Why are you walking down that same old road?
Why are you carrying that heavy load?
See, see, see the Light of God!
Yes, see the Light of God.
Drop your burden and see like Him
Pick up your peace and see like Him
Yes see like Him,
Yes pick up your peace and see like Him.
What do you do when your life is hard?
When you feel your life is torn and marred?
Be, be, be the Light of God!
Yes, be the Light of God.
Drop your sadness and be like Him
Pick up your joy and be like Him
Yes be like Him
Yes pick up your joy and be like Him
What do you do when you’re out of control?
What do you do just to feel your soul?
Feel, feel, feel the Light of God!
Yes, feel the Light of God!
Drop your failures and feel His wholeness
Pick up your power and feel His wholeness
Yes feel His wholeness
Yes pick up your power and feel His wholeness.
Yes, see like Him
And see His peace.
Yes, be like Him
And be His joy.
Yes, feel like Him
And feel His power.
And every day will dawn brand new
His peace and joy and power are you.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Feeding all need
God: the Great I Am.
"Hallowed be Thy name."
The name of God, the nature of God:
"Hallowed be Thy name."
The name of God, the nature of God:
- is Light
- is adorable (able to be adored)
- is gloriously real
- is tangible intuitive presence
- is complete and supreme
- is full of grace - of peace, and joy, and power
- is able to feed all need
- is the "still, small voice" of intuitive goodness
- is reflected in every face and ever flower every moment of every hour
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
"Our Father..."
"Our Father...."
This is how Jesus starts his prayer.
Think about the implications of these two words. Even if these were the only two words of the Lord's Prayer that survived, Jesus is saying that we all have the same Father. No. More than that.
That his Father is also our Father. Not theoretically, and not metaphorically. He is including us as his family.
Rest in that.
This is how Jesus starts his prayer.
Think about the implications of these two words. Even if these were the only two words of the Lord's Prayer that survived, Jesus is saying that we all have the same Father. No. More than that.
That his Father is also our Father. Not theoretically, and not metaphorically. He is including us as his family.
Rest in that.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer
"Our Father which art in heaven."
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious.
When Jesus gave his disciples his prayer, do you think he intended it to become some thoughtless ritual? Do you think he expected us to pray it without thinking? without caring? without understanding?
No.
In fact, all you have to do is read his powerful verbal rebukes to those who used "vain repetitions as the heathen use" and who paraded around as righteous without any sincerity in their heart.
No. He did not intend us to simply repeat the words like a bad habit. He expected his disciples - and therefore, us - to have a spiritual sense of the words, to intuitively listen "out loud" to his prayer - or better yet, listen to it - pray it - silently in the sanctuary of our heart. Just between us and God.
And why? Could it be that he knew if we prayed his prayer - and really spiritually sensed its meaning, really pondered, and comprehended it - that it would have an immense impact on our thoughts? on our actions? on our lives?
Jesus knew so intimately the spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer. It was how he understood his Father, our Father. And so that is also how we should approach his prayer.
And when we do, it will be less about the words and the bended knee and more - much more - about the humble and contrite heart with which we pray it.
"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever."
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious.
When Jesus gave his disciples his prayer, do you think he intended it to become some thoughtless ritual? Do you think he expected us to pray it without thinking? without caring? without understanding?
No.
In fact, all you have to do is read his powerful verbal rebukes to those who used "vain repetitions as the heathen use" and who paraded around as righteous without any sincerity in their heart.
No. He did not intend us to simply repeat the words like a bad habit. He expected his disciples - and therefore, us - to have a spiritual sense of the words, to intuitively listen "out loud" to his prayer - or better yet, listen to it - pray it - silently in the sanctuary of our heart. Just between us and God.
And why? Could it be that he knew if we prayed his prayer - and really spiritually sensed its meaning, really pondered, and comprehended it - that it would have an immense impact on our thoughts? on our actions? on our lives?
Jesus knew so intimately the spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer. It was how he understood his Father, our Father. And so that is also how we should approach his prayer.
And when we do, it will be less about the words and the bended knee and more - much more - about the humble and contrite heart with which we pray it.
"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever."
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Lord's Prayer and the two great commandments
From Matthew 22: 35 - 40:
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Have you ever stopped to consider that The Lord's Prayer includes these two great commandments?
Think of the Prayer like this:
The first half of the prayer shows us how to love God.
The second half of the prayer shows us how to truly love ourselves and therefore also be able to truly love our neighbor.
Here's what I mean:
"Our Father, which are in heaven."
In this verse we acknowledge the loving relationship we have with God - we love Him because He first loved us! He is "Our Father" - and we give our attention to Him as our divine Parent. Think about it: God is the best Father there is! And he loves us! How heavenly is that!
Praying with Heart:
"Hallowed be Thy name."
As we hallow - revere, esteem, love - the name of God, the loving nature of God, we give our heart to Him. How blessed is that!
Praying with Soul:
"Thy kingdom come."
His kingdom - His presence - is here with us right now. Where? in our soul. And we find that our soul is His, is His kingdom, the place of His sovereign presence. How safe is that!
Praying with Mind:
"Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
We love God by acknowledging His will being done in us, strengthening us in our mind here on earth, as His Mind is in heaven! How glorious is that!
Being with Heart:
"Give us this day our daily bread."
God feeds us with the Bread of Life, companioning with us, bringing us into communion with Him. "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him." We are safe with Him in our heart!
Being with Soul:
"And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."
Being fed with the Divine Soul - the Bread of Life - enables us to accept forgiveness as well as to forgive others. And when that perfect forgiveness is learned, we just naturally love our neighbor as ourselves. Then we can accept forgiveness - both for ourselves and our neighbor. We then are living the unconditional Love that is God. Being present with Soul, we awake to forgiveness that is both natural and complete.
Being with Mind:
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
How does this work? How do we avoid temptation as well as evil? Temptation is the lie that Love is absent. If we believe that temptation, we end up with the bitter taste of evil. But Love is actually always ever present. Where? in our consciousness! And divine Mind's intutions of good will always guide us into fulfillment and awaken us in completeness.
How is this possible?
Because at the end of the day, God is the only real presence. God is the only real power. And - fortunately - God is the only the glory, forever!
That's why.
Amen!
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Have you ever stopped to consider that The Lord's Prayer includes these two great commandments?
Think of the Prayer like this:
The first half of the prayer shows us how to love God.
The second half of the prayer shows us how to truly love ourselves and therefore also be able to truly love our neighbor.
Here's what I mean:
"Our Father, which are in heaven."
In this verse we acknowledge the loving relationship we have with God - we love Him because He first loved us! He is "Our Father" - and we give our attention to Him as our divine Parent. Think about it: God is the best Father there is! And he loves us! How heavenly is that!
Praying with Heart:
"Hallowed be Thy name."
As we hallow - revere, esteem, love - the name of God, the loving nature of God, we give our heart to Him. How blessed is that!
Praying with Soul:
"Thy kingdom come."
His kingdom - His presence - is here with us right now. Where? in our soul. And we find that our soul is His, is His kingdom, the place of His sovereign presence. How safe is that!
Praying with Mind:
"Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
We love God by acknowledging His will being done in us, strengthening us in our mind here on earth, as His Mind is in heaven! How glorious is that!
Being with Heart:
"Give us this day our daily bread."
God feeds us with the Bread of Life, companioning with us, bringing us into communion with Him. "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him." We are safe with Him in our heart!
Being with Soul:
"And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."
Being fed with the Divine Soul - the Bread of Life - enables us to accept forgiveness as well as to forgive others. And when that perfect forgiveness is learned, we just naturally love our neighbor as ourselves. Then we can accept forgiveness - both for ourselves and our neighbor. We then are living the unconditional Love that is God. Being present with Soul, we awake to forgiveness that is both natural and complete.
Being with Mind:
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
How does this work? How do we avoid temptation as well as evil? Temptation is the lie that Love is absent. If we believe that temptation, we end up with the bitter taste of evil. But Love is actually always ever present. Where? in our consciousness! And divine Mind's intutions of good will always guide us into fulfillment and awaken us in completeness.
How is this possible?
Because at the end of the day, God is the only real presence. God is the only real power. And - fortunately - God is the only the glory, forever!
That's why.
Amen!
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