Suggested spiritual practice of the day #12

Instead of being reactive, back off, calm down, get things into perspective, ask the Holy Spirit to help you figure out how you want to respond, and then go back and deal with things.

There is a divine spark in every person that deserves only our love

Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote their second of seven principles which is justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. The justice, of which this principle speaks, is not civil justice, although it can be, but rather a spiritual quality of God's kingdom which is happiness, peace, and a high quality life for everyone. Any less is unjust. As long as one person is denied Love, we all suffer.

It is only just that everyone love everyone all the time. Any less is unfair to God's creation. Love withheld from any of God's creations is wrong and blocks the awareness of Love's presence. For the person, from whom Love is withheld in our hearts and minds, we attack and all suffer in  a hell of our own making.

In order to love everyone all the time we must forgive our misperceptions and our misjudgments. When we misperceive and misjudge, we have not acted rightly and have been unjust, first to ourselves, and then to others. To correct our perceptions and judgments so that love comes to replace our injustice is what A Course In Miracles calls a "miracle."

In order to manifest the justice of God in the world we must love everybody all the time. What we must perceive and acknowledge is the divine spark in everyone which deserves only our love. When we love everyone all the time, God's justice manifests itself in our consciousnesses.

In case you were wondering..............

Prophetic Voices and events - All Soul's Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma

One of the most exciting Unitarian Universalist churches in the United States is All Soul's in Tulsa Oklahoma. Their staff and preaching is wonderful and easily accessible on line. Who would have guessed that one of the brighest lights in the denomiation would be coming from Tulsa?

There are many other great UU churches. Singling any one out is not meant to be a disservice to the others. Sharing the lights of all UU churches can set the country and the world ablaze with inclusion and Love.

Check out one of the staff's sermons at All Soul's on 12/17/17 at a combined service with Rev. Barbara Prose, Bishop Carlton Pearson, and Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar.

Question of the day

To what extent do you practice the serenity prayer?
Can you let go of the things you cannot change?
Do you have the wisdom to know the difference?

Is it just for everyone to be happy?

Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. What is justice?

You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have a high quality life. Do you believe these two statements? Do you believe they are true for other people as well? It has been said in A Course In Miracles that justice demands it.

On the path of the ego, it is believed that justice demands vengeance. Justice, on the path of the ego, demands that people are compared and found unworthy and offensive. We prefer to see other people found guilty and punished rather than ourselves. This preference in other people's guilt and punishment is based on our belief that justice demands it.

On the path of the spirit, it is believed that justice demands fairness. Justice, on the path of the spirit, recognizes and acknowledges that all human beings are children of God and as such fairness demands their happiness and high quality life all alike. Our function, on the path of the spirit, is to encourage people's happiness and high quality life like our own.

Is your God a just God? If so, your God loves everyone one of God's creations uncondtionally. As Sister Helen Prejean said in Death Man Walking, "Every person is worth more than his worst act."

Justice demands that everyone be treated is such a way as to increase their happiness and quality of life. Anything less leaves justice lacking.

Suggested spiritual practice of the day #11

When the "stinking thinking" tempts you to focus on it today, put your thoughts on something more positive, relaxing, and positive. Think of two or three "happy places" where you can go when external events are stressing you.