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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.

The Heavens Declare

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at the moment of your birth,
the sun, moon, and stars aligned
in a pattern
that will never appear
in the heavens again.
points of light in an inky black sky
with no seeming connection
until you decide
how they all fit together
by the choices you make.
and in the course of a lifetime
the story unfolds.

at the moment of your (re)birth,
your constellation complete,
the tale must be told
to close the circle.
from your lips emerges
the details of a life lived on earth
with all its twists and turns,
all the lessons learned,
the trials and victories
and each locus of love
that guided you home.
©2023, Sarah S. Walters

At the End

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at the end of my days,
my final act will be
to split open my chest,
revealing my inward parts.
engraved on my heart, my lungs,
and etched into my bones—
every square inch—
covered in the Beloved’s name,
so that all who look there will know:
every beat of my heart, every breath,
every movement of my body
was for Him alone.
© 2023, Sarah S. Walters

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.

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

Identity Crisis

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Identity crises are caused when we are told that we must act a certain way or believe certain things. Conform or be cast out of the community. What happens when the cognitive dissonance is just too great to pretend anymore? We either get asked to leave, or we walk away.

This is the beginning of a death. A death of what we tried to embrace. A death of the relationships. A death of the dreams we had while still in that community. But this death is needed if we are to remember who we really are.

After death comes (re)birth. A (re)birth of wonder, curiosity, and fearlessness. The worst of it has passed, and joy and peace are to be found in the unknown, the places yet to be explored.

We were always meant to die before we could truly live. This is the mystery of the ages. That through one man death entered the world and through one man life was offered freely to all. For how could we know what is Life without first walking through the valley of death?

Judge Not the Tree

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“You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.” John 8:15

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Release yourself from the bondage of judgement–judgement of yourself and of others. The Father judges no one; the Son judges no one; the Spirit judges no one. Since we have been made in His likeness and image, we are also not meant to judge.

Judgement is fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.

“A bad tree cannot bear good fruit, nor can a good tree bear bad fruit.”

You are a Tree of Life, so there is nothing left to do but Live.

I Name the Darkness

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I name the darkness,
and my chains
along with their power
fall to the ground
where they are trodden
underfoot.
Nothing hidden
will not be brought
into the light.
Nothing that is false
will not be burned up
in the Holy Fire
of Love.
O Divine, I am Yours
and You are mine.
I find myself
and there You are too,
You have been here all along.
You, a believer,
when I could not believe.

 Ⓒ 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.

He is With You

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You do not have to do anything special to have an encounter with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Just being open to hearing from Him and to seeing Him is enough for Him to show up in the simplest and sweetest of ways.

Most often He comes to me when I am with my children and holds me as I hold them. He speaks to me as I speak to them. He is loving me as I am loving others.

He is everywhere and in everything if we will let Him be. There is no greater place we can dwell than in the eternal today with the Lover of our Soul.