What a beautiful day! We have been so blessed by an amazing spring. The recent rain has left everything glowing with color…may we have abundant rain in God’s perfect timing, that the earth continues to thrive! As I sit this morning, I hold each of you close. I feel so blessed to be part of such a loving and dedicated community of souls. May each of us find Joy, Peace, Beauty, and Abundance as we move Gracefully through this day.
In my reflection time this morning, I was again led to Theresa of Avila.
All streams flowing forth from a clear spring are also clear. So it is with a soul in grace. Planted like a tree in the spring of life, her deeds delight both the human and the divine.
What a beautiful and poetic way to be reminded to check in. Are there any muddy streams flowing from my spring? Are there any places in my life that I need to clean up? To find out, all I need to do is look briefly at the many aspects of my personal world. How is my health? Am I sleeping well, taking care to nourish my body and mind with nutritious food, getting enough activity and exercise? How are my finances? Am I attending to what needs attention? What about my home? Is it comfortable and well-tended? Does it bring me joy? And how about my relationships? Is there any place that I could reach out to connect, to brighten someone’s day? Have I allowed myself to maintain meaningful connections with others? Have I forgiven those whom I feel have trespassed against me? These are just a few of the questions that come to mind. What a blessing that it is so easy to see whether or not my spring is running clear. It was the ancient Egyptians who gave us the Hermetic teaching, “As within, so without.” A soul in grace will always show forth a life filled with Beauty and Light.
I would like to share a prayer with you that I wrote for last Sunday’s Taizé Service. Perhaps it will speak to your soul as you spend time in reflection.
As I walk in the world, may I sow the seeds of Beauty, of Joy, of Peace…may I sow the seeds of Compassion, Generosity, and Kindness.
May I live with the awareness that the Earth is my Mother; and may I sow in her the seeds of respect, mindfulness, and care, cultivating and sharing in her abundance.
May the soil in my field of consciousness be rich and fertile, free from the seeds of ignorance, resistance, criticism, limitation, and arrogance.
May I never sow seeds of fear, anger, judgment, or hatred…choosing instead the seeds of love, acceptance, patience and inclusion.
May I walk forever with humility, knowing that the Power that enlivens this body is the only Power there is…and that the Spirit that breathes this body is my only inspiration.
May I always remember…there but for the Grace of God go I…and may my gratitude for all that I Am given flow like a mighty river.
As I ask for Guidance daily, may I have the wisdom to listen and to follow.
As I give time to silent communion with the One, to study, service, and celebration, may I come to experience and know the Peace that passeth understanding.
May my faith be eternally strong.
May my heart and mind be forever open to growth and change, and welcoming to all who cross my path.
May I make only positive impressions upon the flow of evolution, on the growth and development of humanity and on all of life, leaving behind me a trail of Grace that lives on and on…
Right here, in this sacred moment, I know and accept the Truth…that there is only one Life, one Power, one Presence, one Intelligence, and that One is forever expressing Itself as all of creation. And so I know that I can only be Spirit in form, living God’s life here on earth. In this knowing, I commit my Whole Self to blooming where I am planted…to being the most loving and peaceful expression of service that I can be. I lean into the Power, Intelligence, and Wisdom of Spirit to guide my steps. I say yes to whatever I Am called to do with this precious life. I trust and accept that God’s fullness and completeness unfolds as an ease-full flow of Divine Blessing, even as It Calls me to higher and higher ground through daily Practice and Communion. As I answer the Call, I grow into a more complete and fulfilled version of myself…and more perfect expression of Spirit…I fully embody and live from this Truth.
And so, grateful for this realization, I have absolute Faith that it is moving into form and experience in my life right now; and so I lay it on the altar, I get out of the way…I become the vessel… and I let go and let God. It is done. And so it is. Amen!
May we all come to know the essence of who we are and why we’re here.
May we all be well…stay in touch…know our unity…and thrive!
And may we know the Absolute Beauty and Wonder of this Grace-filled, once-in-a lifetime day…
