Dad and Mom say grace before every meal. When I was young they ingrained this consuetude by teaching me a simple rhyme:

God is good,
God is great,
Thank you for our food.
Amen

But at that age I was  very energetic and active so I wasn’t really paying attention. I didn’t connect the words and their meaning until much later in life. At age 6, I thought we were saying:

Godice good,
Godice great,
thankyouforourfoodamen.

It could easily have been…

Godiss good,
Godiss great,
thankyouforourfoodamen.

At age 6 the meaning didn’t much matter to me; I figured Mom knew; that was good enough… “Let’s eat!”

Today I search for a more meaningful grace. I believe blessing the food (and water) actually improves my health. For now it goes something like this:

Today bless the food I eat and water I drink with love, light and good health; carry these energies to every part of my body. Thank you.

What works for you?

Word o’ the Day:  Consuetude - ritual or routine

When I was a child I was told, “God is omniscient. He knows everything.”

I wondered, “If He knows everything then there must be nothing left for Him to learn.”

I enjoy learning new things; I confess — it is what I enjoy most. As matter of fact, my ego is quite impressed with the many things I have learned in this short lifetime but yet, there are so many things still remaining for me to learn. Fortunately, it seems there is no limit to the things I don’t know.

But … if I project my mind into infinity … and allow myself to learn everything … absolutely everything there is to know … to become omniscient …

… then … I think …

… I think I will be bored.

Is God bored?

A word for today: Pullulate.

To exist abundantly.