Abundance

H2odevos sjthanksgiving 112509 Abundance

“Have a little faith in angels

You never know where they might be

Have a little faith in angels

And you might begin to see

You could have a little faith in you and me

We all were born under a troubled sky

You’ve been waiting on the wings to carry you

But what you dream you got to live

The love you want you got to give

Open up that secret smile

Filled with pieces of a dream

Let’s take a chance on a moonlit while

While there’s still time to believe”

Faith in Angels by Roger Guth/Peter Mayer

http://www.petermayer.com/AUDIO/MB/FaithInAngels.mp3

Abundance created by Delia Stewart

Happy Thanksgiving! If I were limited to have only have one wish, one blessing, one holy desire to express today, it is this, “May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance,” Jude 1:2. But, you know what? To imagine that there are limits to wishes, blessings and holy desires is to work from a perspective of scarcity. And if you and I know anything about anything, especially the Holy One of God we know that God is a God of Abundance. Listen to this great little sound byte from Psalm 78:25, “Mortals ate of the bread of angels; he sent them food in abundance.” The children of Israel were on a journey from slavery to the Promised Land. But, they got bogged down by looking around at what they didn’t have as opposed to what was right in front of them.

Peter sings, “We all were born under a troubled sky

You’ve been waiting on the wings to carry you

But what you dream you got to live

The love you want you got to give.”

Peter echoes St. Francis here, “it is in giving that we receive, it is pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”

The other day I called Delia (the artist who discovered Abundance) and asked her to bring me an angel. I wanted to use the angel for an object lesson during a Wednesday night homily. So, she not only brought me one angel but two. She brought Abundance and told me how the angelic pieces came from a farm. Delia wanted me to understand how “grounded” she was to just take the pieces as she saw them and reassemble them. For you see, heavenly things are rooted in earthly experiences.

It’s as Peter reminds us,

“Have a little faith in angels

And you might begin to see

You could have a little faith in you and me.”

Celebrate Abundance today and get ready to Sing Joy!

Peace,

Rtg

ps Delia also brought Grace who will “wing” in during h2o devos Sing Joy which begin on Sunday, November 29^th.