The Blessings and Peace

Several years ago a friend of mind gave me a deck of Angel Cards. The cards are beautifully done and have a wonderful inspirational messages to go with them. Tonight when I was having trouble finding just the right topic to write about, I pulled a random card from the deck. The card I pulled was about finding the blessings in your current situation. I had to laugh because the idea of Blessings was the theme of this last week. It started with a women I met who said that she wanted to have a Internet site just for the purpose of wishing everyone Blessings and Peace. What a simple and powerful thing to do...just sending Blessings and Peace to everyone we know. So now just for a minute close your eyes and begin to send Blessings and Peace to everyone you know... now include all the people you are having difficulty with...how does that feel.

I carried this idea around with me for the week and it made me wonder what change might be created if we all did that each day. I know we don't always feel like we are blessed, often we feel lost and discouraged. So how does one make that shift from feeling discouraged to feeling blessed. I think it is a conscious decision to look for the blessings despite the circumstances. For me it is getting out of my head and into my heart...most often I have found that I have stood in my own way to receiving the blessings that are already there. Sometimes I have to gently push aside the fear and trust that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and God has richly blessed me.

Each day in my early morning meditation I send Blessings and Peace to everyone and to all parts of the world to bring about understanding and harmony in this world. Will you join me? I will end with this beautiful prayer ~

May the blessing of God go before you.

May her grace and peace abound

May her spirit live within you.

May her love wrap around you.

May her blessings remain with you always.

May you walk on holy ground.

~Miriam Therese Winter

Blessings and Peace,
Sandy

Saint Theresa's Prayer

Saint Theresa' s Prayer

May today there be peace within.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.

May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God.

Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.

This week a friend sent this to me and it could not have been more timely. We all reach times in our lives when we reach down deep to find faith and courage and it is our ultimate call to remember that "infinite possibilities are born of faith" . Remember this prayer this week and as you go about your day and don't forget that you are a vehicle of grace and love.

Blessings to you~

Sandy

A Celebration of Light

If you follow the church calendar, this is the season of Epiphany which means celebration of light. I think it is interesting that we celebrate light during one of the darkest and often coldest months of the year. January is also the first month of a brand new year that lies ahead of us. We might think if only we could see what is to come, but as we all know, that is not how it is.

Elisabeth Kubler Ross says, "It's only when we truly know and understand that we have limited time on earth ~ and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up ~ that we'll begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."

She is right, none of us know when our time is up but we also don't know where our path this year might take us. We may not get a choice in where we go, but we always have a choice in how we go. In the flurry of our everyday living we often forget to open ourselves to the wonder that is part of even the most ordinary day. Opening ourselves to wonder helps us recognize the sacred in the ordinary.

I picked this picture because I have loved stained glass since I was a child. When you see a window at night it looks nice, but in the light of day with the sun coming through it, it is extraordinary. That is no different for us, when we light the light that is in us shine forth we see how wonderful we are. When we let our own light shine we are opening ourselves to the wonder around us and the joy each day brings.

Decide for yourself to celebrate the light that is within you and the joy and wonder of living, regardless of your situation. Wishing you the light of the season.

Blessings,

Sandy

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