Epigrammatic Episodes

If the Creator has communicated with the created, how would we best discover it? Typically, those who've inferred a creator's existence admit lacking any inherent or definitive knowledge of his will. Beyond gut-feelings and guesses, most don't consider themselves oracles of the divine. Instead we readily acknowledge the need to look outside ourselves for such revelation. Our innate awareness of God spurs us to seek Him, but beyond that impetus it contributes little to the mystery of God's will and purposes. For many , their confusion at this dilemma has led to scepticism. After all, if one accepts there is a God and sets out to seek him, why such conundrum? If God has a message to share, why not make it more obvious? Why allow us to become so confused with options: ideologies, philosophies, religions etc.? However, once again, as with 'bad things not denoting the absence of a good creator', so too challenges to perceiving him do not denote His...

It is not necessarily the great things we hope to achieve that will impact others most, but the consistent manner in which we perform the everyday things. When reminiscing, very few find they've lived the dream anticipated in youth; grey hairs as much a sign of angst as wisdom it seems. Yet years do add their age-etched counsel into our lives, and few more poignantly than the effects of our influence. In fact nothing proves this more forcefully than times passage. We see it in our children as they age, unwittingly imitating us; faults and all. We see it in other relationships, both thriving and dead, dependent upon the effort we put into them. We see it even in our own bodies, the undeniable testimony of decades of care and/or neglect. As historically insignificant as we might think ourselves, our influence will continue long after we are gone. For most of us that influence will not be established via news worthy feats, but in going through the mundane motions ...