Walk With me on Our Journey: Making peace with the past year and those who have hurt us. Forgiveness as part of healing and making peace! A must before the new year begins!

Dear Family of Love,

As we take our yearly trip down memory lane before this year comes to a close we need to take time to make peace with the past and those who have hurt us. Making peace is very important if we want to move on and not have the past year or the past lingering in our heart homes and in our minds. We need to let go and place the bad memories that have held us hostage and kept us from being at peace, being hopeful, being joyful, and being loving. We need to forgive those who have hurt us not because they need it but because we do. Forgiveness is also necessary when our loved ones have caused deep division in our families. God wants us to be forgiving so that we wall may be united in love as The Family of God or as I call it the Family of Love. Forgiveness is like a vacuum because it cleans up messes of all kinds and is very healing. We live in a world today where we have become unnecessarily hardened by fear, hate, apathy, injustice, inequality, and extremism just to name a few. When we forgive we open our heart homes to the possibility that the above will not have any power over us and our hearts will become so tenderized that we will not fear but have courage, hate will become love, apathy will become action with compassion and empathy, injustice will become justice that rolls down, inequality with lead to equality with universal human rights, extremism will vanish and will lead to life in the center. But above all else forgiving and letting go with open us up for brand new adventures that we haven't taken yet. That doesn't mean that everything will be easy as pie no, not at all but it will lead us to a more peaceful existence with one another. Here is something for us to consider, Let us make a treaty and promise to ourselves and our family members in the next 26 hours these things:

Dear Family of love,

I promise to myself and you my family members in 2015 to do these things for the benefit of all.

Love God,My Neighbor who is also my family member who may be nearby, far away and yes even my enemy, and myself with out fear but with love.
Forgive and let go so that I may experience the healing of my heart home.
Love my enemies and those who have wished and caused me harm so that I may be at peace.
Practice random acts of kindness without accepting anything in return.
To be more giving, more of a listener, more patient when needed, more, more, more.
Be a peacemaker who carries the light of Christ in to God's Fragile and Broken World.
Be a conservationist for the good of God's Cathedral of life.
Care for all our family members with love, empathy, and compassion.
Continue to work towards the unity and peace of all our brothers and sisters.
Additional promises may be made as we go through the year.

This is my promise made with love, joy, hope, and peace this day December 30, 2014
Signed
Sara

Now dear family make up your own and meditate upon these things. Here is tonight's meditation music Millenium Full Score - Hans Zimmer

Holy God we pray for the forgiveness of our misdeeds and sins as we forgive those who have hurt us . Help us to learn to ask for forgiveness and be forgiving so that there may be peace and healing in our heart homes.

Holy God we pray that we may let go of the many things that may linger in our heart homes from the past year so that we my find peace.

Holy God we pray that all warring factions may lay down their weaponry and practice peace and learn to love.

Holy God we pray for all God's children who are in harms way this night.

Holy God we pray for all homeless, hungry, and those who do not have good clothing who will not find shelter from the cold tonight.

Holy God we pray for all who are ill and in need of healing. We pray for peace in their hearts while they await your healing.

Holy God we continue to pray for Baby Sophia,
The passengers and crew of Asia Air who have lost their lives and for the many family and friends who mourn their loss,
For all cities in our country who are experiencing unrest. We pray for an end to all gun violence and hate of any kind.
For those who are traveling this holiday season.
For families where there is division.
For our additional prayers and thanksgivings______________________________________
For those suffering from Mental illness and depression this time of year.
For all caregivers.

Holy God we lay these our prayers at the feet and in the Name of your only son Jesus who came to show us how to forgive, love, and care for all God's children. Amen.

Good Night Dear Family of Love! I love you May you feel God's peaceful presence in your heart home tonight. I give thanks to God for you this night and always.

With Love to brim and overflowing always,

Sara