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Lent is a time for...

  As I'm reflecting on this Lenten season this surfaced in my heart when I came upon this picture from my back yard.                       Lent is the time for... We are told in Lent Remember you are dust And to dust you shall return We start our journey Towards the Cross And towards the Resurrection As dust specks As ashes God formed humankind From the dust of the ground Breathing life into us Lent is the time When the breath of the Spirit Gathers the dust And forms our souls Birthing Christ within So that we may be united To the Source of Creation Like a Phoenix rising God's flames in our hearts Aid in resurrecting And joining our souls To eternal love. Lent is the time To ponder and be introspective To grow out of the ashes And feel the fire Of Divine Love. I pray that the rest of this Lent you find yourself rising to meet the resurrected Christ in your daily lives, walking besides the God that does not disappoint 🙏 
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How do we blend with God

                  


Let us be cake!


I've thought that as God is a part of us and we are a part of God, we are like a spark in God's flame, like a note in God's music, a stroke of paint in God's canvas and a step in God's dance. Our being is surrounded and engraved by the Divine Energy. We are the internal organs in God's body. This is how close and united the Spirit is to us.

We are not God and never will be. But we are meant to be like, in, and with God. We are to emulate the Source of love. We are together, united, but separate at the same time.

God is the cake, and we are some of the ingredients. We may blend into the batter, yet we retain our individuality. Each soul is unique. Sugar is still sugar in the batter, simply in a different form, and it does what the other ingredients cannot do, sweeten the cake. Each ingredient brings to the cake its own individual property. Sugar is not the cake, but a part of the cake.

Though we are not God, we blend our own uniqueness when we achieve union with the Divine Creator. A couple are one while sharing love, but they are still two distinct persons. We are our unique selves in our relationship with this Creator. 

We are united, yet separate. Just like solar systems, stars and galaxies are within the universe, that is, one cosmos containing many parts, we are one in the vastness of the Divine.

I pondered on this after reading Ephesians 4:16. "...the whole body joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, it brings about the body's growth and builds itself up in love." 

Contemplating on scripture helps me reflect on the mystery that is God, a source of inspiration!

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  1. Cynthia Gray July 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM

    This comment was sent to me directly and I appreciated it so much I wanted to share!

    Let us be Cake is wonderful! It is such an enlightening analogy and you had a unique and perfect way of presenting it. What a “sweet” way to bring our spiritual life into some of our routine tasks and to really see how God lives in us but we remain “Cynthia” and “Sheila”, God centered and rich in His love. Thank you for sharing your gift with us as a skilled blogger.🙏🏻

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