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Christ is Born in You

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The celebration of the birth of the Christ child is also the celebration of the Christ child being born within all humanity. Each person who walks this earth has a little Christ who has been born or is waiting to be born. You may disagree, but I take Jesus’ words to heart when he said, “whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me” (Matt. 25:40) —speaking of the Christ within him. And “unless a seed falls into the ground, and dies it remains a single seed, but if it dies it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24) Christ came in the form of an enlightened human babe named Jesus, he grew up, and then he died. The seed of the Word in His heart was planted in the hearts of all mankind on the day of his death (see the parable of the sower-Matt. 13:1-23). The resurrection of Christ happens in us, as well, whether it happened historically or not does not matter. What matters is what happens in us! 

Some have never known his Name, but they recognize the Light. Some have never seen his Light, but have heard his Word in the depths of their being. (John 1) Each in their own way responds to and awakens to the Christ within them and many have done glorious and wonderful things to bring the light of the Divine to humanity.

That’s my story, and I am sticking with it! A very Merry Christmas to you all.

You are so very loved.

Let the Little Children Come to Me…

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Today during a guided meditation, my higher self showed up as a little child of about 4 years old. This sweet, joy filled child looked at me and smiled. I felt total love and total acceptance from my higher self. It was quite a beautiful, meaningful experience.

What is so special about a child? It is not just that they are innocent, but that they are curious. They are playful and want to have fun. Even the mundane has the potential to become a game. They don’t worry about the future, because they are too busy living in the present moment. They trust implicitly that their needs will be met, and that people will do the most loving thing toward them and for them.

They are who we are meant to be—even after the knowledge of good and evil. We are meant to get to a second naïveté.

Instead of being ignorant and naïve, we move into a space where we have knowledge of the world, yet choose to live in the wonder—a place where we are open to life and all its curiosities and mysteries, a place where we can flow, and a place that we embrace love in all its forms and can be love for others.

Deconstructing and Reframing Hierarchy and Leadership

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This morning, I have been contemplating hierarchy and what it means to be a “leader”. In the worldly sense, when we think of hierarchy we think of one person at the top with levels of people below, with each level having less and less authority, autonomy, etc.

But what if we rethought what hierarchy is? What if we began to see it in a different way, a more healthful way? Here are my thoughts on what this could look like.

Hierarchy has nothing to do with authority over another, but rather the level of life experience and wisdom of an individual, who then brings that experience and wisdom into a group or community. In religious Jewish culture, the wisest always speaks last. He or she allows all voices to be heard, and only after all have been given the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on a matter does the wisest among them give their own thoughts and opinions. It’s not about whether one person is better than any other. It is about how a person has been shaped by their experiences. It is about the community recognizing in their leaders the wisdom to avoid pitfalls that would destroy a community and highlight those things that might allow a community to flourish. It is not about control, but perspective.

The wise have learned from experience and have a more expansive understanding and knowledge that the young and inexperienced do not yet have. Perhaps this is why the elders of various cultures and tribes have been so venerated in the past.

The wise have learned that it is better to serve than to rule. It is better to listen than to speak. It is better to be curious than to be right.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Inerrant

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When some people say that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God what they actually mean is, “my interpretation is inerrant”. That is just not possible. We cannot know everything nor be right about everything.

For centuries, people interpreted the Bible to say that slavery was acceptable. That interpretation was and is errant. (Where else have we erred from Abba/Imma’s heart?)

The Bible tells us about the Word of God, but it is not THE Word of God. Christ is the Word of God. And Who has made His home in the hearts of man as a result of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Christ. When we connect with and listen to Him we become little Christs, living epistles.

The Word of God, that is, Christ, is inerrant. We can learn to tune in and listen to His voice and say only what our Abba/Imma says. We just have to lay down our own interpretations and “Hear Him”.

I encourage you to read through these passages. These are the Scriptures that came to mind as I was writing this post: John 1:1-14, 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Jer. 31:31-34, John 8:32, John 12:23, John 15;26-27, John 16:13, Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28, Matthew 17:5

Come to the Table

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Come to the table.
It is here for you.
Everything selected
with you in mind.
There is nothing
You must do or say
to begin.
Come.
Pull up a chair,
and sit with me.
I’ll regale you with some stories,
and then
when you are sated,
you can tell me
where you’ve been,
how it is with you now,
and what you dream.
I want to hear it all.
Come to the table.
I am here for you
whenever you need me.

©Sarah S. Walters

Prodigal, Come Home

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You are a new creation, He has made you brand new. You are who He says you are. And to Him you are beloved, you are precious, you are holy, you are righteous, you are blameless, you are enough. You don’t need to do anything to gain approval from Abba. He approved of you from the foundation of the world. You are the apple of His eye. You are the child He always wanted. You are beautiful, compassionate, tender-hearted, faithful, and kind. You are all these things because He made you so. He made you to be like Him, in His image and likeness. He declared that you are very good from the beginning. He is well pleased with you.

The Father is well pleased with you, and requires nothing of you but to rest in His love. You could never write another word, you could not give another penny, you could never keep another feast day, and He would love you just the same. He loves you, not because of the things you do or don’t do, but because He loves. Love does not live at the expense of others. Love is not self-serving. This is the premise from which we must read everything from Scripture, especially the words of Jesus. Jesus came to show us the Father’s love.

The Father much like the father in the prodigal son parable has been misunderstood. The Father of fathers, the best one of all, has been rejected by His sons. They have not seen His goodness, His unconditional love, His mercy, His generosity. Humanity has either gone away from Him and lived a hedonistic lifestyle or we’ve placed burdens on ourselves that He never required of us–seeing ourselves as no better than servants, when He has always loved us and seen us as sons. “My son you have always been with me and all I have is yours.”

This is a Father who loves and does not pick favorites. He has never withheld anything from the eldest son; the eldest son never considered himself worthy enough to ask. Do you see? It’s not how God perceives us, it’s how we’ve perceived ourselves–that was the dysfunction we got from Adam, a dysfunction that Jesus came to correct.

You are to die for! You are worth laying down His own life in order to show you the extent of His love. He has placed no other burden, no command but to Shema! Hear with your heart all the love He has for you; believe and be transformed in the renewing of your mind by this truth that He has said about you! Then you will be free to love as you have been loved–not the love that expects love in return, but love for its own sake.

The Kingdom Within

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“The revolution will not be televised.”

Gil Scott-Heron


The Kingdom of Heaven is within you and the energy of the new creation must be expressed through you! The Kingdom can only be seen when you come into alignment with God’s will and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in you. Then you will do the works of Our Father as Jesus did. For He only did what He saw the Father doing.

Noah Found Grace

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“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” Gen. 6:8

Genesis 6:8

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

Matthew 13:16-17

What do you see when you look into another’s eyes? If you are farther away, you might see their emotion. As it has been said, ‘the eyes are the window to the soul.” And if you are close enough, you will see a reflection of yourself. When Noah looked into the eyes of the LORD, He found grace there–grace for him, grace for his family, and grace for the whole of humanity.

He had a revelation of the grace of God. It had nothing to do with what Noah had done or had not done, nothing to with whether he had a corrupted lineage. God looks at the heart, and Noah saw the righteousness and purity of himself through the eyes of the LORD.

After he had this revelation, he walked with God. He acted in accordance with God’s will and vision and built an ark that would preserve and protect LIFE. This is what a revelation of the LORD does for us. It brings LIFE. He shows us who we really are. He shows us the grace He has poured out on us, the love He has for us. He shows us that He never thought less of us, though we thought less of ourselves.

Look into the eyes of Your Saviour; there is grace to be found there for you too!

You Are Lovable

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From the fear that I am unlovable…
Deliver me, Jesus.

The idea that a person is unlovable goes back to the feeling that in order to be lovable we have to do and say the right things. Though it may be difficult sometimes for other people to love us, for God it is effortless. This is the beauty of the Gospel. God loves you; He loves me; He loves everyone. If you doubt that, you have only to look to the One who laid His life down for you on the cross–Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is fully God and fully man. He is the real, tangible proof that you are indeed lovable.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16)

 

Be Still

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“Be still and know that I am God!” (Ps. 46:10a)

People often think that “be still” in this verse means, “be quiet,” but it actually means “sink down, relax, let drop, or let go” (H7503).

On the night Christ was betrayed, He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane (Olive Pressing):

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done… He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. ” (Luke 22:42,44)

In His humanness, Christ struggled with letting go of His own will, so much so that His sweat became as drops of blood. He humbled Himself, and acquiesced to His Father’s will even to the point of death.

La Pietà by Michelangelo is a masterpiece revealing the beauty of the human form and evoking emotion from the onlooker. For me, it embodies the idea of letting go or surrender. In dying, Christ shows His complete surrender to the will of His Father. Yes, He died, but three days later, He rose from the dead, conquering death and the grave. In letting go, in being humble, He is raised up to the highest place of honor in His Father’s Kingdom.

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. James 4:10

Many people struggle with wanting their own way. We think that if we can control our lives, we can avoid pain, discomfort, annoyance, and other kinds of suffering. But this simply is not true. We can’t control what happens to us. We can only control how we confront what happens to us.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. (Luke 9:24)

We cannot escape suffering. What we can do is let go of our need to try to control and put our trust in a God Who is good, Who loves us, and Who desires the best for us. We can surrender to His will because He is faithful, He is trustworthy.

For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. (Romans 6:5)

Even though we are destined to die, He has the power to raise us up again. We have hope that the death we die, whether physically or even psychologically, it is not the end; resurrection is coming.