Category: Sunday Morning Thoughts

Sunday Morning Thoughts

The Sixth Beatitude

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We don’t see ourselves as pure and innocent, but that is how God sees us. Like I have said in the past, God fashioned us from Himself/Herself. We are Love, we are Divinity, and we are pure. We hold onto so much shame and guilt. We have problems recognizing this. As we start knowing this is who we are, we start seeing the Divine in everything. Even if someone is reacting from the ego, underneath, the Divine Self is still present and stays pure and innocent. That higher Self knows God, knows the Divine.

Sunday Morning Thoughts

The Fifth Beatitude

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Forgiveness is a necessity for a joy-filled life. When you choose not to forgive, the whole body contracts. Take a moment and think of someone you have a grievance with. Feel it in your body. Is it truly worth it? You’re not hurting them by holding onto it—you're hurting yourself and those you love who take in what you are saying about another.

Sunday Morning Thoughts

The Fourth Beatitude

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In my younger years I knew something wasn’t right. I intuitively knew there had to be more to life than what I was experiencing. That caused frustration, despair, and, finally, depression. One of the reasons I was so frustrated was that I could not understand why I wanted more, why I was hungry for more. I had a wonderful husband, three great children, a great house, and no worries for money. Why wasn’t I content? I could not figure it out.

Sunday Morning Thoughts

The Third Beatitude

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In Robert Schuller’s Book, The Be Happy Attitudes, he says, “The word meek is not a good translation in terms of modern usage; it meant something totally different 400 years ago in old England, when the King James translation was done, than it does today. A better modern translation of the verse might be “Blessed are the mighty, the emotionally stable, the educable, the kindhearted, for they shall inherit the earth.” This is the person who will be successful and “inherit the earth.” M-mighty, E-emotionally stable, E-educable, K-kind. 

Sunday Morning Thoughts

The First Beatitude

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Live from Spirit; that is what we are part of, everyone and everything.  Spirit is in you and me, in the rock and tree. EVERYTHING. Spirit is the same in all. And Spirit is free. IT IS FREE. You don’t buy Spirit or earn Spirit; it is embedded in everything. Spirit is expansive and has no boundaries. You do not need permission from structure or hierarchies to obtain it. Structure was not created by God but by us.