Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Application of Service

After reading this today, I knew it was a reminder to me and many of my friends that are Unselfish Givers. Enjoy, I did!! All my love, Parthenia
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Service is the ability to give of self (for example, time, knowledge, resources) without an attachment to the expectation of reward or recognition. Working with a consciousness of love (unselfish giving).

We are rarely taught to serve in life. We are taught to work. Work, we are taught, is the act of doing what needs to be done in order to acquire the things that we need.

Service is the act of doing what you love for the sake of loving it. This is the highest work you can do in the world. Service is the divine multiplier. When you perform an act of genuine service, giving of your time, energy, and resources as an act of love, the universe will multiply what you do and reward you with greater results than you expected.

. . . [M]ost of us hate what we do for work, hate the environment that we do it in, hate the people we do it with, or are sorely disappointed by the rewards we get. . . . We grow in a loving environment. It's not the money that is missing from the workplace, it is the love. It is the service.

. . . [S]ervice, doing what you love, has rewards that money cannot buy. It has become very clear to me that when you give yourself over to acts of love, passionately spending your time giving yourself over to acts of love, you are never at a loss or lack for the things that you need.  Believe it or not, we need much more in life than money. We need a sense of purpose. Purpose keeps you from being burnt out. Service gives you purpose. We need a personal mission that will help us focus our time and energy. When you are on a mission, you have passion, there is an internal fire that keeps you alive. Service keeps you alive and well. . . . Service gives you a reason to take care of yourself.

When you serve, you are not tied to the outcome. You are not invested in what people do as a result of what you do, or what people think about what you are doing. You give what you have because it makes you feel good. You give what you have because you know that the unique way in which you do what you do will make someone else feel good.

You may never know in this lifetime how your work and contributions made in love affect people. However, when you give a service, this is not your concern. You do what you do because you love to do it. Whatever you love will touch somebody.

Service, as a spiritual principle, does not imply or import poverty. Most of us think that if you serve, giving of yourself without focusing on the money, you will be poor. . . . There is a problem with this line of thinking.

Do what you love! Do it with passion! Do it with the understanding that if you are never rewarded with money or recognized by the public, you are making a valuable contribution to yourself. Shift your focus from money to love. When you have love, you want to give of yourself. When you give of yourself for the sake of love, the impersonal, immutable, perfect laws of the universe demand that you must be rewarded tenfold.

(One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

CALLING FORTH MY GOOD

CALLING FORTH MY GOOD

Immersed in Infinite Good, I turn within. Feeling the presence of Love, I know that God is all there is. It is the love of God that flows effortlessly and easily through the universe, and it is from this love that all things are created.

And I know that because God is everywhere present, love is everywhere present. Love is flowing in through and as me right now; there is no separation, no spot where God is not; no spot where love is not. I am one with infinite Source, one with the power and presence of divine Wisdom, one with the vibration and energy of Love. In this holy moment I know I am the beloved of God.

I now proclaim my good and call forth situations and circumstances that allow me to share my gifts and talents with others. I call forth situations and circumstances that give me the opportunity to love and show compassion. I call forth situations and circumstances that allow me to see and feel the love and compassion of others.

I know that as I serve I am blessed and in all that I do my life reflects and reveals the all good of God.

I am deeply and profoundly grateful for the power and grace of love.

I release the power of this word, knowing that as I let go and let God it is done.

And so it is. Amen.

Rev. Anna Marie Trot

Friday, December 6, 2013

JUST A BREATH AWAY

JUST A BREATH AWAY

Dear God,

I know that Your love is as close to me as my beating heart. I know that Your breath breathes new life into me each day. I know that You are only a prayer away and all I have to do to hear a word from You is to close my eyes, take a breath and go within.

God, I ask that You remind me of this truth in every moment of my life especially when my humanness allows me to forget. I ask that You bless me to live this truth with confidence and certainty. I ask that You uproot all faulty thinking that allows me to lose sight of the truth and that You nurture the seeds of faith, hope, light, healing and love that You have planted in my consciousness.

I thank You, God, for the blessing is already here. I am blessed by the healing energy radiating within me. I am grateful for Your healing presence that is seated in the center of my being. I thank you for reminding me of who You are in me.

For this and for so much more I am so grateful!

Let It Be So and So It Is!

Amen.

Rev.Danielle Hatchell

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