My Thought for Sunday, November 1, 2015: Para What?

I going to make this Sunday's thought short.  Many will probably be happy not to subject themselves to the tedium of the lengthy thoughts which constantly plague me.  For these folks I can only say, now you know how I feel.  For the rest of you that, either, look forward to my Sunday Thought or enjoy reading them, well, I'm always happy to have you along on my path though I question your sanity for doing so.  I'm not sure if following me would evidence a masochistic tilt, or a search for faith. 

I have had a month of precognitive experiences which culminated in the prize drawing at the Halloween party last night.  Every time we would buy a specific beer at the Cigar bar, we would get a ticket for the prize drawing.  This contest has been going on for months.  I made the comment when I bought my first beer for this, that one is all I would need to win.  Actually, as it turned out, I required two tickets to win two of the prizes.  As unsurprising as this was for me, the fact that one of the prizes was an expensive bike did surprise me.  I had just started looking for a bike the other day.

This follows my Monday thought that I needed to get out of the house and do something with my time, which was followed by the phone call from a friend asking me to lead the chaplaincy at one of the local Medical Centers.

Now, one might think this would be the time to consider winning a million bucks.  What would I do with it?  If God wanted me to win that kind of money, God already knows I would put it to good use in some sustainable charitable contribution to the local community.  I might even be able to get the Center for Tolerance out of my head and onto the drawing board.

Man has abilities which lie dormant within us.  As we enter into a new century where technology will take over much of our lives, we will experience less and less of these anomalies.  How sad it is that we have forgotten gifts bestowed on us from on high.  How sad that these random experiences have become humorous anecdotes instead of cherished ability.  How different our world might be if we would pay attention to being, spiritually, more than we are.

Just a thought.

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We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we do afterward, and what we learn from the experience.

Frank Anthony Villari (aka, Pastor Tony)

Pastor Tony is founder of the Congregation for Religious Tolerance and author/editor of the Congregation's official blog site, "The Path."