Another Observation

THE PAST IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT; NOR IS IT, OF ITSELF, THE TRUTH.

From THE BOOK OF OPINIONS - 21:59

ILLINOIS AUTUMN: The Butterfly

THE BUTTERFLY

So late
A Butterfly
And
Yet
It flew
Before me
From the
Grass
This day
When
Luther
Hammered
Ninety-five
Strokes
Upon the door
These
Four Hundred
Eighty Three
Years Ago
And just
As freedom
Was thought
Dead then
So such life
Surprises us
At an hour
When we
Thought
It's light
Put out

-31 October 2000

THE NAIVETE OF ADVOCACY

The naïveté of advocacy consists of thinking that if people just “see” something they’ll change.

There are two problems with that view.

1. The majority NEVER “see” it.

2. The majority of those who do “SEE” it think that seeing is enough.

Advocacy must persuade. In the world this is done through manipulation. In the spiritual realm this is accomplished, not by our rhetoric, but by the work of the Holy Spirit on the heart.

THE BLESSINGS OF COFFEE

I did not grow up in a coffee drinking home, but as an adult I learned to appreciate this wonderful adult beverage when I went to work at an office where they served gourmet coffee every day. It is a gift from God through the hands of the growers and roasters. I’d like to share with you briefly about my five favorite coffees of all time.

1. Andersen’s: this is the best restaurant coffee I have ever tasted, and may be my favorite of all time, although I haven’t tasted any in over ten years. I once drank so much of it that I could not sleep at all. I’d do it again, but the Buellton, California restaurant is some 2000 miles from where I live now.

2. Volcano: a rich coffee available from Trader Joe’s. This coffee just kind of fills up all your senses with alertness and joy.

3. Texas Pinon: a New Mexico Coffee Company product. I loved the unique taste of the original Pinon, but this is even more vibrant.

4. Manzano Italiano: another New Mexico Coffee Company product. This coffee is filled with well-being.

5. Human Being: a Coffee People product. You have to go to the Portland, Oregon airport to get this one, but it’s worth it.

By the way, Kona coffee is undoubtedly the best coffee in the world, but it’s beyond my normal budgetary reach.

Maybe you have your own favorites.

ILLINOIS AUTUMN: The Rustle

THE RUSTLE

She thought
The rains
Had come
Again
But
It was
Only
The Rustle
Of the leaves
Across the roof
I've heard them
Myself
Across the pavement
Carried
By the wind
And they
Remind
That even
The Dead
Can testify
When moved
By the Breath
Of God

-28 October 2000

FROM THE BOOK OF OPINIONS

The "BOOK OF OPINIONS" is an actual book which exists. It contains, as of today's date, 5,745 of my opinions.

Here is opinion number 2 from chapter 1.

THE TRUTH CANNOT BE DEBATED, ONLY OBEYED.

JUST A THOUGHT

JESUS always laid the responsibility for having faith on the disciples.