There are so many things that can and do go wrong in our lives that we need a strong base to support us. This cannot be human or material but must be divine and spiritual. We have this innate longing to be better; lucky we have this wonderful teacher who said, “Not my will, but Thine.” And in the country today, I ask for the Grace of God to go to the children; they are being left behind by our society. I cry for them as Jesus cried for Lazarus and all of Jerusalem. The Romans of our day, our government, have taken all of the resources away from the poorest children of our society. I cry at their loss; I pray for the Grace of God to protect them, to soften the cruel hearts of our government to restore what has been taken from them.
We are what God made us. We think we are weak and flawed, but that is only because society says we are. Let’s put away all the harsh words, all the slander, anger, and bitterness, and remember that our dislike and hatred for another hurts us more than it hurts those we think we hate. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul writes: “Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.” Can we at least try this first step to true friendship?
Spring is right around the corner. Spring, the rebirth of nature, the restart of God’s creation, the creation that never stops creating, is the time when we awaken to God’s perfection and realize that the Earth comes alive all around us. As we look around us this early Spring let’s remember that God makes His home within us, not out there in some distant heaven. If we open our hearts, our families, our communities, and our nations to this love that lives with us, that forms the very essence of our being, our life and our times would be greatly improved. Our life would be as simple as the joy of children playing together.
When we are young, our dreams are full of fantasies. Then the wool is pulled over our eyes and the fantasies are gone. We lose the ability to pray for one another in our dreams. We lose the ability to relearn this task. It should not be a task; it should be an effort of love. But we fear this perhaps because it makes us look weak. But it does not; it strengthens us. Together, it builds a foundation of love that no one can beat. For the structure is strong. It allows us to build on it; on a face that our creator can begin to call each of us by name. And remind us that we are valued and cherished. . . not by a country or a territory or an institution, but by a beloved Being, created by a loving God., given to two loving parents and nurtured by them and raised in God’s image. There is a traditional Scottish blessing It calms our souls. And brings us together as children of God:
Deep peace of the running wave to you, Deep peace of the flowing air to you, Deep peace of the quiet earth to you, Deep peace of the shining stars to you, Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you.
Meditating to Heal 
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