Put some skin on it!

"Thy kingdom come."
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art everpresent.

What does this everpresence of God look like?

It looks like you.

Does that surprise you? Then you're likely taking a limited view of not only yourself, but also of God.

God's goodness is actually here. His joy is actually right now. And, no matter what your circumstances right now look like, His Love is actually inevitable.

Why?

Because these qualities of His are yours to live.

They are already present in your heart, in your consciousness - and always yours to demonstrate - yours to live out loud, no matter what your human circumstances.

In fact, you could truly say that the reason you are here is simply to live His love. Everything else is secondary.

Jesus so clearly understood that God is Love itself. Everything he said and did made that so abundantly clear. And as we baby-step approach this understanding ourselves, working, praying, failing and succeeding at living as His loving image and likeness, we start to realize this is why we're here. Each of us is here to make His love alive in the world.

As an old preacher friend of mine once said, "Don't just talk about the love of God. Put some skin on it!"

Get busy!

Being with God

"Hallowed be Thy name."
Adorable One.

If you actually adore someone, aren't you be quick to listen to what they have to say? In fact, wouldn't you hang on their every word? Wouldn't you give them 100% of your attention because you just love to be around them? And if they were to ask you to do something, wouldn't you be joyful to do it? And wouldn't you just be content to be together no matter what else is going on?

Well, isn't this then exactly what this verse of the Lord's Prayer is describing?

• An attitude of complete and joyful attention to the Divine.

This is your model for being with God, because He is the Adorable One. Pay attention!

Hallowed be Thy name, Father-Mother. Let us not just revere You, but hear You, and feel Your presence, and live as Your likeness.

Children of Light

"Hallowed be Thy name."
Adorable One.

"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."

Hallowed be Thy name of Light, Thy nature of Light, Thy Adorable One Light!

If you feel you're sometimes more like darkness, you have a choice: you can choose to walk in the Light of God.

Do you think you're unworthy of walking in His Light? unable to walk in it? too tainted to be His Light-made-manifest right here and now? Do you think you are somehow broken, lost, or strayed from God and His Living Light?

Can you imagine a ray of Light coming from the Sun getting lost? or disconnected from it's source? or somehow not shining for all to see?

It is just as impossible for you to really be separated from God.

Do you know what that "I'm separate" or "I'm alone" or "I'm a failure" or "I'm not worthy" thinking is?

It's your ego talking.

It is not God talking.

So - and this may not be as easy as it sounds - let go of that ego-attitude! What that ego-voice is telling you is irrelevant!

What matters is your response to God, and what He is telling you, what He's showing you, how He's making you in His image and likeness! This is your response-ability!

And God is here, right here in consciousness now. He is here - everpresent in your heart. You need only turn your thought and your heart to Him. Listen with your intuition for His Goodness instructing you, inspiring you, leading you, creating you in His likeness!

You are His beam of living Light!

OK, Child of Light - now, the hard part!

Go prove it.

God is working with you, but you it is your task - your practice - to live His Light! to walk and talk and think and act and shine like Him.

"Hallowed be Thy name."
Thou Adorable One unconditional Light of Love!

A poem

Map

Begin Here.
Not there in the mirey clay of "where you came from"
Not there in the cloudy doubt of "where you are going"
but Here
Here on solid ground.

Begin Now.
Let go of that ancient millstone history;
Let go of that phoney lodestone future.
Begin Now
Now is solid ground.

"This is the way, walk ye in it"
says the voice of God.
"That was the way, too bad you missed it"
says the Liar.

"Now is the day of salvation"
says the voice of God.
"Someday, if you get lucky, maybe you'll be happy"
says the Liar.

The Liar is future tense anxiety past tense anguish
God speaks present tense "I love you"

But how do you know you are here?
Be still, and feel:
Here
is where Love loves you
Here
is where Truth speaks your name
Here
is where Spirit sings you a lullaby.
Right here is where you always are

How do you find now?
Be still, and listen:
Now
is when Mind accepts you
Now
is when Soul sings YES to you
Now
is when Life's arms hold you
Right now is when you always be

And being, suddenly you find your feet
on the holy ground of Principle.
And you know:
This -- right now! -- is the best time of your life.
This -- right here! -- is the best place to be.
There is no lie to fight
There is no lie to change
Because God is with you *here*
because God loves you *now*
Right where you are.

So take off those stiff shoes
and toss those cursed fig leaves
of cheated past and incurable future.

And, having nothing between
you and your Father-Mother God,

Look up!
Up there!
There's a Rainbow smiling over your head

Look down!
Right there!
There's solid Rock under your feet

And look around!
All around!
You actually are God's perfect child!

-- Here
and Now.