This is indeed a time of great tribulations.

[Traveler]

Last night I had a nightmare of a dream.  It was so bad it woke me up with a bad feeling of doom.  Strangely I do not recall a single detail of the dream, only that it left me trembling and unable to sleep.  Falling to sleep has never been a problem for me but there I was unable to sleep over an unremembered dream.

I remained in bed attempting to unwind.  In previous posts I have pointed out that from time to time the spirit speaks to me through thought.  As I thought of prayer my mind seemed to be flooded with thoughts.  Perhaps even a tsunami of thoughts that kept coming in increasing layers.   Though the thoughts were about so many things that have troubled me recently, there was a constant feeling of calmness. 

It is difficult to describe but there was a vastness of thoughts – including science, religion, world affairs, current politics and all the misdirection’s and even personal concerns and shortcomings.   The last pictures taken by voyager 1 was as it was leaving the inner solar system looking back at the planets.  In the vastness of space there was a tiny blue dot that was all that could be seen of earth.

I was reminded that G-d oversees the vastness of time and space far beyond what I am able to contemplate.  And then in my mind’s eye – I saw a small flower growing by the edge of a massive super volcano that was active.  There was an eminent eruption about to occur that would destroy all living things in its surroundings.  The spirit spoke to me in thoughts and compared me symbolically to that little flower.

I was reminded not to worry about the volcanic eruption – what will be will be.  Only that in this time and place – it is my time and place to blossom and display the spiritual and physical beauty within me that I so dearly love.

There are many things to concern us in the world – even in this tiny corner of our galaxy where our solar system resides – for now.  But be of good cheer for Christ has overcome the world and all that concerns us here in mortality.

 

The Traveler

[mikbone]

58 minutes ago, Traveler said:

And then in my mind’s eye – I saw a small flower growing by the edge of a massive super volcano that was active.

There is always hope and beauty.