Showing posts with label joyful living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joyful living. Show all posts

Saturday, January 14, 2012

"Just Imagine" Happy New Year 2012!






Greetings!

The theme for the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade is "Just Imagine."

In this moment, we are creating how we will experience this bright and shining new year. Just like planting seeds in a garden, Life always "grows" for us whatever we plant. Will we harvest a year full of financial abundance, wonderful health and loving relationships? Or will 2012 pretty much be a carbon copy of 2011?

Someone said that the Universe is conspiring to bring us our good. But we have to say "yes" to it. How do we do that? By consciously choosing what we want to "harvest" this year, keeping ourselves focused on that, and then moving our feet.

Life (God, Spirit, the Universe, our Higher Power) is for us. It is only our old B S (belief systems) in struggle, lack and dis-ease that keeps our wonder-ful and amazing good from us.

What happened in your life in 2011? Did you receive greater financial good? Was a physical challenge or relationship healed for you? Did you buy or sell real estate, dispite the appearance of a difficult market? I'll bet, if you look back, you can find many of those "ordinary miracles."

Well, because Life is for us and always brings what we expect, we will experience greater and more wonder-ful ordinary miracles in 2012, if we expect them. The same power that works in our relationships works in our money.

"Just imagine" the good that Spirit has for you. And then do your part. Keep your focus on the good that is yours now, because you have planted the seeds. Do your daily spiritual practice (affirmations of what you want, not what you don't want; meditation and prayer; coming--or coming back--to Church; attending classes). Need some help? Just ask.

On December 31, 2012, wouldn't you like to be able to look back at the year and say"wow"? We are planting those seeds today.

Just imagine......

Love and Light,

Rev. Jerry Troyer

A Personal Epiphany


Greetings!

As you may know, last Friday, January 6, was the celebration of Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas.

The word Epiphany means to reveal. This particular day was the day that the wise men found Jesus. Consider their experience. They went to King Herod, and asked where Jesus was (and you may recall that Herod wasn't especially thrilled). They watched and followed the star. The point is that their epiphany was an active process. They didn't just go sit in their tents and watch football until someone brought them the news.

So it is with us. Jesus reminded us that for us to receive, we need to ask, seek, or knock. Just sitting in the corner and hoping for whatever it is won't do it. Our manifestation may not require physical work on our part, but we must at least make the decision on what it is we wish to experience, and then do our affirmation prayer.

Go to my blog at http://revjerryt.wordpress.com to listen to my inspirational message from January 8 on this subject.