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Jesus Christ the Rock Star / #ThreeKingsDay #RememberingJesus

Jesus, born to a daughter of God, Mary, of the line of King David had a such an energy effect that his arrival on earth became perfectly timed and synchronized with the hearts of wise men, some would call kings, far east of Israel.  The arrival of his kingdom was heralded for thousands of years. He was announced by the prophets as of from everlasting and timeless, with peace, righteousness, justice and love being his platforms. ā€œBut thou Bethlehem Ephratah. though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. ā€¦And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. And this man shall be the peace.ā€ Micah 5: 2-5 When shepards heard in the field heard of it they ran to praise the birth, as well. Repo...

#theLittleOnes and a Poem / #positivedisruption #God

I woke up and thought of the Lordā€™s prophets and teachers of old. Most made no money or enjoyed  any kind of material success, except some of the kings, like David. Elijah did not write New York Times best-sellers or become financially successful from creating smart phone apps. Moses did actually pen a few books it is said and was the Duke for all intents and purposes, yet he had to pine away in the desert for eighty years living in a tent constantly on the move and tolerating an unruly crowd. He had no stock invested in Wall Street. Muhammad lived a simple man and left the earth without material riches. Abraham was materially rich indeed, as was Job, the great-grandfather of David, and Joseph who became the ruler of Egypt under Pharaoh. But most of the Lordā€™s men and women were simple folk who did their duty and then were executed, even Godā€™s own son, Jesus.  As a young man I thought how could I best live my life in service to God? What would I be and do? How would...

#ThisAmericanQuilt Is Threaded from the #InsideOut / Chinese & Christian #wisdom #coexist #servantleadership #positivedisruption

"A leader, "said Lao Tzu in his book, known as 'The Book of the Way' or 'Tao Te Ching,' leads without trying to control, has without possessing and steps back from their mind after taking action and lets things unfold. He said this about two thousand five hundred years ago. Jesus said, "It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord." Matthew 10:25 He said this about two thousand years ago. Lao Tzu, in his second and only other book authored by him, the 'Hua Hu Ching,' said in his fifty-first lesson that reverence for all life, natural sincerity, gentleness and supportiveness (as in "service to others without expectation of reward") were the four cardinal virtues that led one to truth. Jesus said himself that he is the truth, the way and the life. Does one man contradict the other? Does the matter have to be pushed all the way outside what we hold as truth in our hearts? Or c...