Meditating to Heal

Sunday morning, I was blessed to experience my grandson’s baptism at St. Chad’s Episcopal Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Seeing my grandson accepted into the body of Christ is a special ceremony to experience; however, I do want to reflect on the homily/sermon offered by Father Jeremiah, the Rector of St. Chad’s.

Jesus’ message, the He is the Bread of Life, is an important part of our journey following His footsteps. Through God’s Grace and reflecting His Glory on earth invites us to taste and see how we are one bread and one body in Christ’s Love. We need this bread of life that fulfills our God-given purpose in this life. The Bread offered by Jesus gives us the strength to fill the voids and rise from all that modern life tries to mire us with feet planted in barren soil, void of any fulfilling nourishment. This Bread is miraculous!

We all need this bread that Jesus freely offers; if we all share this throughout our life journeys, we are all stronger and our paths are less complicated with Jesus walking beside us. Praise be to God!

 © Russell Kendall Carter

 

Mere mortals, our feet are planted in the earth, the heaven high above. With Love, we have the power to create a life for all humanity that brings us the power to overcome the inertia we are mired in. The wings of God’s compassion brought to us by his ascending angels give us the strength to follow the teachings of Jesus.

 © Russell Kendall Carter

I am where you are; trying to live according to God’s word of life. It is difficult because the temptation is to huddle down in our own life trying to succeed. This must change; we must go to our neighbors and share our stories and allow them to share theirs. Being brothers and sisters together brings us closer for we are members of the same human society. Help me tell Your Story!

 

© Russell Kendall Carter

 

Our lives dance through eternity; but only when we accept that the light and love of Jesus is always present within us. The Holy Spirit is the heavenly being that God sends to live with us, easing our burdens. We are to always say yes, until it is absolutely necessary to say no. These gifts are the intuitive powers that are given to us at our mortal births; all we must do is discover them within us. Our infinite worth is not just us, but also our love for our neighbors. Together we are spiritual strong with the Grace of God within.

© Russell Kendall Carter

 

If you feel lonely and anxious in your life, you are not loving. I am convinced that people who do not love deeply finally do not live deeply either. If you love always, you will live an empowered life. Receiving love means you receive new life always again and again. Love always! Bear each other’s pain and sorrow! Receive love by giving it away!

© Russell Kendall Carter

I Prayed

. . . for you today

. . . and God heard me!

© Russell Kendall Carter

Can you hear them – those who have gone before us speak to us and watch over us? We are surrounded by our loved ones, present both physically and spiritually. It is a miracle when their voices bring the words of the Holy Spirit when we lack the words.

I recently had a near death experience; I was standing in a doorway ready to step into the eternal beauty of God’s kingdom. But I was pulled back and awoke in a hospital bed surrounded by three images that I call angels. They were a great comfort to me, bringing the living water of Christ to heal me.

In a recent period of meditation, I was brought back to that moment and the angels revealed themselves as the spirits of my father, mother, and sister. My comfort and spiritual being are lifted by the voices of the loved ones no longer with me. Can you hear them, those spirits who guide you through life? Listen! We are in the Spirit of God’s presence forever.

© Russell Kendall Carter

Love deeply as you can for as long as you live; love yourself; love your family; love your neighbors; love all the people you meet each day. This love assures us that God is right here with us.

© Russell Kendall Carter

The Psalmist promises that God restores our essence, our souls. His Son chooses to walk the same path as we do. When Jesus sent His disciples to go and heal and teach, he breathed upon them. This was the breath of God elevating them to holy status. We also travel on the same roads in the presence of these saints; God has also breathed the sweet taste of Love and Truth that allows us to intersect our lives with those of Jesus’s disciples. John reminds us that breath of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Each breath we take is the sweet air that God gives us.  

© Russell Kendall Carter

Our Hidden Wounds

When we close our eyes at night, we not only enter into the darkness of sleep, but we also allow our hidden fears to surface. In a word, we become sheep, cowering in a pasture without the comforting song of our shepherd. Our instinct is to react to perceived fear and danger; we take cover in a dream that does more harm than help.

If we listen to God with our hearts, if we know that God is always with us, we will never lay down in fear. Fear is the great mortal lie. We receive God’s word, and we are freed and comforted by the Holy Spirit; we are healed and forgiven; when we open our hearts to Christ’s teachings, our hidden wounds are not only opened for us to defeat but erased by the love of Jesus as he prayed in Gethsemane.  

© Russell Kendall Carter