tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61531931897713774322024-03-13T11:11:43.692-07:00Creative Spirit MusingsUplifting essays on how much God loves us and how we are blessed when we respond.Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-17382897946150031502019-01-08T16:59:00.000-08:002019-01-15T15:39:50.076-08:00Give "Please" a ChanceBy
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
On a recent visit to England I was struck by the polite tenor of many of the conversations I was party to. After a while I began to reflect on why I found it so noticeable. It's not that Americans are rude by nature. We are a nation of overgrown puppy dogs in a way; friendly and outgoing if rather brash. This was epitomized aCynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-77666576988564262182018-12-13T07:54:00.000-08:002018-12-13T17:17:26.971-08:00Let Every Heart Prepare Him RoomBy Cynthia Edwards
An essay in the book Creative Spirit Musings
There are people in my neighborhood who spend thousands of dollars every year turning their properties into Christmas wonderlands, both inside and out, and providing their near and dear ones with all the gifts their hearts desire.
They have kicked Christmas up a notch since the first one, two thousand years ago.
The Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-33945690062098083462015-03-07T14:58:00.001-08:002015-03-07T14:58:36.484-08:00Evil Shouts While God Whispers
Do you feel optimistic or pessimistic about the future of the human race?
Civilization has made so many astounding advances in technology, medicine, energy, architecture, the arts, food production, space exploration, and so on, that one could easily make the case that humanity is on a positive trajectory through time.
However, for every advancement in one area, there are whole populations Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-87369875661894360692014-09-11T10:45:00.000-07:002014-08-15T19:23:07.839-07:00Peace in Your Day
Do not let your hearts be troubled.
John 14:1
The highest aspiration of a human being is the achievement of peace. Peace in our home, peace in our world, and above all, peace in our heart. All the other things we value, including prosperity, love and happiness, are jewels that hang on the crown of peace. You could fulfill all your wishes: becoming world famous, a billionaire, or the top Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-1719311135565911362013-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:002013-04-23T08:51:10.188-07:00Tilting at Dinosaurs
As a small child, I enjoyed watching dinosaur movies with my older brother. He had a great deal of scientific knowledge on the subject of dinosaurs and their fossils, and there was something about listening to his erudite juvenile commentary that made the black and white movies we watched, with their jerking model monsters and painted sets, more thrilling and real.
Today's sci-fi films are Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-40852533391869790962012-12-17T06:58:00.000-08:002012-12-17T07:06:31.343-08:00Why?
We live in an age of spiritual seeking. We seek God within ourselves; we seek him in the things of the earth and in the things that we make. We try to draw his attention and gain His favor by a myriad practices, both time-honored and new.
Perhaps what we forget is that God sought us first, and has been calling our name with a longing that makes the angels weep and the universe sigh and Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-83414507174854427932012-12-07T12:39:00.002-08:002012-12-07T12:42:15.283-08:00Christmas: the do-over of a lifetimeBy
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
A few years ago, while stringing Christmas lights on the bushes in front of his house, my elderly father caught his shoe in a crack in the pavement and fell hard on the driveway. He was admitted to the hospital with a broken hip and remained there, in the rehab wing, until after Christmas.
I'm sure he wished for a do-over Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-71492281603470720312012-08-18T15:20:00.001-07:002018-12-27T16:29:36.753-08:00Hail, Fellow, Well Meant
The true meaning and purpose of communication among human beings is to reach greater understanding in order to create unity, and eventually arrive at truth. The exemplar, of course, is Christ.
When Jesus spoke to an individual or a group, he already knew their inner hearts and whether or not their purpose was sincere. He spoke to each in a way they could understand, or that would cause them Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-15218168894800389502012-07-30T09:09:00.003-07:002012-12-07T12:25:14.034-08:00Reader review"It is so relaxing and peaceful to read your book. I feel so much
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Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-49368542546844053402011-04-02T17:02:00.000-07:002018-11-29T12:40:41.136-08:00Fool’s ParadiseBy
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
In a classic Peanuts cartoon, Snoopy is dancing joyfully all around the neighborhood, his hind legs a whir of movement, his forearms outstretched, his ears fluttering gaily in the breeze. Crabby little Lucy comes along and watches his uninhibited display with disgust. “War! Pestilence! Doom!” she shouts after his bouncing Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-8446959619371295452011-04-02T16:54:00.000-07:002012-12-07T12:43:48.440-08:00What Is Love?By
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
February is the month of chocolate hearts and sentimental Valentines, but it is good to remember the true nature of Love and how it can transform any life and any relationship. My text is from I Corinthians 13.
Love is patient, love is kind.
Love emanates from a heart that is at peace with God and itself. The serene Mother,Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-23699552946457736242011-04-02T16:49:00.000-07:002012-12-07T12:44:08.343-08:00The Smell of the Grass in the RainAnd other things God thought about when creating the world
By
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
One of the attributes that makes humans different from other species is our rich and complex response to the environment in which we live. The way we experience the world with our senses is sometimes so deep it calls out the poet in us and affects our soul to the Cynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153193189771377432.post-63098541585085815702011-04-02T15:56:00.000-07:002012-12-07T12:43:12.611-08:00You Are More Than You Think You AreBy
Cynthia Edwards
An essay
in the book Creative Spirit Musings
Santa Maria del Fiore, the Duomo of Florence, is a marvel. The cathedral was originally designed in 1294, and its basic construction took all of the 14th Century and half of the 15th. However, 120 years after the first stone was laid, the cathedral’s impressive chancel still lacked a rather important feature: a roof.
TheCynthia L. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325795720397817829noreply@blogger.com0