22nd Muhurram

Have been quite idle to write for a few ... learning and growing takes one thru so many phases ..often demanding more than we feel we can manage BUT HE always knows better and carries us thru them. As I sit here today, my humility is upon my shoulder ..realizing how really insignificant I am . When I rise up and seek a higher perspective , the doldrums of life's little pains are so insignificant. I have just been up on the mountain .....seeking. What I found was so amazing ! Words will not express what I saw. The greatness of HIM is all-encompassing , all healing, all wonder and deeper than any human scope . Where else can we find such LOVE , such purity of intent , such understanding , such magnificance ..as we see in HIS light .??? His mountain top view is so precious to experience... would that each person's "jihad" take them to this peak before they go back to HIM ( from whence they came). Do I deserve this realization ? I wonder!!! But I am truly grateful for it. Please let me hold it in my palm and never forget its power as I return to manage the trivialities of daily life.

Muharram 1432 New Year

As we start the Muslim New Year , we humbly ask for a better undersanding of the world order NOW and how we can effect better relationships in it . We can see Your power as Hannukah , Diwali, Christmas and Muharram all merge at once and we are asked to see the need for LIGHT and miracles in our lives. All goodness comes to mankind when we follow the Light in our souls and seek its powerful assistance... we can reach out , reach in , and seek to support those we know and love . The bettering of LIFE as we know it will only come as we struggle in the daily JIHAD of surrendering. Help us to humbly let go of EGO .. praying for others , appreciating daily miracles , seeking to follow HIS plan for our lives. It is truly hard save for the " humble-minded".