God's Creatures

This morning as I sit and consider the wonders of the universe, I gaze upon my golden retriever, Grace, and my my siamese cat, Royal.  The two lie curled-up together at my feet.  Peacefully, Grace rests while Royal with eyes closed, blissfully washes her.  It is a routine that happens at least once every day.  The relationship between these two creatures is truly beautiful.  There is much to be learned from the creatures that surround us.  May we all have this peace and caring for those we encounter.
Blessings of Light!

After Easter

Isn't this time of year wonderful!  Easter arrives and we celebrate the darkness being overcome by Light -- the Light of Christ in the Ressurection!   And, as if to shout, "Yes!" out of the brown decay of winter, the flowers burst forth.  Be reminded of God's presence in your life when you see the flowers of spring!

Celebrate the Light of All Faiths This Easter!

As we are nearing Easter, let us celebrate the Love that the Creator has for all of us!  Let us celebrate that this Divine Source, whether known as God, Goddess, Christ, Adonai . . ., has met each of us where we are, and in that meeting in Time faith traditions have grown.  God is so awesome, so BIG, so all encompassing, that we cannot begin to comprehend all that She is, and all that He has been and will be in a Time that has no beginning and no ending.  But, what we do know is that we are greatly Loved by the Divine Source.  We know that there really was a man named Jesus who walked this earth, that he is Jesus, The Christ, and that the Christ is there for us!  We know that while all do not agree on who Jesus was, most traditions recognize that at the very least He achieved Enlightenment;  many see Jesus the Christ as an Avatar -- not the only one, but one who was truly God walking among us; and, for traditional Christians, Jesus is the Light, the Way, our Savior. 

This Easter, let us celebrate that Light of the Divine that has touched humanity throughout this planet, planting seeds for faith traditions that have grown into our world religions. 

Let us Celebrate that indeed God Is With Us!

Surrounded by Angels Unaware

Isn't it curious that so many of us go through our days unaware that we are surrounded by angels who are there helping us and waiting to really help us if we would but ask.  I speak to this from my own experience of growing-up in a United Methodist tradition where angels seemed to only come into "life" at Christmas when we presented our annual Christmas Pagent and so many of us wanted to get to wear those wings!  Yet as we read the story of Jesus presented in the Bible, angels were certainly present with Him throughout his entire story.  And they were actively there -- helping Him, ministering to Him, and yes, even protecting Him.  Why is it that this fact in the Bible -- and with so many others in the Bible is so ignored in the Protestant church -- or at least in the Methodist churches that I was part of ?  

As we have just spent several months communing with angels in our worship services at the Spiritual Healing Temple, I have come to know them.  I am so thankful that over these past few years my spiritual path has shifted to allow me have the angels become a truly real part of my life.  

If that has not happened for you yet, take time this week to quietly sit and focus on the angels.  Invite your Guardian Angel to speak to you -- you might be surprised by the glorious being who walks with you!

Living Waters

In sacred texts we read of the blessing of going to the "living waters" -- those deep springs that flow filled with a freshness that brings renewal to the body.  Indeed, whenever we come to meet the Divine in meditation and prayer, we allow our spirit to go directly to the ultimate Living Water -- to be filled, cleansed, renewed, and yes, even reborn -- a new life springing from the waters of God.  How can we say that we do not have time -- have life -- for this?  What could possibly make us believe that anything is more important than going to those Living Waters over and over again! 

May you find your way this day to the Living Waters, that you may be refreshed renewed, knowing that indeed you are a precious child of Mother God who is loved beyond measure.

Joy in the Journey

Hope

My mother left her home and traveled to another part of the country to be near me and filled with hope that someone would be able to find a way to restore her and remove her from a world of intense physical pain.  During the time she was here, she opened her heart to come to know God on a level that she never had before.  Over the months her health deteriorated rapidly, and by January she had lost her ability to do most things, and was in excruciating pain most of the time.  On February 17 she left this world of pain to be in the glorious Light of Creator.  Following her death I was filled with great sorrow that my mother's hope had not been fulfilled.  You see, I was defining a release from pain as being accomplished by a medical procedure.  But, tonight as I listened to Michael Card singing  Joy in the Journey, I suddenly realized that God had answered her prayer by lifting her out of this world of pain and by carrying her home --home to a place of pure love and light-- a place free from pain.  Indeed, her hope had been realized!  God always answers our prayers -- and often in ways that we do not expect. 

I share the words from the song:

JOY IN THE JOURNEY

There is a joy in the journey

There's a light we can love on the way

There is a wonder and wildness to life

And freedom for those who obey

And all those who seek it shall find it

A pardon for all who believe

Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind

To all who've been born in the Spirit

And who share incarnation with Him

Who belong to eternity stranded in time

And weary of struggling with sin

Forget not the hope that's before you

And never stop counting the cost

Remember the hopelessness when you were lost

There is a joy in the journey

There's a light we can love on the way

There is a wonder and wildness to life

And freedom for those who obey

And freedom for those who obey...

Whisper

I received the following in my email this morning.

I share it with you!

Click on the link below.

http://home.att.net/~mcp3_2000/_classics/013/whispers.htm