Saturday, April 29, 2023

HEAD TO HEART

CALLING THE GREAT SPIRIT

I’ve always admired the ways of the native American Indians and their closeness and reliance on the Great Spirit they came to know and worship as they lived out their lives close to nature and the earth.  The Sioux had a strong spiritual life and one of their sayings was that “The longest journey you will make in your life is from your head to your heart”.  The biblical psalmist compels us to “Be still and know that I am God” in Psalm 46:10.  Jesus taught us that God is love by his actions and teachings during his three-year ministry as he walked the shores of Galilee among the people.

Could this longest journey of being still and knowing God through Jesus travel from our understanding of loving God and neighbor to finally dwell within our hearts?   The Hebrew root of Be Still means Let Go, meditate on the knowledge that God is in control and we can be the conduits of his eternal love for creation.  Once we come to that realization within our soul, we may come to terms with life itself.    

 

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