A Goodbye Cherished

It seems to me that in life  there are a whole lot of goodbyes.
 Some happen when expected or wanted but it seems more happen when not expected or wanted!
Saying goodbye and hearing goodbye are a reality for everyone.
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 Has it  ever happened  when a goodbye is pushed on you, perhaps even startles you or shoves you? And you find that you are in a place you never thought you would, should or could, be in?
 Now some goodbyes keep  building  and  pressing  until the  goodbye itself becomes desperate relief.
 How about when you  know the goodbye is  'right" with your whole heart, you know it is right; but,  you just can't bring yourself to say it or do it? 
Then there is a kind of good bye that is elusive , slippery.  never seems to solidify, set, or materializes; the moment it occupies   just slips and fades away .

What of that goodbye, that is truly good.,good in every way?
Then there are those goodbyes where hope upon hope floods in ;and you find yourself   anticipating the new beginning,

For certain some good byes are best left in the dust of the past.
For certain some good byes are best cherished through to eternity


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i say to myself 'is there  any control , can we choose a goodbye well before the time to say it?'  What if we could change our goodbyes. I believe we can and do with a choice!
We choose everyday how we live, how we  love,  and this predetermines our goodbyes. We all know we will have to say and hear  "good bye" . We all know goodbye is inevitable. Do we know we can choose our goodbye  today?    

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i tend to think that we all really want the same kind of goodbye. The kind  made up of love. The kind where Love true beautiful love overtakes the moment of goodbye with an army of angels, and pain and sorrow flee!  That kind of goodbye i could  live for!
 Those goodbyes are  created and  nurtured by love, formed well before the goodbye is said or heard.   You know there is a saying, and I have found it to be true,  that  "God is Love" and  "God never changes".  In these two truths we  find there is joy, for the future, in a goodbye, that  has been  strengthened by the power of  the past ,where God and Love  have reigned . To choose God is to choose Love and in doing so  we ultimately choose our goodbyes.  

May our  goodbyes  be cherished right  through to eternity.


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Open Windows...dedicated to Keith and Nova Hazel.

There is just something so wonderful about open windows.   
 i was captivated by  this open window. The fact that it could be and was unlocked provoked me ; there was a whole new world just outside these stone walls.
The  closed window panels gave a lovely mystical, watery effect. Is it not so pretty? However it is the open window that shows the true beauty of what is outside; outside of  this  castle,  temple , or composition of dust, call it what you  like. 
By comparison the open window offers the truth the closed a distorted truth. As well the open window offers access the closed separation. And in some ways worse then just separation and distortion. Worse, because the closed window only offers  a tease,  dissatisfaction; for only the eyes can see, and see poorly. All the other senses are neglected, stifled, left wanting.  No knowledge of wind its  soft caresses or  cleansing power . Textures  and temperatures do not exist,  for there can be no touch.  No sweet and savory fragrances to be breathed, no scent of the fresh and living, there can be no smell.  No flavors, refreshment , no nutrition , there is no taste. Without the open window the reality outside must be counted as lost, a dream, or even a mirage. 
It is the open window that speaks the truth, that teaches the truth that shows the truth about life within and life without. The open window offers the only way , it invites those to come near,  reach out, touch, smell and taste, and see that what is on the other side  is good, so very good.  
The comparison of  life and death, to body and spirit, to the universe and heaven so simple. 
May I reason with you that in this simple picture you can see salvation. You can see the darkness of this present age and the age of the Light of the World. You can see that without an unlocked window you might as well be blind to the truth that there is more then what you live and have  today. That no matter your circumstance, especially if it is  plush and comfortable, that in comparison to what comes after your life is over and dust returns to dust, there is another life to be lived . There is a greater reality that can be experienced today. The window can be unlocked for you, it can be flung open so even as you still dwell in this temple made of dust, heavens provision can reach you, sustain you, help you. Stay close to the open window!
Will you let the Master with the master key unlock the window for you?
 Please know He loves you so very very much, He gave his very life for you, no strings attached! God has provided the most wonderful way for mankind to be united with Him; He provided Himself as a man, to live and die in this natural world, and then by His own great power, supernaturally, defeat mortal death and give eternal life.  He gives this new and eternal life  to "all"  who will humble themselves and accept His Son,  the Prince of Life, the Light of the World, the Redeemer, the Heir of all things...known simply to us by his earthly name Jesus , Jesus the Anointed.
 Seek Him,forever forsake all others, admit to yourself and to God that you need Him to heal, forgive and fill you, call all Jesus alone and He will answer this cry from your heart. He will unlock the window and fling it open for you. 

It has Been a While, Hasn't It!

Today marks the day I go public, it marks the day I cast the fear I have carried into the wind. I must pause here.................it feels very .................tingly......... I hope this is good?  Well, I am still here writing;  the roof did not blow off , the walls crumble , and the floor disappear from beneath my office  chair! So I will keep on writing;  perhaps a little quicker; you know, just in case! 
Now the question may arise some where out there, at least I hope it does, why are you now posting this , why do you want to write, what is the purpose Pam?  
'It" is actually quite simple, so simple I am a little dumbfounded" It" has taken so long for me to figure "It' out !   A poem? A prose? Perhaps only a  simple musing.

IT... 

 The big question has moved in and out of my life. like the wind. 

Sometimes 'It" has rushed in with such ferocity I am knocked down flat, left gasping and chocking, trying to figure" It" out.
 
"It" has found me, found me out!
"It" has come for me
"It will take me away 

I am so scared of "It"

 Other times "It" flows over me , a gentle breeze
" It" tickles
" It"  makes me laugh.!

 " It" builds to a wonderful wind, that makes flags fly and clothes dry
 " It"  makes me light. 
"It "catches me and snatches me.
 I am  caught on the breeze, on an exciting ride that flows and soars!

 I have found" It"!
 I can do "It"!
 "It "is , so easy! 

The big question, the one asked deep within., the "It" in life.

 Eureka! ...... Ah ha!..

I found "It"
I know "It"
I believe "It" 
I will do "It"

I am here , I am now, I live and have being,
 I was , I am and I will be!

"It" is enough to know "It" 
"It" is more than enough to feel "It"
' Its" purpose is me
 "Its" purpose is you!

" It" is what " It" is ,and forever shall be.
Remember the purpose is you and me.
"It " is what "It" is 
And forever shall be.