Dear Family of Love and Advent Pilgrims!
Happy take care Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful day and that you managed to take care of yourselves so that you could take care of God's Family. It isn't always easy this time of year but it must be done. Taking care of each other this time of year requires all of us to be attentive by holy listening. God wants us to # Listen not just jabber jaw. When we listen we slow down and just be. Listening puts us into a contemplative mode. It is very much like what we do in our mindfulness exercises and going deeper into the center. Tonight we will be doing our basic mindfulness and breathing exercises and go deeper into the center of our inner beings so that we may listen to what God is saying to us.
Let us start with a variation on this:
Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and know
Be Still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members , and yourself.
Listen with Love in your heart.
Be still and listen to God
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members and yourself.
Listen with Joy in your Soul
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Listen for hope in the world.
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other , our family members and yourself.
Be sill and listen
Be still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other, our family members,and yourself.
Listen and pray for peace.
Be still and know
Be still
Be
Listen for God
Listen to God's voice
Listen to God's message
Listen to the sufferings of God's Fragile and Broken World.
Shine God's Love
Be God's voice to the voiceless.
Proclaim God's Message
Care for he sufferings of God's fragile and broken World.
As we continue to meditate upon the #AdventWord #listen let us look ahead towards tomorrow's #AdventWord
Here are selections of Advent Music for us to listen to:
Hymns for Advent II- There's a voice in the wilderness crying
Taize Advent Music
As we begin our prayer time together let us light a candle and be at prayer.
Tonight's prayers come from last year's blog:
Tune your hearts ! Let's sing out in joyfulness!
God of Joy may we lift up our voices in holy song and dance for joy for this is the season of joyful expectation.
God of Hope may our hearts give hope to the hopeless and let us be mindful of the least of these.
God of Peace we pray for The people of Sydney Australia, Ferguson, Staten Island, Sandy Hook, San Bernardino and all others, that there won't be one more act of violence and terror committed by extremists and those who suffer from mental illness.
God of Love may we lovingly respond to each other's needs and that we may love all of our family members who feel unlovable.
God of Hope may be be hope and light bearers to your fragile and broken world.
God of Peace we pray for peace in your world among all people who are your beloved children.
God of Love we pray for all who are mourning the loss of loved ones especially in Sydney, Ferguson, Staten Island, and Sandy Hook and all who mourn losses of any kind.
God of Joy we pray for all who are dying or have died today that they may find with you in the Thin Places a source of eternal joy and where the perpetual light will always shine upon them.
God of Peace we pray for peace in our own lives, hearts, and accept your healing of our bodies, minds, and spirits. We pray for all who are ill that they may receive your gift of healing.
God of Love, Help us to love ourselves more fully so that we may love others to the brim and overflowing.
God of Joy we pray for ourselves and the many requests made on behalf of our family members remembering especially________ May they feel your loving and joyful presence and in the stillness come hear your voice.
God of Hope may we awaken refreshed, relaxed, rested, and renewed to serve you tomorrow and in the days to come.
We pray these our prayers in the Name of Jesus your Son. Amen.
Good Night Dear Ones! May you have a blessed and restful night. I love you. Take time for holy listening. Don't forget that means we listen with the ears of our hearts. I give God thanks for you this night and always.
With Love, joy, hope, and peace,
Sara
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