Life's Vibrations

[Jerry M. White]

This is Memorial Day 2012. It is a day of remembrance of those who have fallen in military service to our Nation.  We enjoy the blessings of freedom we so often take for granted through their sacrifice. It is a day to honor their choice to serve and expend themselves for each of us. We owe them a great debt of gratitude for what they did on our behalf. It was their choice to do so.

 

Another aspect of the choices we make is sometimes our choices create issues we simply can’t live past. As I write this I think of all the recent high school and college graduates who are celebrating their accomplishments. That in itself is a good thing but it can be twisted into choices made under the influence of negativity and a sense of numbness to the ramifications to their actions. I can assure you that their actions will have long and sometimes bitter consequences. I suffer from this myself and I am here to tell you they are always near and always raising their ugly heads for me, and anyone near me, to see. They are a blight on an otherwise beautifully woven tapestry that God has provided me.

 

Good choices bring a lifetime of blessings in the form of who we are, who our children have become, and what each of us has accomplished to the betterment of our community and our own lives. Bad choices erode the memory of the good things accomplished. We seem to be oblivious to the ramifications of causing pain to God and our family for a temporary enjoyment of temptations. Then we wonder why we are suffering in life from anxiety, depression, and disconnection to what we want to be able to do. Our past choices get in our way. I choose today to move into the next days of summer and try to block out the things my Father has been so gracious to forgive me of. I will try to do better today and tomorrow in making my choices. However, although I am forgiven of my bad choices I can never be absolved of their effect. Oh, to be able to go back and choose again and choose a better route. I can today and everyday hereafter and pray to be able to do so. May your summer be days of good choices and positive vibrations through your life.

 

 

Vibrations

 

We have sinned

We do sin

And for those we can be forgiven

If we but simply ask

But each sin of our past

And each sin of today

All have their unique vibrations

They ripple through life

Travelling in all directions

Each touching aspects of our day

Each touching aspects of our life

Each touching aspects of the lives of others

These rippling rings never stop

When one stops two move forward

When two stop four moves forward

These rippling rings are life’s true sting

Of our forgiven sins

Of our forgettable past

The price we pay even though forgiven

There are consequences to actions

There are consequences to our inaction

To the many things we have done

To the many things we have not done

Whether rippling rings of righteousness

Or the heaving rings of regret 

The vibrations persist and move forward

Long after we are gone

Long after we are forgotten

Long after their impact is seen in the future

Whether from a joyful thing

Or something sad

While forgiveness is good

It is best to know

Our ripples in the lives of those we know

Each so unique to only our behavior

Have made someone happy or glad

Have made someone successful

Have made their ripples good

Have made their vibrations positive

Our vibrations are due to our choices alone

We own them whether good or bad

 

1/19/12

JMW