Surrender

Many of us have experienced having a tune running through our heads that just won’t let go. This happened to me yesterday in the shower. (Isn’t the bathroom a delightfully sacred place – big grin.) I was so familiar with the tune, yet the words wouldn’t come. I know from experience this is one of the ways Spirit gives me messages, so I had to find out. I sang it for the Book Circle and we got part of the chorus, but when I Googled it, I still couldn’t find it. I finally called someone I know who likes old songs and she gave me enough words to find the lyrics online.

The song was “I will follow Him” by Little Peggy March. I remember this song as a teenager. I thought it was a love song written for a boyfriend, however when I read the lyrics, I discovered that every ‘him’ was capitalized. I will follow Him.

Now I don’t believe God is male, much less separate from me. However, when I read the words from a metaphysical point of view, the message for me is – There is only God, God is everywhere, and God is Love. It is up to me to surrender to Love. Love is my destiny – because Love is all there is.

In playing with the word ‘Destiny’ at a workshop not long ago, I decided it meant “Divine Expression of Spiritual Truth Invoking a New You.” At that same workshop I wrote in my journal “I am available to what wants to happen by means of me.”

Yes, I will follow Him.

What song is your Soul singing lately?

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

Come on – sing along with me 
I WILL FOLLOW HIM (Little Peggy March)
I will follow Him, follow Him wherever He may go,
And near Him, I always will be,
For nothing can keep me away, He is my destiny.
I will follow Him, ever since He touched my heart I knew,
There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high, it can keep,
Keep me away, away from His love.
I love Him, I love Him, I love Him,
And where He goes, I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow.
I will follow Him, follow Him wherever He may go,
There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high, it can keep,
Keep me away...
I will follow Him (follow Him),
Follow Him wherever He may go,
There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high, it can keep,
Keep me away, away from His love...
I love Him (Oh yes, I love Him)
I'll follow (I'm gonna follow)
True love (He'll always be my true, true love)
Forever (Now until forever)
I love Him, I love Him, I love Him,
And where He goes, I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow,
He'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love,
From now until forever, forever, forever...
There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high, it can keep,
Keep me away, away from His love.



SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

God, the Eternal One, the Everything That Is, is the Lover of my soul. I celebrate this Truth with every fibre of my being.

I now declare I am ready to express my authentic Self more completely. I am surrendering to the Higher Good of my Being. I am no longer willing to live in my little, complaining self. I no longer avoid my good.

I am now expressing the best of my Self. I am prosperous, healthy, loving and successful in all I do. My life and work is service to The One through many different avenues, and all avenues bring me great joy. I serve Love with Love.

I am so grateful for knowing I am the Beloved and the Lover. I am living in amazing Grace.
I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are already so. And so It is.

Healing

Lynne McTaggart writes in Living the Field:

"Healing is the most natural practice in the world - we can all do it and, consciously or unconsciously, many of us do. It is simply the transmission of energy through the healer into the patient. There is only one essential qualification: love."

This reminded me of a story told by the minister from New Hope Fellowship in Hilo, Hawai'i. A young mother in his congregation had been taking her daughter back and forth to the hospital for months. No one could figure out what was wrong with the child, and she was getting weaker and weaker. One day the young mother stopped by Pastor Wayne Cadero's office and told him, in tears, that she was taking her daughter again to the hospital and was afraid it would be for the last time. She asked Pastor Wayne to come to the car, give her child a blessing and say goodbye. Wayne got in the back seat and took the child in his arms. He saw how her lifeforce seemed to have drained away, and he tried to pray but no words would come, all he could do was hold her and love her. After a while, words came, and he prayed for her, then got out of the car and watched them drive away, sure that it was the last time he would see the child. A few days later, he received a call from the Mother, who was overjoyed. Her daughter had started to revive the moment she got to the hospital!

When I heard him tell this story – I knew a deeper meaning of the phrase "God is Love." I often tell people "Love is the greatest healing agent in the universe."

Yesterday in Raywyn Erickson's class, she said that if we are experiencing dis-ease in any way, we are withholding love. In my mind I capitalized the word Love, and thought of it as "withholding Love" -- refusing to acknowledge and experience That Which We Are.

If you are working on a healing project in any area of your life – perhaps you could try this:

Sit quietly, breathe deeply, and declare your intention for healing. Now open yourself to FEELING loved. Let Love flood every cell of your body, every thought in your mind, and every feeling in your heart. Bathe in that Love for awhile, and when you feel the time is right, allow yourself to focus that Love like a laser on your project, remembering your intention for healing. Breathe deeply again, and feel grateful. Feel gratitude flood your body, mind and heart. Know that the work is done.

If you choose, you could follow this exercise with the Spiritual Mind Treatment below.

Dr. Holmes wrote "Love is a cosmic force whose sweep is irristible!"

You are the Beloved.

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

God is Love. Love points the way, and the Law makes the way possible. This is my Truth! Love is the greatest healing energy in the universe. It is greater than any illness – of mind, body or emotions. It is greater than any financial or relationship challenges I might be experiencing. God is Love, therefore Love is all powerful, all-knowing, and everywhere present.

Remembering this I now declare everything in my life that I think needs to be healed – is healed.

I let go of all my old stories that kept me separate, and accept wholeheartedly that Divine Love is within me and every atom of the universe, doing Its perfect work. I am whole, healthy and complete.

God is Love and therefore so am I. God is the Lover and I am the Beloved. As the Beloved I am so grateful for all that I have experienced. I know my life's Path has brought me to this now moment, where I have let it all go, and stepped out into the world as the Truth of my being. This is good – this is God!

The other day at coffee, Rev. Liz Luamo shared one of the late Rev. Helen Street’s sayings. For those of you who don’t know, Rev. Helen was my teacher. I was so happy to be reminded of this one – and know that you will be too.

“I live with the assumption that the Universe is absolutely crazy about me!!”

How would your life be if you KNEW you were absolutely loved? That someone was crazy about you? Remember your first love? It seemed like nothing could go wrong. We felt more beautiful or more handsome because of this person. With my first love, I knew he would do anything for me, just as I would for him. Life was good and we knew it was only going to get better.

We’ve all had that first love – and many spend the rest of their lives looking for that special feeling. Think of The Universe as your “First Love” with all its positive, fun qualities. Know that unlike human first love, the Love that is Universal Love never ends. What would it take for us to believe this? How would our behaviour be different?

This is a Truth we cannot get away from - we are loved by Love – an unconditional, all encompassing Love. It is here for us, surrounds us, supports us, lives through us. It will do anything for us. It reflects our true beauty.

YES, The Universe is crazy about us! This is truly something awesome to contemplate this week.

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I live in the One Heart. I am open to the wonders of One Love. This Inner Presence loves me so much It became me, to live my life as me.

I now accept that the Universe is crazy about me. I live as a being totally immersed in Love. I am loved, loving and loveable. My life reflects this Truth as I walk my daily Path. My relationships, health, work and finances all reflect how much the Universe is in love with me. Life is good, very good.

I release these words into the Law of Mind knowing they are my Truth. Gratefully I embodied being Love. And So It Is.

These lyrics have been going through my head for days:

“But I would walk 500 miles …And I would walk 500 more”

Even after looking up the rest of the words, these lines were the only ones that stuck in my head. These lines sound like commitment to me!

It made me think that this is what we wanted from our Fathers …. To know that they were so committed to us they would go the extra mile.

Some of us didn’t have the kind of relationship we wish we had. What I do know this Father’s Day weekend, is that regardless what it looked like, our Fathers were doing the best they could at the moment. Just as we do.

Everyone shows their love in different ways. We may miss that love because we want it to look and feel like what we think love is. I remember standing outside my Father’s home one night by my car. He had come out with me, and clumsily put his arms around me and told me to drive safely. Then he fumbled with his wallet and gave me some money. I remember thinking “God, you’re drunk – don’t try to buy my love!” and in my judgment totally missed the sentiment …. A sentiment I was always looking for.

In hindsight, I can see how hard it was for him that night. His love language was to give us things. I wanted hugs and tenderness. He tried, and I rejected it because he followed it with money.

I think the best gift I can give my Father this year, even though he died a few years ago, is an awareness and an owning of my part in our strained relationship. I can let go and do as the last line of the song I started with says: “Surrender – surrender – surrender.”

How about you?

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

In my awareness of the One Life, I allow myself to become as a little child. I acknowledge and accept all the Love that is continually being given to me. I know this Love is Divine Love, and It is unconditional.

As I accept that I am The Beloved, I feel my heart fill with an infinite peace. This peace permeates every cell of my body, creating health. It flows out of me with my breath into my workspace and creates a sense of well-being. It flows into my finances and fulfills my every need. It flows into the hearts and minds of all whom I come in contact with, and they know they are The Beloved as well.

I am so grateful for being a grown up child of God. I allow myself to be more like God in every moment. In gratitude and great joy, I let go and surrender to the Love.

And so It is.