Meditating to Heal

 God’s Mercy is boundless,
 bringing fresh experiences every day.
 Mercy never ends and sheds darkness.
 Holy God, let Mercy be my root,
 as I set free my doubts. 
  
 I cry for Mercy, and
 God hears;
 my faith strengthens,
 as I behold the beauty of His Mercy.
 I receive this gift humbly and
 accept His justice through Mercy.
  
 Jesus offers us God’s Mercy;
 Mary teaches us how to receive it.
 I find the pure truth in God’s Mercy
 and receive it as Mary did.
  
   

 Look in the eastern night
 Look, the Christmas Star
 The darkness it breaks
 Its radiance brings eternal light
 This light pierces a heart
 God’s Love and Peace within us wakes
  
 We await with patience this true light
 Knowing control is not by us
 Kairos time requires prayer
 And patience during night
 God’s presence we do trust
 with The Holy Spirit we do share
  
 a patience opens our deep poverty,
 the Love of God we receive for free
 Brought by the zeal of Jesus
 Our poverty recognizes why
 God chose poor shepherds three
 To announce His Son among us
  
 Patience recognizes goodness
 of which He does impart
 We are patient; we are strong
 God assures we get no less
 We await the rebirth in our hearts
 We await the beautiful a life long
  
  
   

 The history of the universe
 is the rising of God’s creation;
 we are blessed, for
 humanity only creation of God
 given the beautiful invitation to 
 care for His creation.
 We anticipate the coming of Jesus
 bringing God’s comforting Grace.
 We live lonely in our nights
 of isolation and fear;
 but the peace of God promises comfort.
  
 Be calm; God’s help is near;
 Jesus brings mercy and truth
 as God’s forgiveness
 comforts us in holy peace.
 We learn with the presence of Jesus
 of God’s patience and Love
 and promise of eternal healing.
 Jesus assures that all will be well,
 keeping us faithful to our journey
 in God’s comforting and merciful light.
  
 When we live in God’s promise and joy,
 we share our love;
 we are tender and kind.
 We walk forward receiving His
 blessed water of life and are
 comforted by this free gift.
  
 We share His joy, His light
 as we love both God and His creation.
 Through reconciliation, mercy, forgiveness
 we offer love and peace on earth
 to both neighbor and family
 living faithfully in His light.
 Come forward,
 be comforted by God’s free gifts.
  
 Our darkness of the winter solstice
 ends with the fast-approaching
 birth of Jesus, our Christ, our Messiah.
   

Speak – Advent Prayer

 Open my mouth O’ Lord.
 Touch my heart;
 let me see . . . 
 put Your words on my tongue;
 allow me to offer Your words
 and invitations . . .
 even when I am scorned
 for speaking Your truth.
  
 Your Grace is my salvation;
 let Your comforting light 
 shine through me
 to all I meet,
 to glorify Your name
 and Your love
 for all humanity . . .
 and all Your creation.
   

   
 We awaken to God’s coming;
 expectation makes us tremble
 with anticipated gladness.
  
 Mercy is the thing
 we await as we assemble;
 Our preachers say God bless.
  
 The beauty of Jesus’s birth,
 the darkness replace by light,
 bringing us God’s Love.
  
 The promise of God’s earth,
 for Jesus our saving knight,
 Appears before us as a dove. 

Tender
  
 God’s Love
 restores me;
 God of hosts
 my face shines,
 I am blessed.
  
 I do not turn my back
 to You, Lord my God 
 come, I call your angels.
  
 I walk with them
 to please you, my God;
 I am called 
 to your tender holiness
 all my life.
  
 © Russell Carter 2020
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

His Son is called The Word, The Word of God

We know we are blessed and righteous creations for God has so declared. Henceforth, we follow the command He gives to Peter to stop calling what He makes sordid or corrupt; all God makes is unblemished; it is perfect; and God makes everything. Being righteous sons and daughters of God does not make us proud; for God humbles us when we pray, lifting us to great heights. I am not proud for my accomplishments during my life are truly gifts of God freely given and graciously received.

I pray, and in my prayers, I listen for God’s words. Without these words, I cannot pray. God gives me the words when I pray for others; without these , I could not pray to benefit of my brothers and sisters. I know that when I mention a person’s name, God hears and accepts my prayer as a blessing for whom I pray. Words are not necessary.

Expert theologians profess that all scripture is given by the inspiration of God. This is undeniable and obviously true. Our prayers are as the scriptures, inspired by the Love and Truth of God for humanity. The Holy Spirit looks over our shoulders as we pen our prayers for others, hearing our silent thoughts of love and compassion. All love and compassion given by God.

Therefore, I pray Father hear my silent voice as I listen for your loving assistance in my prayers. Your love conquers my timidity in prayer. As Revelation enlightens us, “I saw heaven standing open and thee before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.” I pray that I walk in God’s faithful and true light.

Jesus walked the earth 2000 years ago; and He dwells within me today. While on earth, He healed the sick, comforted the suffering,  loved, healed, blessed all, forgave all sins, and welcomed all to God’s Kingdom. He lived a simple life, and by following His lighted path, I too can enjoy the simplicity of His life.

When I walk in God’s Love, nobody can harm me. I surrender to God, and learn to live a more faithful and trustful life, recognizing that I am all merely clay formed from the earth by the perfect crafting of God, the master potter.

I stand before Jesus, recognize his human imperfections, and rejoice in his spiritual perfection, God’s Christ, our Christ. I accept the mercy  and goodness offered without restrictions. In Christ and God, I take refuge and live in the support freely offered for my own shortcomings.

I praise the Lord our God with my whole heart, my whole soul. I am delivered from the evils of the world that want to harm me.

Like the Psalmist, I will scourge of the wicked and terrible influences that surround me. I praise the Lord with my whole heart; and I will bless our food in thanksgiving for the grace and blessings of our family, near and far. My love for God and all his creation is everlasting.

In our daily meditations, we should add one thing: start a prayer journal. Write a prayer to someone or write a prayer to God. Do this with confidence, for God knows how capable we are. God knows that in our prayers we bring God closer to us and to those we love. Do not be shy. God Loves us; God provides the words for prayer.

“mene, mene, tekel, parsin”

As I study the scriptures, my mind returns to this dire warning. My meditations on the Old Testament are sometimes filled with this possibility; however, when I turn my prayers to the New Testament of promise, my concern lessens, but does not disappear. Our prayers to the God of Love and Compassion are reassured by His eternal concern for all His children. When we are faithful to Him, our faith brings great spiritual profits, spiritual prosperity, and a very serene spiritual health.

We suffer in our material world; but we have to remind ourselves that when we do suffer, God is holding our hands, keeping us close to His Loving Comfort. His love and faithfulness in us endures forever through eternity. This is the hope the Bible speaks of, as we suffer. When we pray, Abba, Father, our hearts open to all the Grace offered. Through our prayers, peace joy, and confidence flows from us, enwrapping all mankind in the beacon of hope, God’s promised Hope of goodwill and everlasting Love.

We are liberated and we liberate others with this outpouring of Love and brotherhood. We are no longer chained to the limitations placed on us by those who do not follow the lighted path of Jesus. They forego this peace and are bonded by their craving for power and material wealth. They refuse to recognize the glory and peace of God’s Truth, suffering under the pressure of keeping hold of their temporary material enrichment.

I pray that we all live with the promise of Hope, living in the light of spiritual assurance of God’s unwavering Love.