BIT !

On a side note..............
A close family friend suggested that when we moved to Georgia that we not get a bigger house because it would cause our family to separate from one another. I said "no way that will not happen to us, we are too close" We figure the kids all needed their own rooms and I had to have space to do my computer thing and a garage for my bikes and toys. Wifey has her kitchen that has enough room for her to do what she likes and her favorite is a big bathroom which is here.....NOW, To make a long story short we have enough room to all be in the house all day and never cross paths and she was right ! We have become room-mates except I pay all the bills ! Our interactions with each other have lessened and have increased with others outside of our household.

Listen people get back to family. Take a day and turn off the Phones,I-Pods,Computers
and anything else that causes so much distraction play a game of cards or read a good book. Dont forget who and what is important in your life.

JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT...............