Click here to listen to today’s Daily Power Prayer for Planting Seeds of Love!:
To be a minister is to be an agent for. To minister to is to be of service to. What I have learned over the years is that many of us are willing to give time and money to help the poor and be of service to them. This is admirable and brings great benefit. What is even more beneficial is for those of us who have eyes to see and ears to hear to take action on behalf of the poor and needy. To be an agent for change. An agent for education and enlightenment so that we can eliminate the causes of poverty and ignorance. This is the way that can truly minister to our brothers and sisters and be of service to the Divine. As practitioners of nonviolence we must, like Gandhi and King, see past the surface of the problem address its root cause: The beliefs that created the challenge, and the thinking that fosters it and supports it.
Reverend Mary Manin Morrissey says, “You and I are meant to be ‘ministers,’ that is, those who carry the flame, bear the light of Truth. When you witness prejudice, pettiness, and the ramifications of gossip, take a stand and put a stop to it. Build up what is torn down. Who will be the minister in your home or work, if not you?”
Today I will see myself as one who embodies the light of Truth. I can see that it is the most intimidating circumstances that benefit from the light the most. I am willing to be the one who brings the light. I know that others like Gandhi and King, have gone before me and shown me how to do it. I take their spirit with me and I minister where I am. In this way I seek to pull up the roots of violence and hatred so that it can grow no more. I plant seeds of love and peace everywhere I go.
Affirmation:
I plant seeds of love and peace everywhere I go.
Hi Jennifer,
Happy Birthday to you! I am so thankful for the loving gifts you bring us all! Much love from India…
I appreciate you. Every day.
In gratitude. And Wellness, C
I appreciate the quote by Rev. Mary manin Morrissey. I like the idea of being a minister of peace and to carry the flame and the practice of non-violence. You make so clear what that entails. It allows me to switch my thinking from old patterns of thinking and allows me to continue to grow into the kind, loving, peaceful person I am choosing to be. It enables me to be the light for someone else and to show them that we are all one, all connected and that there is only love. Thank you!
Thank you Jennifer, you are indeed a major blessing in my life and make a difference in my daily spiritual practice that is all day-long. You are so very inspiring and delightful to listen to each day. I am without income at this time and therefore can not take any of the “paid” classes.
Namaste, bjb