MINISTER’S MESSAGE
The Presence
FOR A NEW BEGINNING
In out-of-the-way places of the heart, where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming, waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time, it has watched your desire, feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
noticing how you willed yourself on, still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with the seduction of safety and the gray promises that sameness whispered,
heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent, wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled, and out you stepped onto new ground,
your eyes young again with energy and dream, a path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear, you can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning that is at one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure; hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm, for your soul senses the world that awaits you.
John O’Donohue, “To Bless the Space Between Us”
The moment you awaken to the divinity within you that has been with you always and you surrender to it fully, you are truly alive. You experience Life living in you ‘as’ you. Life, as defined by Ernest Holmes, is “the animated Principle of Being”. You rest in knowing you are always guided and directed through every challenge because you witness life from beyond the superficial understandings and setbacks. You see ‘as the God in you’ sees. Life is happening and you find within you a superpower of Divine Connection that leads you. As you have grown in your spiritual understandings by attending to your spiritual practices and sharing in community, it is time to recognize what you have outgrown and step into being who you truly are at the core.
As we each face our ‘lessons’ in life, there are times we have had to dive deeper to face our actions/reactions. We found ourselves stalling out because we were outgrowing our habit reactions and responses. They were no longer serving us and we might have felt lost and insignificant in the face of change. In the heart of prayers perhaps we were seeking some resolution, direction, forgiveness, acceptance, validation, or escape. Soon though, through your faithful dedication to your spiritual path, in the depth of your stillness, out of the moments of silence, came a truth that transformed you, led you, held you, guided you, loved you. You woke up embracing your soul, remembering the Truth of who you are. It just happens. It is all about remembering that the Divine Intelligence is always flowing ‘in you, as you’ and all around you and in all beings.
This month we have special guest musical artist Gary Lynn Floyd to look forward to. His music uplifts and inspires us with such heartfelt sincerity. He has a true gift. He will be with us on July 27. Don’t miss it!!!!
Stay present!
With love, Rev. Sue MillerBorn