God's Assignment

January 22, 2011 at 15:43

As I sit in my "Loft Apartment"--my home--on the Fourth Floor at the Richmond Dairy Apartments in Richmond, Virginia, the Home of the Confederacy of the United States of America--from my window I see a tall building. I lived here many weeks before I realized it was EMPTY. In my many walks around Downtown Richmond since my arrival in September, at any hour of the day or night, I had walked in front of it and around it but had not looked up to see it was that same building, until a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for an ATM and noted the collection of dead leaves and the revolving door, obviously long not used; the Central Bank noted on the bronze plaque mounted on the wall to the side. Learning what I have learned on my "boot camp" trip with God as my Co-Pilot and from what I have learned from my courses in chemistry and anatomy & physiology and my love of buildings, architecture, and absolute passion for people, especially these "homeless" downtown folks and for Nature, I naturally wonder what "they" are going to do with that building, and all these other, largely vacant and abandoned buildings in downtown Richmond--what is the plan? And what IS the plan for all these people? I have been concerned---and worried--my OWN questioning, my OWN explorations--God does allow me to figure a lot of stuff out on my own and connect my OWN dots and connections, as I have built my OWN "database" of information, layer upon layer upon layer, much like putting an ONION back together, and then I come up with my OWN ideas and possibilities--and WITHOUT knowing all the details I confirm with GOD-because, you know, HE knows a lot more than I about what a GOOD thing and a RIGHT thing would be to ADDRESS the problem--where we can get to the CRUX of the problem and I SUBMIT it TO YOU. It is not for ME to FIX IT nor God's--He just likes to be consulted A LOT, a CONFIRMING kind of DEAL.

Now, it seems to ME, since SYMBOLS are really important and TRUE learning and acknowledgment and VALIDATION of experiences are IMPORTANT for ALL SOULS, living and "passed on," submission to God--which what Death is in the "end"--that we might collectively think of that "empty" building as a Symbol that contains the Souls of all those "lost" on 9-11 and that they are wandering those empty halls WAITING for God's Justice and for Acknowledgment from Us, the "Living," the PRICE that they paid so dearly in the utterly VIOLENT and EVIL disruption in THEIR journeys. God's AND My Assignment? That "building" is NOT sacred, but those "wandering souls" contained within ARE. The Project? Figure out how to take that building DOWN, on 3rd and Broad Street in Downtown Richmond, Virginia, in an Honest way, being so VERY CAREFUL and MINDFUL of those SACRED wandering souls within that building and those sacred souls wandering the streets of downtown Richmond OUTSIDE of THAT building--and DO NO HARM, to the souls within, the souls without, mindful of the "wind currents, "proper" care of the electrical wiring, the pipes, every speck of cement, every gypsum wallboard, every steel girder, every pane of glass, all PVC and conduit, piece of metal, cable, carpet, plaster, and microwave antenna and radio tower SAFELY-as we ALL WATCH and get HONEST EXPLANATIONS from all that largely "untold" scientific research as to the REAL dangers of all that stuff and its effects on EVERY human being, without exception, every animal and insect and bird and Living Water and an HONEST explanation, in consultation with ALL powers that BE as to the MEANING-what is SAFE and SAFETY, how do we assure legacy? Should be an enlightening Project for all concerned. I don't have all the answers, but I do know that the PROCESS of solving MY dilemma is a Sacred Process for all, AND GOD has promised me he is AVAILABLE, for a PRICE, of course, for CONSULTATION in that process--vested Interest and all. I have LEARNED that I may not know the True meaning of something--many BAD things and have often wondered where's God in this--until much, much later. Don't get LOST in the Bermuda Triangle of this thing--GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD, His Symbols are Everywhere--ya just gotta ask HIM the right questions...He's HERE and He's Still Speaking and Still Listening and He knows ALL ABOUT Project Management and Timelines and Deadlines and Progress Reports for ALL and He GIVES FEEDBACK, BIG TIME to Mark Our Progress towards a State of Grace. I TRUST it will be a HEALING and will FREE a lot of Lost Souls that were not meant by God to Bear ALONE. It is a joining of hands in Community, without cynicism, with Hope for a better Future for ALL of God's People, ALL of Nature, His World, HIS GIFT, large and small, young or old, transgressors and saints, God is the Judge and Jury on this. The Abyss is REAL, the Solutions Difficult, and FORGIVENESS must be from HIM, for this was DONE TO HIM, GOD, as God is everywhere, God is within each one of us, comes with First Breath. Head, Heart, Conscience, Soul with God and a TRUE and HONEST knowledge of our History. The Capacity--the Duality--of Good and Evil, permissions, the lines, the confession, the cleansing of our spirit, our self-acceptance of our limitations and strengths and weaknesses, our true inner core motives, our corrective actions, our "simple" faith that we're only human after all and move on to bigger and better things, in this Journey, as we learn how to get it right this time, always learning. Rage is not a perfectionistic thing and love is not "logical"--and God KNOWS it ALL--defines GRACE pretty much.

Now, this 9-11 thingie, time to belly up to the bar, folks--take responsibility for A LOT OF FAILURES, a suggestion about ROUND THINGS--PUTTING ANGER WHERE IT BELONGS, The Big Picture SHOW. I TRUST there are those IN THE KNOW about ALL the details (besides God, of course). I don't know 'em but I have some PRETTY BIG SUSPICIONS and have had SUFFICIENT Validation that Evil has not been LAZY--I used to think that, dumb-dumb that I am, NOT NO MORE. IT"S Time for enlightenment from those who DO KNOW all those details, from the Transgressors and from the Enlighteners, of which of BOTH there are many, many Validators, not only HERE but in the World at large. Remember, God is within each of us. May My God meet My God within YOU, as we awaken the "giant" within all of us and learn to Deal in a New Way... For those "slackers" who FAIL to deal in the NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS and LIKE to play "hookie" and remain content to stay so, and LIKE to play "hookie" and remain content to stay so, "faceless" people behind this WHOLE THING, a hopefully helpful suggestion: Appropriate sentence, for this MESS in My Father's World? REAL WORK-Provide mandatory humanitarian Right Aid WITH the REAL men and women at Big City Fire Departments (residence and without pay required) for TWO YEARS learning how to put out FIRES...my "adopted Daddy" from back when I was three or four years old, the parsonage was right next door to the firehouse in the that little town of Gilmanton Ironworks, New Hampshire--also Peyton Place, yeah, Grace used to live in Gilmanton, my Mom was invited to her house a couple of times for Tea, how quirky is that? Anyhow, that siren would sound, and my littler brother and I would run and stand on the couch at the window, to see the firetruck and my Dad holding onto the back safety bar on the end of that firetruck as it moved swiftly and loudly out of that all-volunteer firehouse, my thumbs up to every fireman and firewoman on the Planet...with GOD as the Fire Chief--literally--God has volunteered His Services DIRECTLY--God knows how He is going to do that, but I think I'll trust Him and I hope YOU do too...REAL Healing for what ails ya...CARRY ON...I've got other stuff to do, you know, Healing ME... Ann Osborn I also STRONGLY recommend that those "wandering souls" of that building represent the MILLIONS of souls "sacrificed" in NAZI death camps--SACRED testament to THEIR journeys violently cut short--These TWO EVENTS in OUR HISTORY are MOST DEFINITELY Connected...Grieve all ye nations...hang ye heads in shame and ask God's Forgiveness...HE insists...
January 27, 2011 at 9:50

Ann Osborn I also STRONGLY recommend that those "wandering souls" of that building represent those souls "lost" by AMERICA's "expedient decision" to drop its atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the SHAME of it all...The acknowledgement of that which is Sacred...of THEIR LOSS and the absolute HORROR and Lessons in Submissions and Permissions...God's?...Grace...
January 27, 2011 at 10:43

Ann Osborn Some willingly will Volunteer for God's Assignment and consider it an Honor and a Privilege to Acknowledge what and who is Sacred...
February 1, 2011 at 20:28