Indeed, it is strange, how quiet I’ve been lately. I figure you have more than enough to occupy your attention at the moment while I’ve been hearing the past two months the GPS gal shouting continually “Recalculating” as I attempt to navigate “life” as I’ve always done before.
But this GPS gal is not one bit happy with me! So having more wisdom now than prior, I have just pulled over on the shoulder for a spell to see if I can figure this “life navigation software” out before I place myself in serious danger or worse, endanger others. I really thought I knew the route I wanted to take to my destination preferring the back roads rather than the interstates and tollways. I prefer to savor the journey and enjoy the relationships that the slower pace and frequent interactions that the two lane roads afford as well as interacting with other humans and witness them actually living their relationships.
But honestly, right now I’m a trifle confused. Understand my destination is still crystal clear but the route and timing is all garbled. But not nearly as confusing as I believe it is for many persons today after being broadsided the last several weeks. We are all in a quandary of sorts. I remember back in January I told our SS class and my sister that what’s coming down the pike will make 911 look like a SS picnic. My sister told me Monday she heard a news broadcaster make that very statement last week.
The key word as I see it for the bottom line for this pandemic is RELATIONSHIP. Quite soon if not already, that word’s impact will escalate significantly for you because our relationships may no longer be as driven by “selfish individualism of the 20th century” as they were prior, but now, from here forward, we may well witness an “under girding of a prevailing inter-dependency. ” And that folks, may just change everything, actually your whole life.
Many have used the word relationship their entire lives but now will finally experience its significance and bottom line value (nothing to do directly with money though). For believers, our first relationship is the vertical authoritarian kingship (not usually well understood or appreciated in a democracy.. read John Bevere’s book “Undercover” ). Secondly, believers because of being both “endowed” as well as “empowered” by being adopted into the family afforded them by their vertical kingship, are more understanding and cognizant of the intricacies of life’s relationships, generally whether in normal times or wars, famines, or even pandemics.
Today a good friend of mine (actually my coach Jonathan Dunn) sent me his weekly You Tube clip whom he and his daughter release each Wednesday 6:30 AM, and he alluded quite directly to our role in performing a “quantum leap” during this pandemic in how relationships are both viewed and implemented at this time in history. He called it a RELATION-SHIFT, more than merely a relation-ship. Right on Jonathan! I look forward to your future wisdom. And your reference to Matthew 5:14-16 is so key. Your reference to the 80% of the population estimated to having experienced “loss, trauma, or betrayal” (LTB) may climb quickly higher. And your question to us about whether my behavior tomorrow is going to contribute to the LTB’s “healing” or “continued hurt” is spot on. As “lights” we are indeed to be “healers” requiring “relation*SHIFT.
Click on the link below, then Like and Subscribe to continue the weekly series. In the event the link does not work for you, proceed to YouTube and type in relation shift. It appears third down for me 6:20 min and (Series Part 1 of 7)
Blessings as You Go Forth With Greater Clarity Tomorrow As Healers>>>>> merlin
https://youtu.be/wEcoL9 scag