Meet me in the early morning.

 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our maker. Psalm 95:6 

'Meet me in the early morning splendor, I eagerly await there.'(anon)  I love those words because to me its the voice of God calling, calling, 'Come and be with me. Join me in the breaking of the day. Come.'  As I sat with God the first and only sound I hear was that of a small bird with a melodious call. It was soft, and sweet, singing its greeting to God  from a small twig on a large tree.  It doesn't matter where we are when we come to God, it can be out walking a bush track, or the sandy beach, in a busy shopping mall, behind an office desk or on  a seat in the garden.  I like these words of Helen Steiner-Rice:' I have worshipped in churches and chapels. I have prayed in busy streets, I have sought my God and have found him where the waves of the ocean beat.'   Where do you find the Lord your maker? 

May the peace of God fill your life every single day.     Anne, servant of the Lord.

A small bird on a little twig

Just be!

 May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord. Psalm 104:34

Mindfulness  is to me is the time I spend in my sacred space wherever that may be. It can be in my garden or  leaning over a paddock fence  looking at a field of sheep with the flat plains flowing to the mountains that  rise up  into a cloudless blue sky or pondering on a waterfall, free flowing and coloured with the layers of a bright rainbow. Mindfulness is something that comes to meet you where ever you are and it can be that special New Year gift to yourself  that can last the whole year through. What is mindfulness to you?

I read this Buddhist saying: Looking for the perfect cherry tree blossom isn't a waste of life.

May the peace of God fill your life every single day.      Anne, servant of the Lord.

The perfect  blossom could be here.

Treasures uncovered.

 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. Matthew 13:45

I was reflecting, as I enjoyed the early quiet and cool of the sacred space, about uncovered treasures and there are many in the garden as flower and vegetable seeds rise from beneath the soil into things of beauty and value and some are the real 'pearl of great price'  There are many treasures to uncover in daily life if we have our eyes fixed on our surroundings. Even a long line of sheep walking in a paddock towards life giving water can uncover 'the pear of great price, as our mind goes to the shepherd of the sheep, Jesus, and how he is 'living water.'  Then there is the long, regimented looking vines in the vineyard that  speak of Jesus saying: , I am the vine you are the branches.' and there are so many more. As we go out into community today let us keep our eyes and minds open to the presence of God. May he show us many a 'pear of great price' in the ordinary.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.     Anne, servant of the Lord.

I am the vine, you are the branches.