Surrenderby Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP As a child, I always thought surrender was giving upAnd I wasn’t going to be a quitter. Older, I see surrender as more of loosening my tight gripOn what I want so earnestlyAnd entrusting it n letting it flow to join and merge with the Divine CurrentOf All That Is. And forSomehow to open to something wildly better than my imagining to manifest for me. Yes!! ! So as I …
Withholding Nothing
Withholding Nothingby Lovater Jones, RScP Speaking directly to the Spirit of God within: “I surrender ALL to you; everything, I give to you withholding nothing; withholding nothing.” ~William McDowell, Gosper Singer When listening to and singing along with this song, I am transformed. I sense that I am conversing directly with God/Spirit. Surrender is a very “deep dive,” yet, when I/we let go, into the unknown, “God either gives us wings or put a ledge …
Affirming Surrender
Affirming Surrenderby Carol S. Helms, RScP I surrender to the power, presence and forgivingness; the letting go; the setting you free from what I think you’re thinking and the judgment that serves no one and no thing, and I embrace the faith and freedom I receive in exchange. I surrender to the brilliance of cleared vision, seeing with the heart, and the sweet song of right thinking, and it is in this space that I …
I Choose Surrender
I Choose Surrenderby Liza Kerr, RScP Lately, I have been troubled lately by the uncertainty of events around me. Certainly, waking up and having a place in my heart that is afraid of things I don’t have any control over is contributing to my unease. I feel as if I am packing that unease into a bag and taking it with me to carry all throughout the day. I bring it to work, I bring …
I Release and Let Go
I Release and Let Goby Kathy Mathiason, RScP I rejoice in the knowing that God is the One Source. The One Source of everything in the Universe. Everything I see, touch, taste and hear. It is omnipresent and omniscient. God is forever before me, in me and around me. I am immersed in this purity of Divine Love. There is no separation. I know that this Absolute, Unconditional Love responds to my every thought. I …
The Universe is Home
The Universe is Homeby Carol S. Helms, RScP Today I stand firmly in and walk, talk, pray and praise the Good that is the Universe. I stand in the knowing that I am one with the Essence that created everything and everyone, and it is in that place that I set aside my ego and fill the void with grace, graciousness and gratitude that I, and only I, am the one who determines what I …
Forgiveness
Forgivenessby Nancy Bowers, RScP Life happens. Sometimes it is messy and ugly and appears to be nothing that we would ever consciously choose. And yet, there we are. There I am. Caught is a situation that makes me feel less than connected, less than blessed, or just plain less than. Ugh. I return to affirmative prayer. I return to that place of allowing. That place of non-judgment, no condemnation. What an interesting juxtaposition! Noticing all …
As They Are
As They Areby Nancy R Bowers, RScP “Let all things be exactly as they are.” ~Lesson 268, A Course in Miracles “Nothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.” ~Katie, Byron. Question Your Thinking, Change the World (p. 1). Hay House. Kindle Edition. “As you begin to see that everything you’re waiting, working, or hoping for in the future is already here now, within you, it challenges and changes the way you think, …
I Surrender to the Infinite Potential
I Surrender to the Infinite Potentialby Rev. Kamatara Johnson, Director of Collaborative Ministries Divine Spirit, everywhere, is the creation before us. God is all there is, expressing through everyone and everything. God is the peaceful calm and order, the resting place of all things. In this place, I am one with God. I am in this resting place of peaceful calm and order. I am aligned with the Divine that is the presence and power …
Rise Up
Rice Upby Robyn Rice Olmstead, Practitioner Emeritus The time has come to surrender. Surrender to the Beauty and Grace of the Divine. To the AWESOMENESS of the sun peeking through the clouds. The miracle of a newborn baby. The Brilliance of who we are as confirmed by every next breath. It is time to surrender and embody and Surrender to the Truth of who and whose we are. Embracing and standing in our Oneness, we …