A Joyful Easter for All- but most shouldn't read

Hello All,
I am going to be writing something personal, and I hope
it doesn't offend anyone, especially those that do not
share my particular faith. So to avoid that, let me share
a true episode to help some realize that not all people of
my faith are nutty, will convince others that I am nutty, and
will offend many of my fellow believers.
I once took holy communion at Easter, drinking the wine and
eating the bread, partaking of His blood and flesh. After I
consumed the bread, I turned to the soul beside me and said,
"Doesn't taste like chicken."
I have been celebrating in my faith a holy series of events
this week. I write now because it is now a silent time in the
way I observe my faith. That may sound strange, but this is
the anniversary of when He descended in death and Hell, and His
Voice was given to others in another place.
This week or season is much different to me than Christmas, which
is another important event for me and my faith.
Christmas is easier to be a society thing, as it involves a birth,
and many can welcome the happiness and giving when one thinks of the
sweetness of a baby, a mother, and a father.
But the past week in my faith revolves around death, which is
very personal. Yes, we all with die, but we all deal with it
personally differently. Society has provides us with an outward way
of dealing with death, but that is just a mask of dignity and security. Ultimately, we face death alone and deal with death of
those we love alone.
We may welcome the death of our loved ones because it eases their
pain and suffering, but the loss of their presence in our normal, daily lives is frightening, soul-wrenching, and seems worthless...
a bizarre concept, especially to our modern, scientific souls.
Death is not modern. Science has helped us understand it's various
causes and helped us avoid it sooner in many causes, but it comes.
Damn, I sound a bummer, but I'm just trying to look at it, work it
out. I have..I've lost so many important people in my life, and I'm
rambling as I try to make sense of why and how this life can be so good and have so much bad, especially hard ending for good people.
I don't have answers.
I do have faith. It is an old faith.
When we usually use the term "faith" now, it is usually faith in facts, based on science, polls, or this economical, political,
whatever you want to label it, system that we live physically in.
It is system that gives us money, food, a roof over our heads, and
tries to relieve our pains. It is also an unequal system, but that
demands money instead of compassion and love to make sure the food is
good and plentiful, the roof is good, and that all are relieved of pain.
The original heirs of my faith embraced science to do good, and did
good. And I embrace it as well.
But I am of the old faith as well, where there is a sweetness that
we shall find once we have lost our gift of physical life.
Yet I wonder, could we add something to our current life with the vision of might be? It is an old faith...but could we add to our
quality of life now by a vision of heaven?
It wouldn't taste like chicken.
Love and...
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

The promise is that when we die, we will find out all the whys. All the questions of why why why we will find out.

In the meantime, help your community.

Fieldthistle .............. your smoking again, ............... right?

...........Frank

Hello All,
Frank, your response is so far-out. I love it.
And I'm smoking, but it is my customary tobacco,
accompanied with a white russian or beer.
Thanks for reading the words, and I mean it, I love
the artwork you included in your response.
Fabulousoyster, I agree we must help and be a part of
the community. I also like the mental and spiritual
dance of trying to understand all the whys and what's
of life, and the why nots and what ifs. I'm not
sure when I'm dead if I will care about the whys.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

"I'm not sure when I'm dead if I will care about the whys."

But if your journey through life was indeed worthwhile, then you shouldn't need to worry.

Hello All,
Adjudicator, I don't worry now. I wonder about things, not worry.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

Field, this is the season more blessed then Christmas. For HE died and on the 3rd day arose alive again.

MikeS.

Happy Easter!

FieldThistle,
I wish I could put my thoughts on here as clear as you do, It's not that I don't...they seem jumbled when I do...so I hit the backspace and say oh well maybe another day. I love reading your posts they make me feel good inside. I don't belong to any special faith other than the faith of human kindness. I know in my heart that someone higher than us, made the awesome flowers I was poking my nose in earlier this morning,inhaling the scent and saying ahhhhh...watching my dogs acting like totally nut balls playing in the snow and me saying ahhhh again....when I was much younger I had panic attacks about facing death...that's so for real and now I am much older...I don't actually fear death...I wonder now what it will be like...will I know I am dying?? Will I know I am dead?? I think it bothers my son more than it does me now, cause he asks me now...what will I do without you mom??? I say' do what I do about my parents (both deceased) think about them all the time not just during the holidays.' Think about the things in life that make you feel warm & fuzzy and say ahhhhhh
(((((huggs)))) to all
HAPPY EASTER
Pam

No matter what your personal beliefs are, or your position on the religious spectrum may be, I think you will find this 'interesting'.

In today's world of political correctness and a seeming obsession with avoiding 'offending' any group or individual, I have seen two examples that just boggle my mind at the seeming insanity of the whole process.

1. A News anchorwoman on the Louisville NBC TV station News was talking about 'Good Friday Celebrations' in the area that were in honor of "Jesus's Passing". The term "Passing" being the 'In-word' to avoid the negative values assigned to the more basic DEATH or even worse VIOLENT DEATH or MURDER.

2, Apparently a school district superintendent in Rhode Island thought that using the name EASTER BUNNY brought too much christianity into the classroom, so he ordered the rabbits name changed to Peter Rabbit. The result is a Bill introduced into the State Legislature allowing the term EASTER to be uttered in the schools without penalty.

It seems that in todays world we get so hung up on the meaningless details that we lose sight of the values that a religious heritage (any religious heritage) can add to enrich the lives of folks who hold those values close to their hearts.

Happy Easter to all.

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Al-The Mayor-Bowen Posted - 04/08/2007 : 08:35:41
Apparently a school district superintendent in Rhode Island thought that using the name EASTER BUNNY brought too much christianity into the classroom, so he ordered the rabbits name changed to Peter Rabbit. The result is a Bill introduced into the State Legislature allowing the term EASTER to be uttered in the schools without penalty.

and the Lord said ..........bring this rodent forward on to me for on this day forward he/she shell be called the "Easter Bunny" ................. cuz we already have a Peter.......

Sizz, you come up with some great stuff, this is really good.

MikeS.

Last Friday Ava's school had a "spring egg hunt". Wimps! This in West "By God" Virginia too.

Wimps.

Don't worry about it...faith comes and goes...at least mine does.

Three kids are killed in a traffic accident. No drugs or booze.

Why?

My Uncle lifts a large farm piece off me (he is 84 years old)...how? why?

I put my trust in the Lord and forge forward knowing I am wrong but forgiven.

What I want to know is are we going to get a decent peach crop in SC this year?

Isn't calling the Easter Bunny "Peter Rabbit" a violation of Beatrix Potter's copyrights?

Here in Fairfax County, Virginia, several years ago my local library posted a notice that it would be closed for "a spring holiday." And the schools have made reference to "a winter holiday."

Isn't Va. the place where the Lee- Jackson- King holiday weekend is celebrated? I always got a charge out of that... Only in America.