Days of love, grace, and awe!

Dear Family of  Love! 

These past few days have been and will continue to be days of love, grace, and awe. Today I had the honor and privilege to walk both the survivor and luminaria laps at relay for life. This has become a new tradition for me as a cancer survivor. It helps keep all things in proper perspective.  You never know what emotions will bubble up. Seeing friends and hearing about survivorship and loss is a constant reminder of our mortality and the fragility of life. That is why we mustn't take our life and the lives of others for granted. Everyone and that means you my dear family deserves to have a life filled with love, grace, and awe not just once in awhile but always and every day. Taking stock on the past week from the time that I first had the privilege of hearing Canon Andrew White the Vicar of Baghdad, Becca Stevens of Thistle Farms, President Obama's Eulogy, The Supreme Court's decision on Marriage Equality, and the Election of the Rt, Rev. Michael B. Curry the Presiding Bishop-Elect of the Episcopal Church today along with other emotionally packed moments. I could feel the  Holy Spirit moving in a mighty way and giving us a message of  Good News that tells us to Love, take risks, don't be afraid of new normals,  don't feed the fears and don't give in to hate and ignorance. Look around you see the person on the park bench with a shopping cart? S/He is your brother or sister. See the person in the orange jumpsuit in jail? S/He is your sibling! See the person who talks to themselves on the street? S/He is your family member. See the person who has their FB or Twitter profile picture in rainbow colors? S/He may be a LGBTQ  person who is your family member and they were born exactly the way God created them, in goodness and love. Who do you see when you look in the mirror? I see the beautiful child that God made me to be and God has accepted me fully with love, grace, and awe. When I think of every part of the Creation Story in Genesis I'm reminded that at the end of each and every day that God created something he Called it "Good"! God is Good! We are Good! God is Love! We are Love! So my dear ones let us take time to be at one with another and feel God's love calling us to be more loving, kind, and merciful. Look into the eyes of  a stranger and see God!  Look into the eyes of your enemy and see God! Look into the eyes of a person who differs from you and See God! It's time to Stop, Look, and Listen to God and not the god  mere mortals want us to look for and listen to.  Look to God who is Love, Grace and be awed by everything God does daily in the world and in our own lives and the lives of  others. Tonight we will pray on our own  but first let us do our breathing exercises and virtual labyrinth walk.

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Be still and know that I am God
Be Still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God

Be still and know 
Be still and know
Be still and know

Be still
Be still
Be still

Be
Be
Be

Here is our virtual labyrinth walk for tonight's meditation!

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Good Night Dear Ones! I love you! I give thanks to God for you this day and always! I'm forever in awe of each and everyone of you and am blessed to call you family and friends.


With love, blessings, and prayers! 

Sara

Amazing Grace - Jessye Norman