Moving from Thought to Feeling
The trip from the head to the heart is not an easy
trek; it is
filled with detours and land mines and, strangely
enough,
incredible freedom. It is in this personal experiential
part of
the journey that we discover the meaning of true
freedom in
Christ. Think about it: Faith as belief ONLY has very
little
power.
To quote Marcus Borg—We
can
believe all the right things and still be mean-spirited;
we can
believe all the right things and still be miserable; we
can
believe all the right things and still be in bondage; we
can
believe all the right things and still be relatively
untransformed. Faith is more than that. It is borne
through
one's EXPERIENCE of God, not knowledge
about
God.
from Getting
from Sunday to Monday: Beginning the Process
by Linda R. Douty
Letting God Guide You
If we wish to get in touch with the authentic selves
that God
created and be true to the divine imprint on our
souls, we
need to look at specific, workable ways to get in
sync with
the process. In other words, how can we open
ourselves to
the guidance of God?
Though it is more about letting go than trying harder,
there's
a delicate balance to doing what we can to offer
ourselves to
change and transformation—trusting that the
abundant
life is in fact truly abundant—without trying to
control
the process.
from Getting
from Sunday to Monday: Opening Yourself to the Guidance
of God
by Linda R. Douty
Slipping into Simplicity
It is not easy to be simple. Accumulation is a
constant in
human experience—it is as easy as falling into
a cool
lake on a hot summer afternoon. And that
accumulation
occurs even when we keep a strong check on
material
acquisitiveness.
The truth is that we live in
an
abundant universe, we are loved and cared for by an
abundant Creator, and we are complex creatures
formed with
an abundance of potential and possibility. The
real goal
of simplicity is to learn to trust in the abundance yet
not be
attached to it.
from Simply
Satisfied
by The Rev. Canon RenČe Miller
