STRAY THOUGHTS

Even a card-carrying Christian can have stray thoughts not covered by Bible verses or Sunday sermons. Sometimes my small knowledge of physics and science combine with my sense of curiosity to come up with some good ones. For instance: Scientists cannot find a majority of the mass in the universe; they call it dark matter. What if God is the dark matter? Holding the universe together.
God created us in His image: OK, do I think it means arms and legs, etc? Maybe. But more so, I feel it means how we are on the inside, mind, soul and body. The holy trinity. In the Garden of Eden there were limits on human perceptions until the apple incident. The apple changed how Adam and Eve viewed themselves and the world. Like God, humanity has the capability of doing infinite good and unlike Him, we can do infinite evil.
You'd think I have too much time on my hands. My friends can vouch for me that is not the case. :) Stay strong, be blessed.

DREAMS

Dreams are the stuff magic is made of, or so they say. They can be good for the soul. Daydreams can let the imagination soar to the ends of the universe and beyond. Dreams can be imagined "what if's," choices not made, roads not taken. Dreams can be of things yet to come or still hoped for in days ahead. Some would have us to believe that it is the belief only that brings the dream to fruition. I am a little more practical. I think it takes more than just the working of the mind. At least for us humans. As I told my children often as they were growing up and expected miracles from their mother, "I gave up my psychic powers when I took my human form. " :) And there is the dark side to dreams as well. Some dreams are not meant to come true. Dreams that would cause more damage than good, though we can't see it in our limited perspective. Selfish dreams, dark dreams. Everyone does not have dreams that are bright and full of light. Yet in their own way dreams are real. They are a part of each of us in a way I doubt any of us fully understand. Part of the shadow-land, the in-between. Maybe they are a treasure or a puzzle still to be solved?