tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286756813249574762.post3068871446671413598..comments2021-03-10T10:45:54.509-06:00Comments on Finding Time For God: What do you really believe?Beryl Singleton Bissellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989231835137438633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286756813249574762.post-31037997772701496542009-02-17T01:05:00.000-06:002009-02-17T01:05:00.000-06:00What a thought-provoking question - sometimes it's...What a thought-provoking question - sometimes it's good to have those mind-jolting ones thrust at you...<BR/>You might think after over half a century, I'd have more of myself and my belief system figured out, but I'm still charting my topography, after all these years...<BR/>I know I do believe in Love - not just the romantic sort or familial kind, but for lack of a better descriptor, agape love, as well...that the Creative Force of the Universe, that I think of as God, is Loving - and that Love can transform us, and lift us up...I believe (but sometimes only half-believe), a number of other things, while doubting and wondering about even more things...<BR/>Though there are moments when I find it possible to hold in my heart any number of seemingly impossibly contradictory beliefs, so that it boggles my mind to attempt to articulate them coherently to others...<BR/>Thank you for prodding me to ponder those beliefs for a bit, even if I can't quite articulate them. <BR/>Perhaps that's why I like drawing even more than writing - pictures being more or less, worth a thousand words or so...Possibly less, in the current economy ;)<BR/>Glad to hear you've been enjoying drawing too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286756813249574762.post-10057676631757409422009-02-08T14:48:00.000-06:002009-02-08T14:48:00.000-06:00Aha. I didn't make the "where" of that swim obviou...Aha. I didn't make the "where" of that swim obvious, did I. It was here in Florida, temperature 54 degrees. I've yet to attempt the polar bear plunge in Duluth.Beryl Singleton Bissellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989231835137438633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286756813249574762.post-34217714900294318832009-02-07T17:57:00.000-06:002009-02-07T17:57:00.000-06:00And I've been meaning to blog an answer to the sam...And I've been meaning to blog an answer to the same question, but it bogged down. I've picked it up twice now. It must not be time yet.<BR/><BR/>A thought-provoking post. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>But what were you doing swimming outside in this weather today (your Twitter post)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286756813249574762.post-30369189606725255822009-02-02T19:03:00.000-06:002009-02-02T19:03:00.000-06:00I am a man who knows nothing for sure, well maybe ...I am a man who knows nothing for sure, well maybe a few things. anyway, the other night walking laps at the gym I saw my pale skin, and imagined myself gardening in my front yard as the sun shined upon me. I've been meaning to blog about this.. you keep it percolating.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.com