Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 29, 2020 • 41 Comments
I really want to see you, Really want to be with you, Really want to see you, Lord, But it takes so long, my Lord. – George Harrison (1943-2001), from “My Sweet Lord” (1970) Modern humans have existed on earth for roughly two hundred thousand years. Those earliest moderns lived in terror of predators, disease,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 22, 2020 • 30 Comments
Imagine there’s no countries. It isn’t hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace… You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. – John... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 15, 2020 • 36 Comments
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be – Paul McCartney, from “Let It Be” (1970) The Lord’s Sermon on the... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 08, 2020 • 23 Comments
I release and I let go, I let the Spirit run my life. And my heart is open wide, Yes I’m only here for God. – Michael Beckwith & Rickie Byars, from “I Release” (1993) Anatomically modern humans have existed for barely two hundred thousand years. For nearly all that time, we had no... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 01, 2020 • 22 Comments
“Everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 25, 2020 • 37 Comments
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Where there is offence, let me bring pardon. Where there is discord, let me bring union. Where there is error, let me bring truth. – attributed to St. Francis of Assisi (c.1182-1226), from “Peace Prayer” After having my first... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 18, 2020 • 31 Comments
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be! With God as our Father, brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony. – Jill Jackson-Miller (1913-1995) & Sy Miller (1908-1971), from “Let There Be... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 11, 2020 • 24 Comments
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters, He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. – Attributed to King David, from Psalm 23 of the Book of Psalms (1000... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 13, 2020 • 42 Comments
The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. – William Shakespeare (1564-1616) from The Merchant of Venice (1605) As a teenager I memorized the entire “quality of mercy” speech from... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 06, 2020 • 103 Comments
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. – Clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), from Amazing Grace (1772) You were supremely brave to plan and actually enter yet another earth-lifetime. Give yourself a lot of credit for... Read More
