Dear Family of Love!
I hope everyone has been having a Wonderful and Wonder-Filled Wednesday. Finally here in Santa Maria it is beginning to start feeling like fall. Today it has been nippy crispy weather-wise. Did you have the opportunity to go outside and see the beautiful blue skies and feel the cool crisp air? I hope that you did. We mustn't forget to go out and enjoy God's Cathedral of life during all seasons. One of the ways we can do this especially if we don't have a gym is prayer walking. We are going to be returning in earnest to this practice earlier in the day. I must admit having a wonky knee and bad bouts of fatigue have had me on the sidelines a little more than I like. So here is our prayer walking framework that we can do inside and outside when we need to pray in place. Let us use this as our prayer and meditation time tonight by taking a virtual prayer walk.
Here is the new prayer walk frame work ! hope you enjoy and are refreshed by it.
Here are two musical selections suitable for tonight's prayer walk :
Begin by offering your walk and prayers to the glory of God.
We begin by consecrating our walk to God. We pray this prayer: God we consecrate this walk to you. Enliven our spirits, quicken our steps, and hydrate us with The Waters of Live that courses through our veins. May we be present to all those who have requested our prayers for healing and all those who are in need as we walk in God’s Cathedral of Life. Amen.
Take a few deep breaths to breathe in the Holy Spirit.
We start our walk with the intention of praying and walking for those who are in need of healing.
Set your pace to the music that you are walking and praying to.
As we walk we take a look at the pavement is it crooked or smooth? We pray to God to make this a smooth walk and that we may watch our steps not only while we walk but in our lives.
As we approach the first corner we pray for peace and healing of God’s world.
As we approach the first STOP sign we Stop, Look, and Listen to all living things and for God’s still small voice. What is God saying to us?
As we prepare to cross the street we pray for the safety of all who walk, drive and are on the road and cross unsafe streets. We also take time to remember the Good Samaritan. Are there any people who are in need on our route? Pray for them.
As we make our way from our homes we pray for all those who are in need, homeless, hungry, alone, and made to feel invisible.
We begin our prayer list and start praying slowly, deliberately, and reverently.
As we go along we begin to look around for opportunities to pray for all living things and many concerns that God brings us to mind.
As we continue to walk we begin to offer our thanksgivings for all God has given us and God’s Cathedral of Life.
As we begin to conclude our walk we take time to be silent and listen to nature.
We now take time to pray for ourselves and ask for God’s healing of anything that is giving our bodies, minds, and spirits trouble.
We pray that as we prayer walk we may bring Good News to all whom we meet with a greeting and a smile and that as we look them in their eyes and see God. We remember these words :
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salv
ation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" We conclude our walk today with the words of St. Teresa of Avila:
“Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.” Amen.
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Good Night Dear Family of Love! I love you! I give God thanks for you this night and always. Remember tomorrow is Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday. Let's begin to prepare for our Self and Sabbath Care Weekend by focusing in on our attitudes of gratitude and spend time going deeper into the center of our inner beings where we meet and listen to God. That is our soul work to get our heart homes ready for the coming days.
With Love, prayers, and blessings!
Sara
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