Winning Words 12/14/11
“All you need is faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust.” (Peter Pan) Peter Pan is J.M. Barrie’s little boy who won’t grow up and lives in Neverland. I find it interesting that Michael Jackson created a “carnival” on his estate and called it, Neverland. But that which intrigues me is…pixie dust. What is it? Magic? Faith, trust and magic? Could “magic” possibly be the power of God in this world? ;-) Jack

FROM JK IN MICHIGAN: Amen. Bless You richly today - sometimes people just intuitively know things but cannot see beyond themselves....////FROM JACK: Could it be that intuition is one of God's languages?

FROM PRJS IN MICHIGAN: Perhaps that is what Simon the Magician would say!////FROM JACK: The word, magic, conjures up Ervin Johnson and Colon, Michigan. In reality, magic could be one definition of the work of God..."mysterious and supernatural." Your reference to Simon, the magician, is interesting.

FROM NL IN FLORIDA: Cute!////FROM JACK: I think that this is the first time anyone has reffed to my Winning Words as, cute. But, I take it to imply that you like the quote and its follow up comment.

FROM PEPPERMINT MARY: well pixie dust and magic are things that you believe in to make it so. god may well have something to do with it. as far as how to use pixie dust...it is invisible and glittery...you keep it in your invisible pocket...you put a small amount in the palm of your hand, point it toward the direction you want it to go and ever-so-gently blow.////FROM JACK: Children seem to like fairy tales and the idea of "pixie dust." Maybe they're on to something. Didn't Jesus say something like, "You must have the faith of a child....?"

FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER: I always thought of pixies as angels with a sense of humor.

FROM RG IN ARIZONA: What would today's general population use to explain the Hand of God in His miraculous effects, if not for fairy dust? In the Old Testament, the enemies feared the God of the chosen people because of the power He displayed against those who moved against His favored people. They hadn't yet invented fairy dust, so they were left with a belief in God with the kind of Faith we need today! And these declarations were by those NOT considered the chosen people! Now that we have become so intelligent and advanced as a civilization, we have become more accustomed to the "magic of fairy dust", illusions, and "magic" in general. Now we can too easily avoid edifying the everyday and constant hand of the Father in all things righteous, Jesus as the Light of our souls, and the presence of the Holy Spirit as our intuitive inner voice. Magic is so much easier to explain!////FROM JACK: We want to see what's behind the curtain. Faith is not always easy.

FROM BBC IN ILLINOIS: Yes, great thought for the day. If you have a copy laying around, it’s worth an adult read….there’s a lot there, especially in the character of Captain Cook, a man of letters turned pirate who is tormented by his concern for appearances and the external and his internal drives and desires!////FROM JACK: Peter Pan is among more than a few books that people believe that they've read, but haven't. There's a song that relates..."Dust on the Bible."

FROM TAMPA SHIRL: God's grace. maybe.

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: My favorite Peter Pan was Mary Martin. For years and years I never knew Peter Pan was a girl! What a shock. Tinkler Bell was my favorite character. I used to think pixie dust was the most wonderful thing! Now my 2 year old granddaughter watches a new Tinkler Bell....just as cute as can be! ////FROM JACK: Some stories never grow old. They're ready to be read by new eyes.

FROM BLAZING OAKS: "Neverland" the place where you are always a child...probably a good name for M.Jackson's carnival world! My Jr Hi principal once said to me, "I think you sprinkle pixie-dust as your students come through your door", because I never had to send kids to him; they were well-behaved for me, even 8th grade boys! In the Bible aren't there reports of magicians doing miraculous things, vying for a following, in competition with Jesus? A good magician is fascinating, and a good faith is magical!////FROM JACK: When I was growing up, I think that someone sprinkled "imp-dust" instead of "pixie-dust" on me. But my "sprinkling" baptism overcame that.