A New Song

God's unfailing love causes us to sing a new song...one of happiness and personal responsibility. The joy of the Lord (the Law of being) instills a love and enjoyment of life in me and in anyone who captures the vision and allows the reality of God to express through them. I desire the goodness and richness of God for all people and I pray for those who do not know joy, to right now be struck by a bolt of shear, unadulterated Love which can only be issued through the Spirit of our merciful God of Truth, Life, Love, Wisdom, Power, Beauty, Peace, Joy and the like.

There is a certain joy in practicing responsibility for our self. It is real freedom and It means we have to do what it takes to make our life work, blaming nobody else for anything but moving onward and Spiritward. If in our doing, we recognize that a power greater than ourselves walks with us and empowers us each moment to do whatever it is that we have been given the "choice" to do; then we know it is imeperative and wise to recognize this energizing Force as much as we can and every chance we can. Walk with God and know God walks with us.

Be anxious for nothing. God is always at work; inspiring and delighting in all that will allow the Living Spirit to show forth through their character. Doing so reflects glorification in truth, peace, beauty, joy, and wonderment. Keep releasing that which does not glorify the truth of God which is also the truth of each woman, man and child. Be still and know God in you. Sure we all have such to release but Christ in us is our hope of glory and we are made to achieve victory. Let's Honor God's gifts inside of us.

To all eyes reading this post, I not only wish you joy; I pray it in the Living Spirit and trust in the Power that can make it so.
Amen.
Love and Genuineness,
Rev. E.

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La! La! La! The Melody of Friendship Blossoming

This is a message from an inspiring spiritual connection, and praying partner with whom our friendship is blossoming and to whom I sent one of my favorite tunes.

Dear Ethel,
Thank you very much! I deeply appreciate this gift, but
more than all...our spiritual connection.
The meaning of music is
not to be found in a music book.
To find the meaning of music, we have
to listen to music -and even then,
we may not be able to put its meaning
into words.
Music has a meaning that words are often inadequate to
express.
Frienship is like music.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Elena

Indeed our spiritual connection is the most valuable friendship builder and stabilizer. First, it is our knowing and then holding to the truth within that helps us all overcome the divisiveness caused by petty, hateful, envious and fear-based lies that we have accepted about ourselves and others.

When we learn who we really are as divine beings; and hold to the truth that we are all offspiring of the one and only Divine Creative Life Force, we begin to understand that all any of us has to do is to get still and tap into the essence of God within us.

We can then realize that each one of us are here for a magnificent reason and that we are the channels throug h which the glorification of God is to be and can be expressed; that each one of us is here to express the divinity from inside of us. Then the need to fret or fear being upstaged or downplayed by one another can cease to exist because in reality there is no reason for it...in reality it has no purpose. However it will continue to exist as long as we keep thinking that we are separate from our Creator and therefore separate from one another which cultivates divisiveness. Let's refuse to partake in the games of divisiveness and affirm the ever-loving, all-wise and ever-embracing and uniting power of divine Love to teach us who we are as loving children who are created for one purpose -to channel divine energy, but having multiple jobs and responsibilities which are to be represented through each one of us.

God is purposeful. May we learn what we need from one another to move on to higher levels in our understanding and awareness to consequently show forth love and plentitude in our demonstration of the wonderment of life.
Blissful blessings always in all ways desired,

Rev. Ethel

1 a.m.- Tom Braxton

Just in a mode of thankfulness I listen to the sweet vibration that comes through the divine expression known as Tom Braxton. Hope it touches you as deeply as it touches me and we all can relish in the goodness of life this moment; in the name of real love and causing us all to know ourselves in a more loving way. When we love ourselves on the real, we can love others genuinely and freely. Love one another as God loves us is our instruction.
Blissful blessings in the breeze!

Marcus Miller - Higher Ground [Live Leverkusen 2007]

Happy Thanksgiving! Yes! It is such a glorious and wonderful blessing to be enabled to appreciate the possibilities in living, moving and having our being in the Creator of higher ground; which means we were made to succeed and keep moving into greatness. Keep moving on Peeps in the glorious power of the Living Spirit of the Omnipresence of God.

Will Smith Interview with Tavis Smiley

Take a close listen.

Genuine YOU!

Claim nothing that is not true of your real self - your Christ-Self. I keep hearing people talk about "my diabetes, my arthritis, my ....". Quit taking these experiences in as if they were family members or good friends. Be very careful as to what you claim for yourself because it will show up on the screen of your life ready for full expression.

Claim what is true of your real self. Study your Bible and sacred texts; and meditate or listen to the Holy Spirit - indeed the Living Spirit within you to know what is true of you. Then boldy be that genuine YOU!

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Live, Laugh and Love Well and out Loud,
In the Living Spirit.

Ethel

OMNIPRESENCE

Sometimes it does seem hard to get through situations; and more difficult still is trying to know GOD is with us even through the hard, dark and even ugly and disappointing situations. But when we LOOK UP, by changing our perspective from “half empty to near full” we see GOD in the midst and we can GET UP and move beyond the current circumstances.

We learn that there is value here in what we are going through and that we are being lifted to higher ground. The circumstances are happening to give us golden nuggets and answers to move into better options and up to higher standards. We begin to see that it's an experience that we're going through and therefore a change will come because experiences don't last forever; that this too will pass, unless we keep holding onto them and to the emotion to which we gravitated.

Hold onto GOD PRESENCE and gravitate to LOVE. When we recognize that the Presence of GOOD and MERCY and HOPE is alive and with us right there in our goings on, we begin to come up out of the hole. Recognizing the Presence of GOD leads us to see good in the midst, and, doing so gives GOD the glory.

When we glorify GOD-the Generous Giver in the midst, victory spills out, splashes forth and blooms all over, in and through us, lavishly. GOD’s giving is priceless. Oh-h-h yeah-h-h, I can feel this. It's joy…hope you can too? We need to know GOD in all we do to flow with the ALMIGHTY POWER which makes us productive and makes us who we are.

Search your heart. Think for yourself! Listen to and feel your own inner nudging which is loving, good and nourishing; then you’ll know it is of GOD because GOD is beyond good. Selah baby!

Smooches and Hugs,
Rev. Ethel

HOPE! See the Possibilities and Fly!

As I was reading one of my favorite blogs this morning I was inspired to write this message. The words, "See only the possibilities and fly" came to my mind. Instead of allowing reasons why we cannot, should not or have not done what we aspire to do to infiltrate our mental screen and absorb our attention; let's be caution of what we think and to what images we allow to remain in our mind's eye. I urge you to visit the blog, http://erasingthebored.blogspot.com/. Read the post entitled "Reclaiming Great Relationships" and view the video under the author's post entitled "No Fear, No Doubt, Just Fly!!!"

We become what we think about consistently; so think about exactly what you want to experience. Each one of us is being pulled and pushed by the Universal Upward Pull, that I know to be GOD--the Life Force in action. It is what we are here to do. Life is always urging our best--the best we can be in each given moment. First we must develop a loving inner relationship knowing God as our true nature. From that point we begin to see that it matters not what someone else is aspiring to do because they have been called to do their own specific work just as each one of us individually has been called to do. We begin to see no need for insecurities nor envy; that nobody else can do what each of us has been called to do. We begin to see hope for our lives, therefore eliminating mindless bickering, fighting and senseless killings. I believe where there is light (health and hope) there is peace, prosperity, constant becoming-ness and joy.

Without doubt, I pray that this will "JUMP START" your moment and PROPEL you into this Good Day being more of who you were created to be.