Transforming power

     What will it take to 'transfigure' us into the person that God created us to be? You know, the one God envisioned before you were even conceived, the creature that God had in mind when you were a  mere thought of 'what the world needs now is you'. And then you existed, the conception, the womb, the birth seemed almost a side story to the great and magnificent creation God has in mind for you. Our lives are a journey to discover the entirety of that person. In so doing we are transformed, transfigured into the physical-spiritual being that will enlighten the world.  Of course we have to look and discover our true self, we have to allow ourselves to be molded by The Potter. We have to live, learn, listen and be cooperative.

       What do we do instead? Create false images of our self to display to others? Buy things, so many things, beautiful things, the best things? Do we try to transform the world to our own liking?  Do we use the Scriptures to batter and torment others with Scriptural translations that are heretical, spurious and wrong hearted?

      We are on the wrong path to wholeness if the solution is not an all encompassing interpretation of God's love, kindness and inclusiveness. We know all too well about religions and governments that are based on loose and wrong hearted interpretations of Scriptures. It seems we have gone to war against such regimes and practises. The Taliban. Isis. Boko Haram. In the United States, have we already forgotten the lessons of these atrocities only to try and transform our people into an American type Taliban?

A government that uses wrongful and misguided interpretations of Christian Scripture for their own evil vision of what the country should be. And this is not a Christian country to begin with! The country is based on religious freedom, separation of church and state and is influenced by many of the world's major religions, not just one. Certainly not some one's lunatic interpretation of Christian Scriptures.

      Shouldn't we be transforming, transfiguring ourselves into loving children of God rather than promulgating hate and ignorance? Sadly, we are now charged with fixing this mess of a government and standing up firmly to hate and ignorance. We can only do that though when we know that we are all children of God, all unique, all equally loved.

Matthew 17:1-8

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.