build something

We do build with thoughts, yes we do. We build relationships and houses. We build nations, peace, and for the future. We also build our bodies (the Bible, as well as avantgarde thinkers of modern medicine know this). So in a way you can say: thoughts build, thoughts create. If the structure is going to stand, thoughts need a plan. A good plan. A model.

It is my sense that everybody knows intuitively something about God's creative power because we all know what good does in our lives. Here is our model. We also know what evil does to our lives. It is destructive - unable to create. Scary only at first sight, but it is not self-sustained. Ambivalence, resistance to change or envy, f.e., are not creative, but erode our experience, spiral downwards, leading to more negativity. 

So creating or building is really God’s thing, our thing. Whether you are praying for the dear people of Nepal or whether you are searching for a new home, whether you are changing places or perceiving that your relationships within the family are not improving: Open yourself to being a builder, not an observer. Accept your power as an architect and/or builder. See how you reflect „constructing“ by being constructive yourself. Check out your building materials and pick only the best, pick something from the infinite good qualities in your own individual way. This is building with solid masonry. Like a mason of ancient times, you can and should pick your bricks.

If you search for a new place, I wonder whether this is really what is happening. Even if away from the search engines or adds in the paper. We rather „build a new place“ in the thoughts we employ to find it. So we can nurture our understanding of spiritual qualities and see something new about constructing - that is reflecting more of the constant creative power of Life. Getting to know the good plan.

If you yearn for better relationships, create them. With a Paul-like attitude we can do this and serve right now. Starting from scratch, Paul worked tirelessly for the first little Christian communities, forming and mothering and strengthening them in their day to day troubles. Paul advises all of us - whether we help in Nepal or the French Alpes or deal with a colleague or friend right where we are: "Cheer each other up with the hope you have. Build each other up.“ Because „we are His building“. What will you build today? How constructive can you be?