Gracious presence

 

Every day can be a struggle, especially for those dealing with serious illness, physical pain, personal bereavement, loss and the aftermath of operations.. The demands of ordinary living can threaten to overwhelm us and press in on us, making everything even harder to bear.

Pain can be unimaginable, intolerable, never ending. Loss can feel so final that all hope is taken away.

It is especially at times like this that the light of God can suddenly, mysteriously and amazingly touch our lives and bring us strength and hope unexpected, so that a new vision become apparent. This can come through prayer and contemplation directly with God or through others who shine God’s light for us and touch our lives kindly.

It is at times like this when we can suddenly feel God's gracious presence, utterly here with us and feel His gentle touch as He lifts us and carries us most carefully, through the day.

Always remember He loves and tends to our needs.

Even the bleakest moments can be transformed.

So seek His loving arms for comfort and consolation, his strength to lift us through the most dire of moments. Trust in Him. He is with us, for that is His promise.

Bless the air

 

Today I bless the sky
In all its wonder and beauty,
The clouds, the rain, the snow, the hail
I bless the air we take for granted
Each molecule of Oxygen that enables us to breathe
Each molecule of Carbon Dioxide that enables plants to grow
I bless each in breath, may it bring us strength and energy
I bless each out breath, may it bring us peace and healing
I bless the breath that brings life to all
I bless the air, may it be clean and safe
I bless the planet may it survive and prosper
I bless all life
May it rejoice in its being
May all be restored to right balance and harmony.
Amen

Tender Care

When our need is greatest, 

We turn to you in absolute truth and faith, 

Knowing that you will help us 

In any circumstance. 

And so we place ourselves 

In Your Tender Care, Lord. 

Amen

Spiritual Reality of God

".... those most able to see, feel, know, experience the Spiritual reality of God are, perhaps, those from whom everything worldly is taken away from, leaving a stark landscape, from an earthly view, yet one which is most likely to guide us by the straightest possible route to see clearly, feel truly and find absolutely God, powerful, present, tender, true and ever present, tangibly real. 

It is He who sustains us. It is He who brings unimagined gifts. It is He who sees with a whole sight what is occurring and can bring new Light to bear, even in the bleakest of places.

When we come to a place of intolerable, intractable suffering, the Heart of Love is a sanctuary that can, will and does hold us. "

An EXTRACT from "LIVING in the HEART OF LOVE", the new book, out very soon

Ocean of Love

 

My cry is a tear, 

My tears are a river, 

My pain is a flood. 

My need is a desert. 

Your love is an ocean.’

Bless the sky

BLESS THE SKY

I bless the sky

In all its wonder and beauty

The clouds, the rain, the snow, the hail,

I bless the air we take for granted,

Each molecule of Oxygen that enables us to breathe,

Each molecule of Carbon Dioxide that enables plants to grow,

I bless each in breath,

May it bring us strength and energy

I bless each out breath,

May it bring us peace and healing

I bless the breath that brings life to all

I bless the air, may it be clean and safe

I bless the planet may it survive and prosper

I bless all life

May it rejoice in its being

May all be restored

To right balance and harmony.

A Word

 PEACE

Just a word or a phrase can make all the difference.

When I am in intense pain, stressed or over worried about something, I have found that being still and stilling my mind can help me to cope, if my mind is clear enough to think or remember..

The word I choose is “Peace”. I repeat it internally,gently, and focus only on that word. The relief and peace that follows sustains me, incredibly, in the direst of moments.

It does not have to be a word, it could be a phrase. Today, when my mind was overloaded the phrase “all will be well”, which comes from Julian of Norwich, helped me to remember this truth and find more balance, feel calmer,more hopeful in a stressed space.

Words are not always possible with severe cognitive dysfunction, even in your mind, but focussing innerly to a place within me not touched by angst or pain or suffering, lifts me to a higher place where peace resides.

Or just looking at something beautiful, like a flower or a picture, I have found that the beauty can touch you without any words needed, comforts, brightens, helps in some mysterious, wonderful, healing sort of way.