"Listening to Our Deepest Gladness....."

"Our calling is the place where your deepest gladness and the

world’s greatest hunger meet.”

Frederick Buechner

There is a tiny seed that begins to grow the minute we are created,

it resides deep inside our heart spaces

and

it speaks to us

in audible

"God Whispers" that only we can hear.

It pushes us, pulls us and prods us along,

if we listen...

really listen...

we find ourselves capable of choosing the

right path,

of

being in the right place

of

becoming all

we were intended.

We humans learn rather quickly

to distract ourselves,

to listen to the voice of others,

to let culture and wealth and "the Jones"

influence who we are....

oh

but that seed..

that seed lies dormant...

waiting for just the right conditions,

just enough warmth and love and hope

and

when that happens,

that seed takes root,

grows toward the sky,

begins to shelter and change the world in ways

none of us quite understand,

It is a mystery...

how we become who we become,

how we are shaped,

how we learn and grow and be....

The seed...

it continues to speak to us, 

reside in  us,

and

invites our heart to beat with passion,

 rise with laughter

and

 dive deeper into the crevice of joy.

Joy...

it makes our heart sing,

it calms our mind,

eases our pain,

makes this thing called life worth living....

Joy

it calls us to be

all we are

all we can

everything

we are created to....

become...

In the quiet places,

in the small corners,

in our tiny hidden dreams,

JOY calls us....

and when we listen to Her,

we

find

that this is the place where

our deepest gladness meets the world's

deepest needs

It is our mission---Joy that is---and the world's big needs--

and

hence

the world is

all

the better

because

we

listened.

May the sacredness of the day,

give you a moment this Sunday morning,

to listen to the song of the birds,

to feel the breeze on your face,

to experience the freshness of life

and

hear

The Voice of Mystery

deep inside

whisper

her

"God Whisper"

to you today!!!!

Sending prayers for each of you and myself as well

to find that place

where

Joy resides,

so

all our gladness

will

meet the world

in need.

Sound a bit strange,

seem a bit weird,

I'll agree....

but trust....

it's all deep inside,

stored in a seed,

pushed

waiting

to

unravel,

root in

stem up

and

bloom..

May it be so

for all of us....

Sacred Sunday Thoughts to all of you

and

Hugs!