Taking some deep cleansing breaths,
Calling yourself to the present moment.
Allowing your mind,
Heart,
And spirit to be open to this meditation on restoring our faith in divinity.
Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Spoke to the idea that many people proclaim the existence of God with their lips,
But they deny God with their lives.
In other words,
Just saying one believes in God does not give him or her the full experience of what it means to have an everyday relationship with God.
Taking these questions into your heart,
I invite you to ask yourself,
Do I believe in a God that can perform miracles in my life?
Do I believe in a God that can perform miracles in my life?
Think of an area in your life where you would like a miracle,
Something tremendous to take place.
Without outlining,
Imagine a feeling within you of the sacred saying yes to that request for the extraordinary to take place.
Yes.
How does that make you feel?
What if anything about your understanding of the divine and what it can do changes in hearing that yes?
Maya Angelou once said,
I knew that if God loved me,
Then I could do wonderful things.
I could try great things.
Imagine anything,
Achieve anything,
For what could stand against me since one person with God constitutes the majority.
Continuing to breathe and be present to this spiritual self-inquiry,
Ask yourself,
Do I believe in a God who knows who I am and loves me unconditionally?
We often imagine God where we are,
But can you take a moment to imagine yourself where God is?
Imagine that right now,
You are in the presence of an unconditionally loving presence of great wisdom and great warmth,
A presence that knows who you are and why you are here.
Imagine right now,
A divine voice speaking to you.
I have called you by name from the very beginning.
You are mine and I am yours.
You are my beloved,
On you my favor rests.
I have molded you in the depths of the earth and knitted you together in your mother's womb.
I have carved you in the palm of my hands and hidden you in the shadow of my embrace.
I look at you with infinite tenderness and care for you with a care more intimate than that of a mother for her child.
I have counted every hair on your head and guided you at every step.
Wherever you go,
I go with you and wherever you rest,
I keep watch.
I will give you food that will satisfy all your hunger and drink that will quench your thirst.
I will not hide my face from you.
You know me as your own as I know you as my own.
You belong to me.
Wherever you are,
I will be.
Nothing will ever separate us.
We are one.
One renown.
Lastly,
Ask yourself,
Do I believe in a God who has a vision for my life?
A vision for love?
For success?
For harmony?
For peace of mind?
Do I believe in a God who has a vision for my life?
Imagine right now that your own vision,
Your own way of seeing your everyday life and the people in it,
Is momentarily replaced with the highest vision possible for your life.
The wide panoramic view.
A vision that sees the deep bonds of your relationships.
A reason for your struggles,
Your traumas,
Your talents,
And your achievements.
Don't judge this vision,
Just experience it.
What is it like to see your life from a panoramic view that can see how even the most seemingly minute instance shaped a thread of spiritual narrative through your entire life?
Ask this vision to show you what it is that you still have to see or know.
In this moment of silence,
Without judgment,
Experience the answer.
Be present to what you see.
Now just taking some breaths of gratitude for this experience.
We give thanks for all that has been experienced today.
Gently bringing yourself back to the present.
Listen to your life in the coming hours and coming days to see if you have experienced the restoration of faith in divinity in God of your own understanding and of the Spirit within yourself.
