Dear Family of Love,
I hope everyone has had a prayerful and blessed Palm Sunday! I can't believe that we are here again on the road into Jerusalem with Jesus. Every year this day is is mixed with joy and despair at what is to come. We hear the familiar words in the prayers, lessons, and hymns year after year and somehow they are comforting and a constant reminder of how we as the Family of God and Love share traditions that bring us together. Every family holds traditions that are near and dear to us. As with Christmas, Thanksgiving, and many others we find special meaning in these special days and Palm Sunday is no different. I remember Palm Sundays past where as an Altar Guild member we would have a meeting on Friday and make Palm Crosses and have Hot Cross Buns. Saturday we would return and decorate the church and on Sunday we would have processions, sometimes bagpipers, and a time of great joy ending with the dramatic reading of the Passion. Lent , Holy Week, and Easter is not designed for loners. This isn't the the time for the wilderness experience. This is where we gather as a family to celebrate our lives in Christ and in God. Family is what we are called to be. We especially we must remember this as we walk with Jesus this week of all weeks. Families sometimes have to go through struggles and that during these struggles we must look to Jesus and his followers as they coped with all the drama and panoramic picture that was to come starting today. So how do we begin our walk together in love and faith this week? As we usually do, by engaging in the "Be Stills" but tonight we will use this as our Virtual Candlelight Prayer Vigils.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Let us take time to breathe slowly and close our eyes and imagine us holding hands in a special circle of love, enfolded in a prayer quilt of comfort, and walking across the bridges that we built together and walls that are no longer separating us as a family. Give us the courage to open wide our heart homes this week to feel all the amazing emotions this Holy Week. May we seek to put love energy into our roles as caregivers, servant leaders, and family members. Let us make every step and breath we take a holy step, a holy breath, placed on holy ground. Let us make every day a holy day and treat every person as holy and made in the image and likeness of God.
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Just a reminder before we add more prayer time ! We are still taking your prayer requests every night! You know the drill post them on Facebook or Twitter! If you need to do it privately DM on Twitter or PM on Facebook. We do have an email address if you so desire : walkwithmeonourjourney@gmail.com. I invite you all to take time to pray each day, beginning tonight, for our family (nearby, stranger, enemies) We pray that we may be more loving, accepting, and non-judgmental
Family members who are living on the margins of society (No need to make a list! The Least of These!)
Family members who are ill and their caregivers.
For stable and just governance in all nations of the world.
For refugees, prisoners, captives, and those who unjustly imprison. For Compassionate Immigration reform and an effort to keep families together.
For the unemployed and those needing to find work quickly. For equal pay for equal work.
For the family members who have been bullied, abused, assaulted, and murdered at the hands of another.
For family members who have been victims of natural and un-natural disasters.
For your personal concerns that speak to you from your heart and soul.
Well Lovies that is all for this evening! Remember tomorrow is You Matter Monday and Monday in Holy Week and here is a palm cross for you ! I made this one today at church! Remember to bring Hope, make peace, Love with hearts to overflowing, and Light the world with joy! I love you and give thanks to God for you always.
May you have a blessed Holy Week ! Blessings, Prayers, and Love always.
Sara
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