Dear Friends,
The year is drawing close. Meister Eckhart once said, "If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "thank you" that will be enough.
This is the time of the year when we find it much easier to say "thank you" than any other time. This time, when the world is coming into shadow, we say "thank you" and somehow we feel better. The sense of gratitude that we cultivate brings into deeper knowing into the spirit from within. It allows us to face the darkness of winter and the darkness of our lives, lives that may be broken by the shattering of our dreams and the failing of our faith. But when we say "thank you" and we become aware of the love of divine spirit we begin to feel that gratitude is heaven itself. Let our lives be filled with gratitude. The gifts of divine spirit are so wonderful and we know our live is blessed. Thank you.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
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A word of blessing to you...
All around us there are surprises of kindly interference. Thus our hearts are wooed into thanksgiving and praise for what has been given.
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Please visit my website at www.dreugenecallender.com
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Joy of Peace Can Be Found Within
Dear Friends,
There was once a song sung in the doo wop days by the Chilites that went "There will be no peace until God sits at the conference table." Not your God or my God, for God doesn't take sides or play favorites. It's the God of the universe. The created life force that sustains all of us...eastern teachers talk about the inner self. That is the house that has been made in the image of the creator. That out of lightness, we call God. That inner house shall never fall. For the joy of peace can be found within. The joy of peace can be sustained within and maintained by love. Let us share it with each other. And if we do that, it will expand and extend its power within us and hopefully in our perception of the world.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
______________________________
A word of blessing to you...
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
______________________________
Please visit my website at www.dreugenecallender.com
There was once a song sung in the doo wop days by the Chilites that went "There will be no peace until God sits at the conference table." Not your God or my God, for God doesn't take sides or play favorites. It's the God of the universe. The created life force that sustains all of us...eastern teachers talk about the inner self. That is the house that has been made in the image of the creator. That out of lightness, we call God. That inner house shall never fall. For the joy of peace can be found within. The joy of peace can be sustained within and maintained by love. Let us share it with each other. And if we do that, it will expand and extend its power within us and hopefully in our perception of the world.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
______________________________
A word of blessing to you...
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
______________________________
Please visit my website at www.dreugenecallender.com
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
See With Your Spiritual Eyes
Dear Friends,
Each day is a new day where in new and beautiful things are always being created. There is a gorgeous power in the wonder of creation that is always taking place. If we can move our eyes from the distractions of so much of the things that complicate our vision, we will see that there are always opportunities. Just as the sun is always in the eastern sky, so God is always with us.
How can we take our eyes off the material universe and see the world that God created if we keep our eyes only on the material world? Perhaps the answer to this question lies in what we are using to see. If you look only with our physical eyes to see, you will see only that which is physical. If by prayer and meditation, we can train ourselves to see with our spiritual eyes, we can see beyond the physical and we will actually be seeing with our hearts.
What God created is good. And God is good. All that God has created is good. The heart of love only sees love. Begin to see with the heart. And you can then see the good that God has created.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
______________________________
A word of blessing to you...
Let us begin each day with this affirmation:
"I will love myself today and partake only in the things of love."
______________________________
Please visit my website at www.dreugenecallender.com
Each day is a new day where in new and beautiful things are always being created. There is a gorgeous power in the wonder of creation that is always taking place. If we can move our eyes from the distractions of so much of the things that complicate our vision, we will see that there are always opportunities. Just as the sun is always in the eastern sky, so God is always with us.
How can we take our eyes off the material universe and see the world that God created if we keep our eyes only on the material world? Perhaps the answer to this question lies in what we are using to see. If you look only with our physical eyes to see, you will see only that which is physical. If by prayer and meditation, we can train ourselves to see with our spiritual eyes, we can see beyond the physical and we will actually be seeing with our hearts.
What God created is good. And God is good. All that God has created is good. The heart of love only sees love. Begin to see with the heart. And you can then see the good that God has created.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
______________________________
A word of blessing to you...
Let us begin each day with this affirmation:
"I will love myself today and partake only in the things of love."
______________________________
Please visit my website at www.dreugenecallender.com
Monday, December 8, 2008
The Season of Advent
Dear Friends,
For the next few weeks, as a community of spiritual people, we will be celebrating the liturgical season of advent. In this season, we hope to deepen our relationship with God and we hope that we can move our faith beyond doubt, although it may not move beyond questions.
God has made us as human beings, complete with puzzles and questions and pain. But it is also God who supports and sustains us of the goodness and the glory and the love of life. One thing that we do have - it comes to us very strongly during Advent - that believing in God makes a real difference in our lives. And we see that whatever weaknesses we may have, God's presence is there assuring us of our higher potentials and possibilities.
So let us spend some time over these next 4 weeks thinking about what is God's purpose for my life and how can I begin to approach accomplishing that purpose.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
For the next few weeks, as a community of spiritual people, we will be celebrating the liturgical season of advent. In this season, we hope to deepen our relationship with God and we hope that we can move our faith beyond doubt, although it may not move beyond questions.
God has made us as human beings, complete with puzzles and questions and pain. But it is also God who supports and sustains us of the goodness and the glory and the love of life. One thing that we do have - it comes to us very strongly during Advent - that believing in God makes a real difference in our lives. And we see that whatever weaknesses we may have, God's presence is there assuring us of our higher potentials and possibilities.
So let us spend some time over these next 4 weeks thinking about what is God's purpose for my life and how can I begin to approach accomplishing that purpose.
Remember...God Loves You and I Love You Too,
Reverend Eugene S. Callender
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