Cantus Firmus

Fellow Labourers-

I lift this sentence from the article for our consideration. "God's presence is the cantus firmus, set in the deepest center of a life, discovered and embraced over a lifetime. God's love is the enduring melody that puts our stories to song." What would you consider to be your Cantus Firmus? In my tinkering with the sciences and in particular chemistry it sometimes seems that as a chemist the electrons far removed from the influence of the nucleus -the centre of the atom - is the most important part of the atom. Then as far as the nuclear physicist is concerned the neutron which forms part of the nucleus is the most important part. And so in life we tend to create our own centers of gravity around which our life revolves.

Today's article though reminds us that we all need to share a common cantus firmus which is God's presence and indeed is love. The WICB says we are rally around the West Indies Cricket Team. The JAAA says we are to rally around our athletes. The JNA says we are to rally around our net ballers.The JFF says we are to rally around the Reggae Boyz. That's a whole lot of rallying to do. But of this I am sure it is better for us to rally around the presence of God. What is so nice and good about this is that there needs be no competition. This is all made possible through love.

Here are some quotes on love we may want to ponder.

"Whether a man truly loves God can be determined by his love for his fellow man."
"To obey out of love is better than to obey out of fear."
"A woman prefers poverty with love to wealth without love."
"Love makes one blind and deaf."
"Love is the voice of God."
"A woman that is loved always have success."

All the above are Jewish wisdom.

Robert A. Stewart