Semantics is the study of the meaning of linguistic expressions. Ok, so what in the world am I talking about and why are we talking about semantics in a talk on Spirit. Actually semantics has much to do about Spirit. All the religions have a Higher Power they worship and many of them call that power by different names, many different names. God, Allah, Spirit, Universe, Holy Ghost just to mention a few. By talking about semantics we are reminded that everything goes back to a beginning a root if you will. In this case it all goes back to Spirit or God if you will or Allah or…. well you get the idea. We are all talking about the same thing, but wars have been and are being fought over semantics. It is time we put semantics aside so we can talk from the heart. What if we just sat down with our brothers and sisters from all around the world and different religions and just told them we love you and want only the best for you. What if we just allowed everyone to worship their God or Gods in their own way since we know that all is God or Spirit for it matters not what we call our Higher Power all that matters is that we call. Semantics gives us the opportunity to call anything what ever makes us most comfortable. It matters not what we call Spirit or God for it is still Spirit and Spirit has no ego to worry about what we call it. I choose to use several terms interchangeably at times. Spirit, God, Universe are usually my terms of choice when dealing with Higher Power. Please, Please put semantics aside and just know it doesn't matter to God what we call him / her for God loves us no matter what call this marvelous energy in our lives. This power that is available to all under what ever name we wish to associate with it. It just doesn't matter to any but the fanatics that are so into power that they have to have things their own way. Grown up children that never learned how to share when that is what it is all about really is just sharing. Sharing our feelings, sharing our love, sharing what we have, who we are, sharing ourselves. The amazing thing is that the more we share the more we have to share. The more we give of ourselves the more of us there is to put out there. I guess what this talk today about semantics is really just a plea to anyone and everyone that may read this I pray that you think about it and take it to heart. Let no more wars be started because of semantics. Let us be wise enough to see the other persons viewpoint. As the Native American Indians say "Never judge another until you have walked a mile in their moccasins'. So true that my prayer at this moment is let me be the first to not judge until I have walked my mile in another's shoes. Until tomorrow remember I love You and I Believe in YOU. Love, Peace and Light, Rev. Isaac Of wisaac3rd.com
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