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Forgive Your Enemies

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Dear Friends,
If you have not heard, I want to let you know there was a senseless arson attack early Sunday morning on one of the Masjids in Escondido, CA.
Our heartfelt condolences goes out to this community.  We were all shocked and horrified to hear another terrorist attack happened in our own neighborhood and community. We condemn the white supremacist ideology that led to this attempt. We faithfully stand with  our Muslim brothers and sisters. For when an injustice and killing takes place in one locale, it affects people all over the world.
There were several speakers before the evening Muslim prayers began.
I spoke on behalf of New Thought and the Poway Interfaith Team.
(photo below).  I encouraged everyone to reach out to people of different faith traditions to get to know them better, through potlucks, service projects,  and sharing faith beliefs. As my byline above says, “When knowledge is shared, awareness and understanding become greater.  Myths and misconceptions are dissipated, and barriers of fear melt away.”
Rev. Meg Decker, from the Episcopal tradition, and also part of the Escondido Together Interfaith Group said it is part of her tradition to not only love your neighbors but to pray for those who persecute you, or harm you in any way.
The more we pray for love within them, the softer they will be and their hearts will change.   Beautiful words.
In all traditions there is FORGIVENESS.  As we approach Good Friday, we remember the words of Jesus the Christ,  “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
What is happening with these attacks on faith houses, is, the community is rallying together, standing up for one another, and becoming closer friends and supporters.  Hate divides. Love and Compassion bring people together.
Let us all pray for those whose hearts have gone astray,
have been poisoned  with lies.  Their glass may look dark,
ugly and murky.  When we pray for them it is as if we are
pouring pure water into the glass.  As the prayers keep coming we see the glass overflowing and slowly the murky water begins to flow out, and what is left
is sweet, pure water.
Keep the prayers flowing and see hearts softening and becoming pure, as God has intended  it to be.
Forgiving,
Abigail

Hands and Heart

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Dear Friends,
This Sunday we were at The Unity Church in San Diego hearing a wonderful message by Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell. As always the music was inspiring.
We sang the song by Karen Drucker called “Blessing To the World.”

You are the heart. You are the hands.
You are the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who you are, and all you do, is a blessing to the world.

We are the heart. We are the hands.
We are the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who we are, and all we do, is a blessing to the world.

I am the heart. I am the hands.
I am the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who I am, and all I do, is a blessing to the world.

As we were singing this song, I really felt the Unity of all attending the service and singing the words. We are all blessings to the world. We all have unique purposes to achieve and be. No one is out of the loop. A phrase Rev. Wendy repeated was, ” We are Magnificent Beings and still a Work in Progress.”
The two go hand in hand, not opposed to one another.
Each one of us is created by the Divine Source of all Good, Love, Wisdom and Intelligence. That is our DNA. How we use this identity and knowledge is our choice here on earth. And I believe, if we are here, we are still learning and growing in our spiritual unfoldment, hence, “a work in progress.”

The Science of Mind magazine was devoted to the same idea on March 10.
Rev. Joanne McFadden shared a story about a dog trainer and her unique purpose. She trains dogs who are blind and deaf. She has taught deaf dogs
sign language and uses other trained dogs to help the blind ones learn how to navigate a house. All her dogs are adoptable when she has completed her work. What a wonderful gift she blesses and brings to the world.

“Spirit needs each of us to express Itself, and Spirit is intensely creative.
It created each of us for a special purpose. Have you discovered yours?
How can you be the heart and hands of Spirit on Earth like no one else can?”
-McFadden

Blessings,

Abigail