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"Rules”
The root meaning of the Latin and Greek Word translated as “Rule” is “Trellis”
Rules and guidance establishes
A framework on which a child can grow.
Remember also that just as The plant climbing a Trellis
is allowed to find its' own path within that structure;
Without anymore interference…
too grow into its own unique and beautiful pattern.
So it is with children….
The space in which the plant moves is open, albeit not without boundaries.
Guiding the plant too not only grow out
But to “Grow Up”,
reaching towards the warmth Of the Creators’ Love
KMP
I wrote this one day when I found out that the word for rules was rooted in Trellis...pun intended.
I wrote this as a reminder to myself to give my one year old son at the time structure in the form of
rules. That each time I did instruct him with something he didn't necessarily want to hear....that it would help him grow up so to speak reaching for the sky instead of bent over and crawling on the ground only to be trampled on.
Today he is 9 and I still have to remind myself of this...especially since his resistance and arguments are getting more intense or clever.
However..........just now as I was posting this and going to leave it as is...I thought do we ever stop needing a Trellis............support, structure, something tangible to lean upon. I know I do.
Isn't that why organized doctrine and religion continues to flourish even without at times the intention or spirit of love as it's backbone. Some look to government, family, jobs. Rules of how things are done or suppose to be. Beliefs...takes on all kinds of forms. Finding answers on how to do this thing called life.......successfully. Today and through out history.
The bottom line is we all want to be supported, guided to reach for the stars. It is easier with support or defined rules of how to do so than struggle against gravity by ourselves. When we get tired we can just lean on our trellis in whatever form that takes for us and rest for a while until we get a second wind to achieve another growth spirt.
The funny thing is as much as we want the security of the structure and support we rail against it at the same time. Imagine if a plant..........a beautiful rose bush tried to pull away from the trellis it was tied too.
If it succeeded it would fall to the ground and begin to creep along becoming more wild looking as the weeks passed.
No...the roses don't resist when attatched they just willingly and freely fill every rail climbing as High as the Trellis will take them.
There are rules established for all of our safety and benefit. Human rules change with the social needs of that generation.
However spiritual laws never change. Mainly the law of LOVE............or a another way to describe it is the principle of LOVE.
How is that a rule..........well...........think of it more like a structure a Trellis....an unchanging firm and solid support that will help each and everyone of us reach for the Light.
And in so doing we can grow in magnificent beauty.......Blessing all that behold us and breath in our fragrance.
We were all created by love. That is our Trellis while planted and rooted on earth. We all are bound by LOVE...How much LOVE do we have in our lives.?
In our Family, friends, vocation, hobbies, jobs, careers, we want love in all of it.
We search endlessly in all areas for love. It is the only solid Force and genuine Structure and support we need to reach our potential.
If we don't resist Love in all the forms that it reaches out TO us, and if we don't resist love trying to reach out THRU us we will be at peace. If we relax into Love and let Love guide us upward and onward.
Where the Law of Love is....... there is Liberty or Freedom....Love unto others as you would have others love unto you....Love others AS you love yourself......easier said then done sometimes.
Honestly I feel myself resist that last line...why? Because all the people that irritate me pop right in my thoughts.
How about you? And do you also feel justified for NOT acting very loving towards them....So I take a second to think about that......I quite my mind chatter with this.......
Imagine that Love is the Trellis you are bound to.........just relax into it.......don't resist........feel the support of Gods Love...............let it fill you with comfort and security that it will always be there...............it will NEVER let you go...by its' very nature CAN NOT let you go....you are bound together........
Imagine that you CAN grow stronger, upward by leaning upon the Trellis of LOVE.
By doing so you will grow more and more intertwined and enmeshed..........what would that feel like.........you aren't Alone......Always supported.
As I close my eyes and breath deeply it feels good, big, comforting, secure and peaceful.
Now it doesn't seem so difficult to extend Love out does it.
What comes to me is the image of Jesus willingly being bound to the cross, his trellis so to speak. An example of what a life can accomplish in love for generations after.
The Power of the resurrection that each of us can experience NOW while living out our days.
Life can be renewed and breathed into any situation no matter how dismal and dead it may appear today....Tomorrow it can be renewed and transformed by LOVE.
Your relationship with yourself, with God, with yourself and others, with your job or lack thereof, in your finances...........imagine LOVE breathing life into your most difficult situation and resurrecting it this Easter Season as Spring evolves and you witness the flowers bloom.
So I will remind myself of this...even if I let go...I will not fall.
Helping me to handle the worries and many irritations that come my way. To let go of them and hang onto the Trellis of Love.
Weathering and being equally grateful for the rain as well as the sunshine that beats down on my life.
This moment I am grateful for the rules and secure unchanging structure of LOVE that support and guide me onward and upward.
May the Trellis of Gods Love..........breath springtime Resurrection into us as we seek to hold on and trust in his Love,
Katrina
