November 08, 2004

Ea Mana

Windy Dawn, Fire on the Beaches HVNP Photo

There is something about this place... As I feel it beating me down I feel this strength rising up inside of me and around me. I know this is God holding me up during this trial, but the Hawaiians have a word for it... It is Mana, Power from the land, from the living breathing spirit of Hawaii...

I see this less from the "Hawaii" perspective as I know that God is all around us and His spirit is on the move not just in my life but in the world even though we cannot see it it is there. I have felt the "Mana" in many places and situations throughout my life and travels...

Pslam 125

Those who trust in the LORD Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts.
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.