Contemplation

We take a moment in time to still our thoughts 

as we place ourselves in the Heart of Love, the Holy Trinity,

from where we find their peace at the centre of our being. 

We feel that peace radiating out,

as it surrounds us and blesses us, 

touching and filling our own heart, 

so that there is a oneness that we too are embraced in ,

a wonderful unity.

And we feel blessed and centred 

in the totality of everything that is Love.

A prayer of faithfulness

A prayer of faithfulness

In my desperation, come to my aid, oh Lord

And calm me, like you calmed the waves,

Heal me, for I am faithful, just like the people who You healed

When you walked upon the Earth.

Teach me how to pray,

In total confidence to the Father,

As you yourself taught us.

May we always see Your face before us

Even in the bleakest moments

And be blessed by your radiant light

May we turn to You always

And find help,

Amen

We remember loved ones who have died

WE REMEMBER

They leave a trail of love in your heart when they go,

Each one adding together to the many others

Who sing and dance and leave a path of memories in your mind,

Till the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Wrapped in a special golden energy

Their images dance within you

Flashes of kindness, sadness, special words and deeds,

All meaningful, important somehow, precious, 

Come back at unexpected moments,

Tip over into every day feelings,

Run riot with happiness and grief,

Blend your mood with loss and remembering,

Yet touch your life with an urgency

To live

To feel

To dance

To express

To be

Something,

Anything

More than what you have been.

Whilst there is still time

Live

Laugh

Love

Be

Present

Now

And recognise

The sacred space

That is your life

And always remember

How they have touched you

How they have helped you

How they have loved you too.

Linda Crowhurst 

Jesus help with fear

When fear strikes, remember that a fear, itself, is always imagined, to an extent, as the future is yet to happen. 

Therefore let us ask for Jesus Christ’s help to banish the sense of helplessness and hopelessness and any of the unpleasant, tormenting, incapacitating feelings that come with fear. 

Let us ask Him to empower and strengthen us and come to our aid in each circumstance that fear dwells.

Let us ask the Spirit to free us from fears that bind us away from Love.

Let us ask the Father that we feel His Love in action with us.

Let us place ourselves in the Heart of Love to feel the Love of all Three blessing us and any fearful situation, lifting us higher than fear. 

Let us ask for confidence, for trust, for Love, for blessings to replace these fears and restore right balance to our life and to reignite hope in our hearts.

You might choose to pray aloud or in silence, whichever feels right for you personally, but whichever you choose, remember that you are praying to all Three in the name of Jesus Christ and They are present with you!

Be The Change You Want To See

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE

5.30 am, a glimpse of the rising sun, through a hedgerow, fills me with hope, for this new day.

So how is it going to be?

Inevitably it is going to be painful for my wife, constantly shot through with agony, paralysis, inability, profound , tortuous hypersensitivity , unbelievable torment.

But how am I going to be within it?

...distracted, withdrawn, irritable, tired, bored, listless, unable to bring any light to the situation, do anything much at all?

Or will I make all the difference today?

...by being present, alive, interested, open, aware, gentle, warm, welcoming, willing to help, to think things through, work them out together?

Will I know joy, will I experience togetherness, partnership, miracles, will today be wonderful , despite the atrocious suffering - in the moments in between, even if just in glimpses, even if just for a second or two ?

Here, in the beauty of dawn's first light, I know how much is down to me - to how I will choose to be today.

"Be the Change You Want To See in the world", the late, great Stephen Covey once wrote : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GOZV3TM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Isn't that the truth?

Being with Linda has taught me this, over and over again: that if I want the day to shine, I must shine. If I want the day to flow, I must flow, if I want the day to be loving, I must love, if I want to make a difference today, then I must be different.

A brand new day. All is fresh and soaked in Spring time dew and light reborn, no wonder the bird song is so tremendous.

Treasure every fleeting moment, don't waste one precious second of it, they seem to sing.

A blessing for when you feel afraid

A blessing for when you feel afraid,

May fear reduce for you.

May hope strengthen you.

May truth live in you.

May wisdom guide you.

May discernment encourage you.

May love find you.

May beauty comfort you.

May inner peace bless your days.

When you feel overloaded

There is so much to do, here, yet so little capacity to do it, so that it is easy to become overloaded, disheartened, despondent and fall into negative thinking, that further disempowers!
This then is perhaps the time to stop, look, actively seek and listen out for God. For He can help you see clearly, especially when doubt and despair assail you, so that your own view of what is possible has become narrowed or blocked.
It might help if you can be still awhile and refocus your mind and heart upon the Love that is with you, the great Love of the Holy Trinity.
Ask the Father to help you.
Ask the Spirit to be with you.
Ask Christ to calm the waves of false messages that may be limiting you from seeing a way forward. Perhaps you are expecting too much too quickly. Perhaps you do not have as much energy right now as is required. Perhaps there is a different way. Give yourself permission to be kind to yourself. Accept you may need a rest or a break, accept it may take longer to achieve something you want,  see if you need to change direction, come to a new vision.
Time with God in peace and quiet is never wasted, allows discernment, enables you to hear, feel, see, know God’s message to you.
Let it unfold.
Allow it to take form and shape.
Find comfort and strength.
‘Ask and you shall receive.’ These are Jesus own words. Let us trust them in confidence, then, especially when it is discernment that you ask for. Surely it will be given.