Today we’re going to talk for a few
minutes about the building of spider webs. These words are from the website,
“HowThingsWork.com.”
“Every web begins with a single thread, which forms the basis
of the rest of the structure. To establish this bridge, the
spider climbs to a suitable starting point (up a tree branch, for example) and
releases a length of thread into the wind. With any luck, the free end of the
thread will catch onto another branch. If the spider feels that the thread has
caught onto something, it cinches up the silk and attaches the thread to the
starting point.
It walks across the thread, releasing a looser thread below
the first one. It attaches this thread on both ends and climbs to its center.
The looser strand sags downward, forming a V-shape. The spider lowers itself
from this point, to form a Y-shape.” (http://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/spider5.htm)
The key element in web-building is in the first sentence, “Every
web begins with a single thread, which forms the basis of the rest of the
structure.”
Every web begins with one strong connecting link. If you
break that link, the web collapses.
Our creation began with one strong connecting link, so to
speak. That link is with God. Fortunately for us that link cannot be removed,
diminished, hacked, harmed, broken, or hurt in any way.
From the laws inherent in the connecting link, we then build
the various aspects of our life from that one strong strand of connection. In
this metaphor we would say that vibrating
within that one strong strand of connection with God lay all the “laws of
life.” It is from that strand and the vibration of those laws of life that we
build our lives.
How do we become aware of the vibrations of that link, with
clarity and understanding? We do it through our thought system. We become aware
of that link with God and its laws of action through our thought system.
The same is accurate for unawareness. We become/stay unaware
of God and its laws of action, again, through our thought system.
What is your thought system?
Is it one of “I Am,” or “I Can’t?”
The thought system of “I Can’t” blocks the awareness of God’s
Presence. “I Can’t” establishes and maintains a distance between where we are
now, so to speak, and that to which we wish to achieve and/or experience.
Our thoughts of the “I Am” keeps us close in awareness to the
presence of God. I am capable; I am a child of God, I am willing to change my
unloving habits, etc.
“I Am” is the name of God.
“I Am” is your creation name.
“I Am” keeps us
together. “I Can’t” keeps us apart… keeps us apart from the things we want to
do.
I invite you to take the pad that was handed out to you today
and list on it as many “I Can’t’s” about yourself as possible. Dig deep for
those buried “I Can’t’s,” too. (examples: I can’t: make _____ happy, open chips
and eat a few, do math, bite my tongue when I need to, get to sleep quickly at
night, stand the idiots I work with, believe God loves me, get _____ to like
me, get _____ to clean up after themselves, etc.)
(Give about three minutes for writing)
Now I’m going to ask you to fold your sheet(s) up and drop
them into the paper bag that is coming across your aisle.
(Collect all the paper bags and pour the contents into one
shoebox. Seal the shoebox with tape.)
Now I would like to invite everyone who’s willing to join me
outside. If it’s too cold for you today, or standing for four or five minutes
is too much for you, you can watch from the south window. I also won’t be too
far away for our wireless sound system to pick up my words. So, if you choose
to stay inside, you’ll be able to hear me.
Let’s get our jackets and coats and go outside.
(Gather around the hole that’s already been dug)
Please join hands and bow your heads.
“Friends, we gather today to honor the memory
of ‘I can’t.’ While he was with us on earth, he touched the lives of everyone,
some more than others.
His name, unfortunately, has been
spoken in every public building – schools, city halls, state capitols, and yes,
even the White House.
We have provided ‘I can’t’ with a
final resting place. He is survived by his brothers and sister, ‘I can,’ ‘I
will,’ and ‘I’m going to right away.’ They are not as well-known as their
famous relative and are certainly not as strong and powerful… yet. Perhaps, some day, with your help,
they will make an even bigger mark on the world.
“May ‘I can’t’ rest in peace and may
everyone present here today pick up their lives and move forward in his
absence. Amen.”
We’ll now return to the sanctuary for
some closing words.
In the human mind, in our un-awareness of our connection with
God, we believe in limitation. We fool ourselves into thinking we are alone and
somehow, we have to do it alone. We have to figure everything out alone. We
have to climb over this mountain alone, heal our bodies alone. This is not
true. I am telling you, today, as you sit here in this church, God is with you.
Your strong connecting point is
present.
You are not alone.
It is impossible for you to be alone.
God does not know the meaning of “I can’t.” With God, you can do anything, be
anything, and overcome anything.
Why can you? BECAUSE GOD CAN and you
are directly connected to God.
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