Sunday, July 21, 2019 through Friday am, July 26, 2019

"Anchor ourselves to the goodness of God because God is good." ~ Zak Stevens

"Build My Life" was last song I heard on radio before arriving at church, and the last song played listen here

“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you” Psalm 55:22

 thank you for sharing this, Cindi

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." ~ MLK, Jr.

Ephesians 4:2-3 "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

"For this you have been called" ~ 1 Peter 2:21

 God is Gracious. God is Good. God is enough." ~ Groton Bible Chapel

"How will you respond?"

thank you for sharing this, Cindi

Just. God is Just.

"King of My Heart" by Bethel Music listen here

"Let the King of my heart Be the mountain where I run / The fountain I drink from / Oh, He is my song / Let the King of my heart / Be the shadow where I hide / The ransom for my life / Oh, He is my song..."

"My loving light shines for all to see... My essential nature is the pure light of awareness." ~ Deepak Oprah Miraculous Relationships 21 Day Meditation Experience

Neil deGrasse Tyson video: "Goodnight Moon" as read by LeVar Burton listen and watch here

"Only Almitra was silent, gazing after the ship until it had vanished into the mist." p. 96 The 

Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, yearly birthday month reading

"Quietly my captain awaits my silence." p. 94 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

"Rocks? Turtle? Bread?"  

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." ~ Isaiah 41:10 Thank you, Loretta
"There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ~ Ovid

"UBUNTU"

Violet's love giving and receiving of the gift of books and reading xoxoxo

Would you  choose to be without the dynamic Fruits? the Gifts? the Graces of the Holy Spirit? How could you or others receive more? 

eXpanding on the simplicity of faith, hope, and love.
"You are my source; show me how to live from you today. In Jesus' name, amen."
 Zak Stevens

Thank you, God, for another trip around the sun

“Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary.”

 “Bidden or unbidden, God is present.”

~ Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

C.S. Lewis — ‘Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Divine Companion, Chapter 1 Truth, The Great Awakener: "Open your eyes, and see. Be alert, and listen that ye may hear the call of Truth...

Even the Voice of the Great Awakener." ~  James Allen

"God is Back: The Science of Spirituality" by Dr. John Douillard's Life Spa

"Human beings are capable of Love, Compassion, Joy, Blissfulness..." ~ Sadhguru listen here

Isaiah 9:6 "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

"Just when the world has decided to become less religious, science, which has beaten the secular drum for decades, may change its tune! Some of our greatest scientific minds now suggest with confidence that there is an intelligence behind the order of the universe..." ~ Dr. John Douillard 

Key to miraculous relationship is accessing the expanded awareness of our true self - and our true nature, which if Love/God.

"Let us examine our ways and test them and let us return to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in Heaven." ~ Lamentations 3:40

Miraculous Relationships Meditation Experience, Day 6: Miraculous Magnificence

Nurture yourself -  Day 4 "Miraculous Self" of Miraculous Relationships

"Once upon a time ... there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~ Terry Tempest Williams

Art by Shijun Munns

Purple Petunias growing between Parking lot and sidewalk in Watch Hill

"Quiet, sacred, inner peace within each of us... allows us to connect to true self esteem." Oprah, Day 5: Miraculous Esteem

Resting in existence. Radiating your true essence. 

"Simply rest in the self. This resting is enough. By bringing you closer to true self, you acquire the true self stability, security, and total self-worth." ~ Deepak Day 5: Miraculous Esteem

"Today I am open to the presence of miracles.

Unbounded love, joy, peace is our true self essential nature.  ~ Deepak Day 5: Miraculous Esteem

Verbascum thapsus

 “Where there is great love, there are always miracles.” — Willa Cather

"X's staff" and "X's rod". source Margaret Grieve's "Mullein, Great". A Modern Herbal. Wikipedia

"Yes I Will" by Vertical Worship listen here

Zane, welcome to the world, July 17, 2019. Congrats Rania Nouh-Ainsley and Jacob Ainsley

Mid July 2019

 My Utmost for His Highest, July 6th 

"Celebrate" is a term Ken used in his Forrest yoga class today, and it's our brother John's birthday ;)

Dad's Daisies, sort of... they are at the entrance to St. Michael's Cemetery

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My Utmost for His Highest, July 4th 

 thank you for posting, Dallas Bonvita

 thank you for post, Tara Brach

"It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up" ~Eckhart Tolle

 Art by Robin Mead

"Now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream..." p. 5 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

"Our lives wait for Presence to pour in." ~ Gunilla Norris

 source

"Quiver with the same music." p. 16 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Re-reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Receiving

 Sara Gottfried, MD

 "Thirst is a good prayer. Be true to your longing." ~ Gunilla Norris

Unquenchable thirst when you well is full?...hidden desire makes their gifts Unwholesome p. 19 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

 Thank you, Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts

"Walk on the Wild Side" | Mixed Media on Artist Paper | 8x10 | $255 | DM to purchase #vlorimerart

"eXpanding on the simplicity of faith hope and love...to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.... insight (prophecy); 2. helpfulness (service or ministry); 3. instruction (teaching); 4. encouragement; 5. generosity (giving); 6. guidance (leadership); 7. compassion.

"Yin Yang fractal" by Resonance Science Foundation 

"Zing" Thank you, Sara Gottfried, MD

July begins again

"Away from Our Star" by Tara Brach listen here

Be present. Be here now.

Connect. be right here.

"Desire comes from the latin Desiderare, or “away from the star.” Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us." by Tara Brach listen here 

Epistle of Joy listen here

Feel the wind on your cheek, see the gleam in a child's eye.

"Grace is the overflowing favor of God, and you can always count on it being available to draw upon as needed." ~ Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest

"Happiness arises from presence right here" Tara Brach

"I was born with a hole in my sole." ~ Bill Moyers

John Joseph (my brother) celebrating life here. now. with family...

Kind because it is a gift God gave me through His grace, and who am I to refuse His many gifts

"Leaning forward, wanting the next moment to contain what this moment does not... we can't be present when we are on our way to something else." ~ Tara Brach "Away from Our Star"

Meet desire right here. right now

 thank you, Leigh O'Connell Montgomery

"Our desire is wanting us to be here now." by Tara Brach listen here

Powerful term: the hungry ghosts. It's a psychic realm and it's a description of us in certain states and it's the beings inner depicted with these narrow narrow necks and these huge bellies which really are reflecting this endless desire for satisfaction and this incapacity to ever really be satisfied. ~ Tara Brach  "Away from Our Star" by listen here

Quantum Healing - John Doulliard's Life Spa

“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” ~ Bruce D. Perry

Tara Brach "Sacred, Embodied Presence"

Verse 19: "I will continue to be happy because I know this will save me." ~ Philippians

"What's between me and being at home in my body in this moment" ~ Tara Brach

eXpecting a miracle - or two :)

"You give me everything, You give me everything, You give me everything I need." ~ Lauren Daigle "Everything"

Zeal, for example :)