January 8, 2022
SHAME VS. THE
REAL THING
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2022
January 8, 2022
SHAME VS. THE
REAL THING
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2022
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2022
January 6, 2022
IMPLICATIONS
They are below the ice.
Everything we say has implications dripping from its words.
Everything we do is loaded with implications.
Life moves too fast – most of the time – for us to take the time – be become aware of the ocean of implications we are navigating.
We speak. We do. We remain silent. We make a phone call. We want others to respond to our words, our gifts, our actions, our signals.
Prayer is a great chance to listen to our heart – to stop – to hear our neediness, our poverty, our hungers, our thirsts – for recognition, for acceptance for inclusion, for love.
Prayer is a great opportunity to listen to God and his implications.
We were given the gift of life.
God gives life.
Implications.
Don’t kill them.
Implications: give life.
Implications: live life to the full.
A funeral passes by. We see a row of cars with headlights on – following a hearse. Implications: some day it will be my turn – just as it was my turn years ago – to be born – to come out of my mom – into the light of day.
A job – being given a job …. What are the implications, the designs, the hope, the dreams of the boss.
A family – what does that imply? Time with? Time for? Listening?
Prayers – My God, they are loaded with implications.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2022