A
Sort Of Song
Yet
Not One
When a young boy who
was read to often trembles to recall the following sentence:
“All
good things come to those who wait upon the Lord.”
and,
try as he might, that boy took it wrong
and
love showed its meaning to him
that
one now wants to tell of it
For,
you see, I only thought I knew back then. Thought. Words.
Definitions. Logic. Rules. I had no one to teach me, to initiate me,
into vital truth. In ancient times every child was initiated to live
as human among humans. These were the uncivilized tribes.
Civilization came into being as a convenient way for robbery to
occur. So convenient is it that the victim of the robbery actually
praises the robber and gives thanks for the theft and pledges
allegiance to the robber for life. How do you like that?
And,
the robber called the true God Satan
and had
the temerity to call itself God the Almighty and things like, “The
Lord of Your Nation”.
And, a
singing poet (who everyone wondered how good could he be) asked, “If
you are on our side, Who will stop the next war?” And I was among
those who failed to understand for a long time.
What
was robbed? Was it valuable? You bet. The most precious of all.
The night pearl. It is the night pearl who knows the meaning of all
scripture. It is the night pearl who waits upon the true Lord. It is
the night pearl who knows that waiting is not what you have been
taught to believe. Waiting is not inaction. To wait is to be fully
awake and aware. You can witness such waiting by watching a wild,
free bird who lands for a time within your sight. So alert and
present checking every angle to know what is also present, the bird
will not miss the gifts that are being broadcast by the true Lord to
every night pearl listening. The source of those gifts is the true
God. Waiting is living in a state of grace.
To wait
in this sense is to never allow yourself to go forward without a true
connection to the same thing that guides the bird and all the rest of
the world of living things. It is like saying to a young driver, “Do
not forget the car you drive requires fuel or you will surely regret
it.”
If you
are like I was you might reply, “But I don't know how to wait like
that!” My purpose has to be to give a call and you must answer and
that is the beginning. You were robbed and you must get riled up
about it and then listen like the bird to what you are told.
Something has to awaken the night pearl inside of you. It knows. The
robbery occurred through illusion which distracted your attention
from that pearl within. It now welcomes you to return on its terms.
It will spell out the terms. And then it will be so that
“All
good things come to those who wait upon the Lord.”
