Early this morning as I awoke, the Lord placed several words in my heart... He began to speak to me about the sacredness of the hearts of humanity. He told me to be prepared to tread softly with them. I felt His pain at how carelessly we as humans treat one another. He spoke about how He pays attention to our breath, our innermost thoughts, our wants, our desires... the things that hurt us, the things that make us laugh. He said, "Ramy, this is sacred ground... walk softly. Be careful of the words that you speak. Listen to their hearts. Be kind to them when they don't know where to turn. Let them lean on you when they do not have the strength to stand."
It was an interesting discussion that we had this morning. I felt somewhat like an Eastern mystic talking with his teacher... I felt like we have lost something in our Western madness of culture. We have lost the ability to connect with one another. We have lost the ability to look straight into another person's eyes and protect the contents of their souls. As Christians, we often get scared about what other faiths teach. But having grown up in the Lutheran faith and now living in a very Pentacostal format... it is my heritage that brings me back to the sacrament of fellowship.
In the early years after Christ, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and others all considered their lives in context to the divine. They knew that with one stroke of a lethal weapon their mortal existence as they knew it ceased to exist. In this day, we have forgotten to seek the context of the divine. We have forgotten that with every footstep we are encountering God's creation. Every human being is sacred ground. We are to walk and to tread lightly. Every action that we take has a reciprocal reaction in the universal plane, therefore, we must take responsibility for our words, our actions, perhaps even our thoughts.
I chose to listen so intently to this talk today... it was a my King setting my feet on a solid path type of talk... and certainly... others can gain from the lesson.
With love and care,
Ramy B
