Category Archives: Etheree

Be patient. You cannot anticipate opportunities available to you. Control is not the issue. Ego whispers in your ear and tempts you to make decisions without discerning and listening for God’s voice.

There are too many times I live my faith around the edges succumbing to the wiles of a world apart from God knowing well that at the center is a life, when lived in openness to the divine, is gracefully … Continue reading →

We live each day looking forward, but at the end of the day we look back to reflect on what we have accomplished. It’s not that we can change the past or do the things we have left undone. Accept … Continue reading →

I hear the siren call of something new. Change has a way of making me unsettled, looking for ways to fit in. But I need to tread carefully. I’ve been down this road before and failed. It’s time to sit … Continue reading →

If people look into your eyes and see hospitality, and tell you their secrets, it is the divine spirit within you welcoming them in and inviting them to trust in you. With just your eyes, you can reflect God’s love.

A task that cannot be done without joy of heart or purpose may have pride at its core and not love as its bedrock. Enthusiasm is a pure gift, one that God gives us to let us know we are … Continue reading →

All events of our lives are part of the landscape God creates for our earthly journey. We are shaped and defined by joys, sorrows, successes, failures, people we meet and places we go in the mystery of God’s holy ground.

It seems to take me weeks to adjust to the late winter time change. The increased light upsets my circadian rhythms. Sleep does not come easily and waking in darkness unsettles me. The body senses and cannot be fooled.

Let me hold all of it. Give it to me. I can handle it. I am fine, no worries. I hear myself saying this believing it to be sincere. But the truth is, alone, I cannot. God only gives me … Continue reading →

Greet each day with wonder. Reach out in love above all to those who are in hard places with no one to comfort them. Your love can make a difference. Praise God for all the blessings of life and when … Continue reading →