Families, Friends, and Neighbors!

Dear Family of Love,

I'm sorry this is a bit late but I attended my nephew Travis' and niece-in-law Lindsey's wedding this afternoon. It was a glorious and beautiful occasion. The wedding was at a ranch atop a hill and the reception/dinner/dance was in an old barn. What a beautiful setting and it really suited all the families involved.I had prayers with the officiant who happened to be my niece's housemate before the ceremony. That made my day and hers. All it takes is to be loving and accessible. God was definitely present although it was a civil not religious ceremony. This really surprised me but then again nothing God does anymore surprises me. All the families that were present seamlessly became one just like here at Walk With Me On Our Journey. God want's us to be families, friends, and neighbors all rolled into one not later but sooner not sooner but now. Take time to listen in your heart homes with Love Energy beginning now and you'll find that familyhood , friendship, and neighborliness are all very much the same they share an interconnected nature and for some reason unbeknownst to us at the start and at this very present time very holy. Dear family are you ready to rise to the challenge and love everyone and I mean everyone without restrictions, without conditions, without reservations, and without fear? I hope your answer is yes because that is exactly what we are called to do. Tonight we are going to do our mindfulness exercises and then do  the prayers from a year ago. 

Practice our Mindfulness exercises and breathing:
It is simply this we start with our breathing exercises using this format:

Inhale the Holy Spirit.
Exhale Love.

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Now repeat the following 3 times;

Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and Know
Be Still 
Be

Now get out some kind of timer, mindfulness app, or music and set them for 5 minutes when you begin. Then close your eyes and be silent. If the music goes long don't worry that will lead you into our time of prayer and thanksgiving.

For those who never went through my cancer treatment time I divided  my cycles of chemo into the Holy Trinity: God , Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. This was the beginning of the Holy Spirit cycle;

Holy Spirit, enliven us with your spirit so that we may bring love, peace, hope, and joy to this broken world.

Holy Spirit, heal our weary bodies, minds, and spirits that we may be wholly whole and spread the Good News of God in Christ to those who are in need of love, compassion, and acceptance.

Holy Spirit, bring your comforting spirit to all those who mourn and have been affected by tragedies.

Holy Spirit, quicken our minds that we may think aright and that our thoughts, words, and deeds may heal, comfort, and speak truth to power and that justice and peace may prevail upon Earth,

Holy Spirit, may we be soothed by the Waters of Life coursing through our veins and may we never  thirst but thirst after righteousness.

Holy Spirit,empower us to practice random acts of kindness and to what is pleasing in God's Sight.

Holy Spirit, may we respond with a resounding yest to God's Call for our lives.

Holy Spirit, empower us to speak for and serve the powerless.

Holy Spirit, may we feel your energizing presence that we may be guided to do all the things that God is having us do and to be.

God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit may our prayers be acceptable as we lift them to you and lay them gently in your holy and gracious arms. Amen.

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Good Night Dear and Beloved Ones! I'm blessed to call you my family, my friends, and my neighbors. I love you and give thanks to God for you this night and always. Tomorrow we continue our Self and Sabbath Care weekend.  Below is our Walk With Me On Our Journey Daily Self Care Guide for the remainder of the weekend.

Saturday: Self-Care Saturday
Take time for self-care and being kind to your bodies, minds, and spirits.
This is your spa day- Just for you. Tell your family you are going to go off the grid and spend time with yourself. 
This is a retreat day: Walk a Labyrinth, Stations of the Cross, prayer walk or meditate in silence.

Sunday: Sabbath Care Day;
Worship God.
Rest with God.
Don't do any measurable work.
Enact your own set of Blue Laws. 
Go on over to the other side of the lake to rest and pray.
Visit a quiet and restful setting that will refresh you.
Don't forget to spend time with your family members.

Daily: Pray, Meditate, Walk, Enter into measurable silence, read some spiritual tome, Make each day include lots of Love Energy, Expansion of  our Heart homes, serving the least of these, and becoming more and more united with our family members we may not like in love and charity. Each day let Love, Hope, Peace, Joy, Justice, Mercy, Kindness and Inclusion be our watchwords. 

With abundant love and joy!

Sara

P.S. Look what I caught today!