Follow the Lamb
Find His gentle sweet light and follow a path of hope.
Gently nurture your relationship with the lamb.
Walk apace with Him.
Feel the tenderness, the sweet, open lovingness of the Lamb gently nudging you on your way.
And rejoice in the presence of love with you, comforting, strengthening, guiding, blessing you.
Amen
EASTER SATURDAY
Well done Greg for this moving video, music composed and performed by him, also wonderful expressive drawings that convey emotion so powerfully!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HoS_A7wps
A huge achievement to be shortlisted in an international creative art competition out of so many.people.:
“There are no words to describe caring for someone in agony for more than thirty years. This video was shortlisted out of over 1800 entries for the 2024 Alpine International Arts Prize.”
There are no words, the only answer is love.
Lord help me.
I am continually being battered by sound
It robs me of all feeling and movement.
I need your help to keep trying to rise above the tormenting sensations
And the sheer emptiness of continuous loss of ability.
It is breaking my heart Lord
That my mind and body are so broken
Yet so invisibly suffering.
Please lift me into your light.
Heal me now Lord.
Help me now Lord
See me now Lord
Save me now.
“Why would you not wish me well?” I ask You, in my bleakest moments?
In truth I know you are always with me
And have suffered profoundly for all of us for all time.
You know my pain intimately.
You are here beside me.
You bless me
And somehow keep me holding on
To life
To love
To hope
As another wave of tortuous paralysis envelops me.
Today I feel shaky,
Oppressed by a difficult future ahead,
Filled with fearful thoughts.
Lord steady me.
Lord hold me.
Lord comfort me.
Lord strengthen me in my hours of greatest need.
Lord restore me.
Amen
Greg has composed a beautiful piece of music and set it to a prayer, written specially for me as I face a harrowing operation ahead. May it bless each of you that hears it.
A special prayer for Holy week.
Lord Have mercy
On me now
Lord have Mercy
On me now
Here I am Lord
Here I am
Here I am lord
Here Ism
Where are you now,
Where are you now?
Where are you?
I am with you
I am here now
I am with you
Hear me now
Fill me with your Peace Lord
So that every challenge can be overcome
With minimum stress
And a hopeful outlook.
Amen
May you find the deepest blessings this night.
May you be visited as you sleep
By the Father,
The Son,
And the Holy Spirit.
May they bring you gifts of healing,
comfort, peace and restoration.
May you waken refreshed
And renewed in strength,
Touched by the precious and eternal
Heart of Love.
May your days ahead all be blessed.
Amen
Drawing by Greg
‘Seek yourself in me.’
What does this mean? It is something God said to Teresa of Avila. It is not immediately obvious. It needs some delving into to figure out its meaning, which is just what God’s Word requires. There are many layered answers within it no doubt. When you genuinely seek the Spirit brings Truth and that Truth reveals knowledge and that knowledge brings wisdom..
I was always on a quest for many years, since God told me, in my 20’s, that an older woman would show me the way. Every time an older woman inspired or helped he, I wondered if this was the woman. Now, 44 years later I realise that that older woman was myself.
I think the answer to the first question, asked of St Teresa is this. You need seek to God in order to find that He is with you and has always been so. You need to find the self that knows God and resides in God-with-you, for God is always with us and therefore we are always in God.
So all you need to do is be still and become aware of your oneness with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you in them and them in you and all one. Then you can know you are always in Him. And you do not need to seek an answer for you know you have found it.
For when you find yourself in God you find that, actually, you are whole and complete in the core of your being and love springs up as a fountain of joy. You can feel and see your own true nature, perfect and beautiful, loving and loved, which was a gift from God all along.
I felt broken about 12 years ago and that my faith, my fundamental me, had been destroyed. Yet slowly it has returned so that I could write this poem recently. I hope it touches and reassures anyone else who feels broken.
Hope lifts my spirits, fills my mind with light, helps me feel more centered in the day ahead.
I need to stay in Hope as events try to batter me and lead me down a fearful path. I call on Hope for clear sight and a fearless mind.
Hope comes to me when all seems difficult and lost. I seek for Hope in my innermost being. There I find it glowing with Truth, filling the future with other possibilities. Hope helps me keep going through moments of struggle and leads me on to brighter pastures. It helps me hold an inner vision of goodness that the world cannot touch or destroy.
It is the guiding star of life.
I give thanks for Hope which blesses my day and keeps me safe from negativity. I reclaim hope once more when fear hides it from me.
I hold myself in Hope - not hope based on worldly things but on the intangible blessing it brings to me.
We give thanks for better moments
In a sea of chaos,
For all the simple things that bring us unexpected pleasure:
A sunny day
The sight of a patch of tiny violets thriving
Light shining golden through a daffodils petals
The grace of the Red Kite soaring above us
The delightful hello of a Robin Redbreast
An happy thank you for a gift received.
All these things bless our day
And lift us into a finer light
Bringing a special joy of being
A connectedness with ourselves
With others
And with God.
Amen.
When all around is chaos
And the way ahead unclear
Take time to breathe
And think
Be still and listen
You will feel God near,
Lord, help us to know
Which is the right way
The true way
The radiant way
Filled with your Light
And the hope of new possibility
And a sure direction
Led by You.
Amen
When I have lost touch with all that I am
And a tiny voice inside he cries out in fear,
Lord love me more
Help me more
Bless me more
Till I can feel your love surrounding me
To help me find myself again.
Amen
Dear Lord,
Help me reside in truth
Do not let fear overwhelm me
Or batter me into submission.
Help me always see the true path
Lit by love
Held tenderly in the Heart Of Love
Where all is whole and complete
And love abounds in plenty.
Amen
Open your hearts to feel my presence with you,
No matter how hard your path.
I come to your call.
Open your ears to hear My Word
Open your eyes to see with Spirit.
I am the One who loves
In spite of all the pain.
I am He
And I am here.
Oh Spirit of comfort
Grow in me
Lord, when the way ahead is not clearcut,
And time is pressing,
Give us a clear vision to hold on to.
Help us know that you will remain close
And keep us safe
When fear mounts a believable campaign against us.
Let your light shine brighter still
And lead us safely on.
Amen
Help us to say that we are sorry.
Strengthen us in our resolve to always seek the light,
To speak and act with kindness, fairness, compassion to the fore,
Rather than anger, hurt and fear.
Bless each hurt we carry that keeps us stuck in painful moments
And renew us
with your Peace.
Amen
http://www.holyway.co.uk/lentjourney/lent24.html
We are collecting all the Lent reflections and prayers for this year into a spiritual document, for easy access, on our Holyway Website. See the above link. We hope they bless you.
A beautiful love song, written by Greg, illustrated very movingly by this wonderful video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jFWXNA8iU&feature=youtu.be
Love has always sustained us through the most difficult of challenges. Gad has always been present in our lives.
Here is our new video prayer song which we hope touches your hearts and lifts your spirits. Amen
