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Upon this most recent reading, I am in love with the idea of God as Change. Change is indeed the most constant force in our universe; nothing in this realm is immune to its impact or influence.
“When stuck, take the step that is in front of you.” I tell them, “Don’t worry about that next step. If you take the step that’s right in front of you, the next step will reveal itself!”
Through Earthseed, they—and in turn we—are offered the benediction of hope. The hope that through the virtue of resilience and principled action, there just might be redemption for our sins against humanity for us all.
All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.
A gift of God May sear unready fingers.
My God doesn’t love me or hate me or watch over me or know me at all, and I feel no love for or loyalty to my God. My God just is.
“We can’t do anything about it.” “We have to.” “Have to what? We’re fifteen! What can we do?” “We can get ready. That’s what we’ve got to do now. Get ready for what’s going to happen, get ready to survive it, get ready to make a life afterward. Get focused on arranging to survive so that we can do more than just get batted around by crazy people, desperate people, thugs, and leaders who don’t know what they’re doing!”
Pretty relatable to current events in America as they are happening lol
“Nothing is going to save us. If we don’t save ourselves, we’re dead. Now use your imagination. Is
“What are we supposed to do if you die?” she demanded, and I think she was crying. “What do we do if they shoot you over some damn rabbits?” “Live!” Dad said. “That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.”
God is Change, and in the end, God prevails. But God exists to be shaped. It isn’t enough for us to just survive, limping along, playing business as usual while things get worse and worse. If that’s the shape we give to God, then someday we must become too weak—too poor, too hungry, too sick—to defend ourselves. Then we’ll be wiped out.
Why is the universe? To shape God. Why is God? To shape the universe.
All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.
“When it comes to strangers with guns,” I told her, “I think suspicion is more likely to keep you alive than trust.”
She wants a future she can understand and depend on—a future that looks a lot like her parents’ present. I don’t think that’s possible. Things are changing too much, too fast. Who can fight God?
In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.
