Love moves us forward

​As I write this article, just before Christmas, two main thoughts have come to mind.
 
One is how much love I witness in the world every day. The love of families, of partners, parents and children; the love of people and their pets, the love of nature we live within, to name but a few.

All these relationships are reflecting the love that we are. For my deep belief is that all of us are born of love – Love as a mighty principle and action is the true essence of us all. Yes, we often forget this and dwell in the experience of our separated-self, human-only identity. However, we can move beyond that identification to our True nature when we allow ourselves to be love and share love. We do this already. Christmas has been the perfect time to experience Love given and received. As the song invites us, we can create the experience of Christmas every day of the year.  This is how we learn to live out of our Divine nature, our Christ consciousness.
 
The other thought is … what do we want to be and do in the New Year?
 
So stop for a moment before reading on … take a few moments to go into the quietness of your being and sit here awhile … what experience or understanding is yearning to come forth through you, to live and know? Paul Hasselbeck, Unity minister and author, writes that this desire, this yearning, is God’s love calling us higher, back into ourselves.
 
I am not talking here about a new car or bigger home. I am talking about the experience of abundance, of creativity and joy, of feeling safe and secure, of being free to travel to see loved ones, to work and serve.
 
You may be feeling the calling of a new direction in life. There may be a desire for deeper and more meaningful relationships. There may be a calling to step up and take positive action in some way. As the New Year turns, I feel this energy pulling me. In these short winter days, now is the perfect time to dwell more in the stillness and silence to witness what is calling you forward to be and do this year.
 
As you take time to check in with yourself this month, let Love lead you in your choices and actions. Love as compassion, listening, kindness, gentleness, humility, strength, goodness.
 
As you listen to the inner yearning, the desire, of your heart, know with faith that you can only be led to new and greater good for you, your loved ones and our world.
 
This New Year, may we all be open and receptive to all that is good and true, to Love guiding, connecting and moving us forward in this adventure called Life.
 
Happy New Year to you all.
 
PS Do join us for our online and in person meetings this year – we have already planned a lot to excite you and share with you, including our ongoing Zoom prayer and meditation meetings.