![]() ![]() ![]() Now I find this freedom and magic every day in my role as a father. That is what the Sabbath has always been for me. My most precious days as a child were those Sundays when I was able to be free. He is to be found in their innocence, experienced in their playfulness. No-they are more than that-they are the very form of God's energy and creativity and love. ![]() When Prince smiles, when Paris giggles, I have no doubts. There have been times in my life when I, like everyone, has had to wonder about God's existence. I am humbled for the blessings He has given me. Having children allows me to enter this magical and holy world every moment of every day. When I look into the eyes of my son, Prince, and daughter, Paris, I see miracles and I see beauty. When I became a father, my whole sense of God and the Sabbath was redefined. But I still miss the sense of community that I felt there-I miss the friends and the people who treated me like I was simply one of them. When circumstances made it increasingly complex for me to attend, I was comforted by the belief that God exists in my heart, and in music and in beauty, not only in a building. As we grew older, this became difficult, and my remarkable and truly saintly mother would sometimes end up there on her own. When I was young, my whole family attended church together in Indiana. ![]()
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