Sunshine on my Shoulders Makes me Happy
I just watched our Gin of Prince of Peace praying in PopClergy. What a joy she is. Thanks, Virginia for all you do for us.
I also saw a ten year old boy rocking out to Johnny Be Good. It made me weep with joy for the future. These brilliant children deserve a safe and beautiful world we have not created for them. God, however, is capable of writing with enough crooked lines to make the outcome a beautiful world. I pray today for such an outcome. I pray for all who are struggling to make this outcome be more equitable and conscious and generous than the prevailing spirit of self-centered fear of change or whatever is holding us back from being whole and holy. I pray we can learn to share anything and everything we have with those who deserve to live as much as anyone. I pray God will remove all of our fear. I recall my AA sponsor teaching me that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. I try to remember that. I don't always succeed. Christ hear us. Christ graciously hear us.
"Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds thy hands have made..." This song I hear in my head as sung by my Uncle Adren of blessed memory, who had a voice made for an angel. He no doubt sings it now in the Presence of the One Who loves us. I am so full of feelings when I recall it that I can barely contain my joy. I wish my old body would dance and sing it before the Lord. I know that in spirit I can and do dance and sing before God.
So can you. So should you. You are the beloved of the Beloved. I urge you to take the actions you would take if you believed that. If you do it one day at a time until you do believe it, you will know, as I do, that "nothing can separate us from the love of Christ."
I hope no one is taken aback by my use of quotations from the scriptures. My mom took me to a Southern Baptist church for some years, and it was the custom to memorize scripture, including chapter and verse numbers. Well the numbers are gone, but the words are still there, thank God. And I have the lived experience of conscious contact with God which I wish, hope and pray for all of you.
I also saw a ten year old boy rocking out to Johnny Be Good. It made me weep with joy for the future. These brilliant children deserve a safe and beautiful world we have not created for them. God, however, is capable of writing with enough crooked lines to make the outcome a beautiful world. I pray today for such an outcome. I pray for all who are struggling to make this outcome be more equitable and conscious and generous than the prevailing spirit of self-centered fear of change or whatever is holding us back from being whole and holy. I pray we can learn to share anything and everything we have with those who deserve to live as much as anyone. I pray God will remove all of our fear. I recall my AA sponsor teaching me that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. I try to remember that. I don't always succeed. Christ hear us. Christ graciously hear us.
"Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds thy hands have made..." This song I hear in my head as sung by my Uncle Adren of blessed memory, who had a voice made for an angel. He no doubt sings it now in the Presence of the One Who loves us. I am so full of feelings when I recall it that I can barely contain my joy. I wish my old body would dance and sing it before the Lord. I know that in spirit I can and do dance and sing before God.
So can you. So should you. You are the beloved of the Beloved. I urge you to take the actions you would take if you believed that. If you do it one day at a time until you do believe it, you will know, as I do, that "nothing can separate us from the love of Christ."
I hope no one is taken aback by my use of quotations from the scriptures. My mom took me to a Southern Baptist church for some years, and it was the custom to memorize scripture, including chapter and verse numbers. Well the numbers are gone, but the words are still there, thank God. And I have the lived experience of conscious contact with God which I wish, hope and pray for all of you.
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