THE WATCHFUL EYE

" Spirit of Creative Imagination where all things flow and

all things are gathered into the Divine Presence.

Here Creation continues groaning, bursting, flashing, spinning in the Amber Light.

There! See! The Divine standing at the Edge of Space and Time as we disappear into God"

robert r. lackney, chaplain

Benediction: The Watchful Eye

Workshop presentation to Chaplin Community

July 19th 2008: by robert r. lackney, chaplain

When I wonder about the brevity of life I suspect there are many gifts and talents that are hidden and dormant in each of us, and the people we serve in our hospitals and nursing homes.

That is if someone has not taken interest in us and drawn them out of us:

Or we have not had the time due to our individual circumstance.
Or the opportunity to use or develop them.

Parents, pastors, professionals, and teachers who are often given

The Watchful Eye, the Encouraging Word, or the Human Touch.

These create the opportunity for a person to do something and to do it well.

We chaplains, teachers, pastors, parents are often the first “nudge” a child will feel as they begin their journey of discovery, exploration, learning, and personal formation.

There are many of us searching- there are many of our children searching and it is a good time to search, to think about our past, to think about who we are, and to imagine about whom we are to become.

Throughout life many pursue a vision of Fame, Fortune, and Power.
Others pursue a Vision of Service.

Whatever the mission we are called we are to constantly explore our gifts and talents to continue to express our Prayer, our Art, our Vocation, our Mission, Our work and Our … FAITH.

As Mark Anthony said of Caesar
… “the good is often buried in their bones”.

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Only Good things.

robert r. lackney, chaplain