Let silence be our friend this Summer and always! God speaks to us in the still small voice of CALM( Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy)

Good Evening Dear Family of Love!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and wonder-filled Wednesday. Here we are at week's center and that means for us a time of pausing to get ready for our weekend retreat, self-care, Sabbath Rest and everything else in between. This is also the time where we see graduations, transitions, and the beginning of Summer. Summer is a time for growing and laying things down and picking things up and that means we get to spend time listening to God and embracing times of silence. Silence should become your best friend for the next few months. We need time to discern the course of our country, our lives, and how we will get from point A to point B. I suggest that we begin limiting time with anything that has a screen. Due to my being on statin drugs I have been fatigued and in quite a great deal of pain so walking has been curtailed all except  for the times I have been under medical supervision. I'm starting up with our old fashioned prayer walking. I suggest that you do to.

Remember our silence sessions we used to have? That is what we ware going to do tonight. Please find your timer, mindfulness app, and if you have trouble with silence please find a piece of music or nature sounds soundtrack.

Let us be in silence for a period of 10 minutes or longer!

Taize Instrumental

Slowly breathe and relax. Take your time. Be at peace.

Or try this!

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

Repeat the above for 3 times. 

Now let us sit and just be for a period of 10 minutes or time period of your choice in silence.  Close your eyes, sit, and just be. Don't forget to begin to unwind your mind and empty all the junk in them and place them in the recycle bin. 

Now it's time to go deeper and journey to the center of our inner being and spend a time of listening and conversation in with God and in God's presence. 

Let us now in silence light our candles and be at prayer!

Holy God we come to you tonight as we light our candles, pray, and spend time with you and each other. Help us we pray to enter into this time in silence and holy pause that we may seek to know you and your love more fully. Give us we pray the courage to unwind and disconnect from the busy -ness of our daily lives. We ray that as we enter in this time of silent prayer we may with the Holy Spirit's empowerment pray for those things that bubble up within us. Give us this time to seek not our own comfort but for the comfort of others. We pray this night for quietness and safety in our cities. We pray for peace, justice, and universal human rights for all people. We pray that all weapons and sounds of war and calamity may be made still so that we can hear the heartbeats of every living being that you made in love. We light our candles in silence to remember all those who lost their lives in senseless acts of terror and violence today remembering the people in Tel Aviv. We pray this night that in the silence we may rewire our brains and spirits to be compassionate, accepting, loving, and merciful. We pray that in silence we may listen to you and hear the cries of the voiceless ones. We pray these prayers this night in the silence and stillness of our beings in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Let us now be at prayer.

Dear God in the silence we hear your voice calling us to love, serve,and give thanks.

In the silence  O God,we pray that peace will prevail upon this your fragile and broken world. 

In the silence O God, help us to realize that wherever we plant our feet, take a breath, and live that is holy ground for a holy people.

In the silence we pray for all of our family members who are in need of healing of body, mind, and spirits.

In the silence, help us to be still and know that You are God.

In the silence, we pray for the needs of the least of these that we may come into their lives without fear but quietly, gently, and with compassion.

In the silence O God, listen for you walking in your Cathedral of Life at the time of the evening breeze.

In the silence O God, give us loving and joyful hearts that are enlivened and on fire  for you!

In the silence  O God, we give thanks for all of your goodness and mercy and offer our thanks______

In the silence O God we pray for the troubled areas of the world  and for all refugees, captives, political prisoners, victims of human trafficking, and violence in its many forms.

In the silence O God, we pray for all who are mourning the losses of loved ones or any kind of loss. We pray that they may gradually accept silence as cleansing and healing and not something to run away from.

In the silence O God, help us to rely and put our trust in your love, grace, mercy, and inclusion.


In the silence O God, we add our additional prayers for ourselves and on behalf of others especially____________

In the silence O God, we lift up these our prayers to your Only Son Jesus the Christ our redeemer, healer,reconciler, brother, master, and friend, Amen.

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My wish for us this Summer and always is the title of tonight's blog!

Let silence be our friend this Summer and always! God speaks to us in the still small voice of CALM (Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy)
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Good Night dear family! Enjoy your time of silence. I hope that you will feel God's presence and my love for you across the miles. I love you and give God thanks for you always! Tomorrow is Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday let us be always thankful and make every day a holy day. 


Love, prayers, and blessings!

Sara