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But even with all of the knowledge we’ve acquired, there are thousands if not millions of people who ‘celebrate’ the solstice. Today, you will find thousands of people at Stonehenge commemorating the solstice. Druids, Pagans, people dancing, singing, playing music. People with their foreheads pressed against the large monolithic stones in prayer.
How many of these people are actually thinking about God? [16:25] They will be held responsible for their sins on the Day of Resurrection, all of them, in addition to sins of all those whom they misled by their ignorance. What a miserable load!
Now, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with noting the astronomical passing of a season or calendar event, as long as we attribute it to God.
[10:5] He is the One who rendered the sun radiant, and the moon a light, and He designed its phases that you may learn to count the years and to calculate. GOD did not create all this, except for a specific purpose. He explains the revelations for people who know.
[14:33] He has committed the sun and the moon in your service, continuously. He has committed the night and the day to serve you.
[36:38] The sun sets into a specific location, according to the design of the Almighty, the Omniscient.
[36:40] The sun is never to catch up with the moon―the night and the day never deviate―each of them is floating in its own orbit.
[17:12] We rendered the night and the day two signs. We made the night dark, and the day lighted, that you may seek provisions from your Lord therein. This also establishes for you a timing system, and the means of calculation. We thus explain everything in detail.
Be like Abraham: [6:78-79] … he said, “O my people, I denounce your idolatry. I have devoted myself absolutely to the One who initiated the heavens and the earth; I will never be an idol worshiper.”
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Dear, God, the Almighty,
I don’t remember personally thanking You for my personal invitation to worship You alone. But I do remember being thankful for the invite. So I would like to say it now. Thank You. I feel like it was a VIP invitation, one of my biggest blessings You gave to me.
I’m thankful and appreciative of that, God. I remember I thought I knew You and realize I knew nothing about You. I was slack. So many pastors, Imams, Rabbis, and people had told me a lot of “He said/she said” stories about You, but now I know they knew nothing about You either. They only follow conjecture and other people blindly. So, thank You, God, for not letting me hold onto that falsehood too long.
I remember getting a big doll house for Christmas when I was 5 years old. It had a tea set, refrigerator, stove, sink and easy bake oven. Oh, how I loved and played in that house. And I’m sorry I thanked Santa Claus. So, thank You, God, for my doll house. I remember getting my first car at 14, instead of 16 years old. I thanked my boyfriend for it. Then I thought about deeper things like my life being here on earth. I thanked my mother and father for my life. I remember going for my tonsil and appendix surgeries. I thanked the doctors.
I never really thanked Jesus for things because I never believed he was God. I just thought he was a very loving, kind, easy-going kind of a guy that knew how to work his hustle (business) and I liked the stories I heard about him. Well, some of them.
Not the one where he was hung on a cross and died and rose three days later. I knew no one could do that. Once you’re gone, you’re gone. Thank You, Almighty God, for letting me know that wasn’t true.
So, I just felt I wanted to put this in black and white, on paper. You know, in this world, black and white makes it official. I know You’re Omnipotent and know all of this already. But I just wanted to say it on paper. Thank You, God, for inviting me to Submission and commanding me to be a Submitter to You alone. Thank You, God, for my life here on earth. Thank You, God, for my doll house, my first car, my coming out of surgeries. Thank You, God, for letting my mind know that my submitting brother, Jesus, was not God. Thank You, God, for giving me love to share with people. Thank You for my 11 adoptive kids and sharing love with them. Most of all, thank You, God, for my real family here at Masjid Tucson who all helped support and raise my children.
Thank You, God, for guiding me and putting me with my world-wide real family of Submitters who also support me in all the things I do in my life. Thank You, very much, God.
Oh, yes, God, one more thing. Please keep all of us submitters in the worship of You alone, and grant us to be among the righteous on Judgment Day. Let us receive our records in our right hand (69:19-22). For You are the Most Merciful, Most Gracious, King of all Kings, and of course, the Master of the Day of Judgment. Thank You, God. I love You.
Your servant, Carolyn, being thankful and appreciative to God Alone.
[2:152] You shall remember Me, that I may remember you, and be thankful to Me; do not be unappreciative.
[14:7] Your Lord has decreed: “The more you thank Me, the more I give you.” But if you turn unappreciative, then My retribution is severe
[32:9] He shaped him and blew into him from His spirit. And He gave you