Winter gives into spring
Birds start singing, chirping
The sun is shining earlier and dusk falls later
and later…
The million and one things that we are
This life we’re doing
Sometimes we make our choices too soon
Sometimes it just happens, too fast
Is it all in the good and right time
Is it right, what we do?
Who we are, and who we long to be
When do we reach our prime
When have we passed it
Will we always grow
Will we always die to everything we used to know
How do you know God exists?
This question is one that has been asked from time immemorial, and wrestled and debated with to no end. And the conclusion? Well, I’ve been reading Mitch Albom’s brand new book have a little faith, and it’s been remarkable and filled with profound truths and insights thus far. A chapter in this treasure of a book titled, “The Greatest Question of All”, addresses this age-old question. The author poses this question to his mentor, a Rabbi, and the Reb (as he is known in the book) challenges him to make a case against God.
The author takes up the challenge and fills his case with a summary of how incredibly far our world has progressed – now being in a stunning scientific and technological age, where what was impossible before for Man, has now become as reachable as moondust in our pockets. So why the need to believe in God, now that we have solved the great mysteries of old?
Now the Reb responds – No matter how far science tries to trace life back to, even right to the atom stage, there will always remain something unexplainable. And no matter how far they try to go to the other end of the continuum, what with genetic research or cloning etc, there is a point where life ends. So what happens after all this comes to an end?
He closes,
“When you come to an end, that’s where God begins.”
Forgive, because you have been before. And because you will be.
Forgive, because you can.
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul
~ William Ernest Henley
And life is so beautiful because of the good and the bad and the Glorious that outshines it all.
I stand at the brink of eternity and my soul is captured with awe
I shouldn’t still be here, but I am.
God gave me my life, almost took it back several times, but seemingly changed His mind…
How can I feel anything but wonder at this growing, collapsing, escaping, embracing beauty in my broken hands…
The dawn of a new day
Everyday.
you’re all I’ve got in this city
so please don’t leave me
Please don’t leave.
One of my fave Taylor Swift songs! This song is called Breathe and her voice is just so beautiful in this piece. The words are classic too. Love it.
I see your face in my mind as I drive away
‘Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people and sometimes we change our minds
But it’s killing me to see you go after all this time
Music starts playin’ like the end of a sad movie
It’s the kinda ending you don’t really wanna see
‘Cause it’s tragedy and it’ll only bring you down
Now I don’t know what to be without you around
And we know it’s never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You’re the only thing I know like the back of my hand
And I can’t breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn’t work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out
And I can’t breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
It’s two a.m., feelin’ like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it’s not easy, easy for me
It’s two a.m., feelin’ like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain’t easy, easy for me
I can’t breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
