Dear fellow servers of God, humanity and inspire-ers,
The Word of God is merely words to you and me until we study, pray, listen, ponder and nurture the words, putting the Word into our own words, utilizing and applying them in our daily living. God’s purpose is that we incarnate the Word, re-habit ourselves into a life that expresses the attitudes, thoughts and concepts of the Word in our daily living. Then, that we share the Word by example and model to others, so by contagion, teaching and training, we initiate small communities of renewal groups that support each other in abiding in the love of Christ.
As I pray daily, I ask myself:
1. Can I do more in living out in my daily life the attitudes and the life teachings of my Savior, Jesus Christ? Am I becoming more “poor in spirit” and becoming more child-like in wonder, awe and openness to learn and change?
2. Am I more filled with a spirit of compassion and justice and willingness to be Christ’s channel for healing and assuaging of the desperateness, terror, hunger, loneliness, sense of worthlessness and guilt of most of my fellowman/woman?
3. Am I daily being aware of how I can share more with others the forgiveness, peace, abundance, wholeness and caring love God is pouring upon me daily? Am I being God’s server and facilitator?
To quote Martin Luther King, “…imagine what the world will be like when we see God’s goodness etched in our enemies. The command to love one’s enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival.”
This is my dream:
To encourage and support people
To know they are spiritual beings
in the world,
And that they can co-create with God
To sustain themselves in the world.
Wherever we go in the world,
We will look for the persons in that area
Who can become role models
For their world.
We will search out
and connect with people
Who want to be role models
For spiritual living
Which contributes to
Their total well-being
And to those in their communities.
Del Anderson, 2005
