How refreshing it was yesterday to cry my heart out to Spirit, to shout my anger and frustration, just me and God alone, with no one else around. Release… letting go… opened my heart to receive, to get to peace and connection. It felt so intimate… so close to Spirit… togetherness. I can still feel it with me today. For that, I am most grateful. I am reminded of the song “I Release and I Let Go” by Rickie Byars Beckwith: There was a time in my life I thought I had to do it all myself And I didn’t know the grace of God was sufficient And I didn’t know the love of God was at hand But now I can say If you are discouraged Struggling just to make it through another day You got to let it go, let it all go And this is what you have to say CHORUS: I release and I let go I let the Spirit run my life And my heart is open wide Yes it’s only up to God No more struggle, no more strife With my faith I see the light I am free in the Spirit Yes it’s … Continue reading →

I recently left behind the part-time contract work that had provided a base of support for Rog and me since we arrived in Sedona a year-and-a-half ago. My intention was to complete this phase of my life by the spring equinox so that I could return to our business full-time. But I would not go until I received a sign. In the past, such a sign would have been a big one. This time, as I opened to faith, many small signs convinced me to trust my Higher Power to provide replacement income. Recently I shared with Rog the comfort I receive from reading this passage from Matthew: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “ And why do you worry about clothes? See … Continue reading →