thanksgiving 2012

1778 Thanksgiving Proclamation it read

It having pleased Almighty God, through the course of the present year, 
to bestow great and manifold mercies on the
  people of these United States; and it being the indispensable duty of 
all men gratefully to acknowledge their obligations
 to Him for benefits received


Father in Heaven,
 Creator of all and source of all goodness and love
, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in
this time of giving thanks.

Thank you for all the graces and blessings. You have bestowed upon us,
: our faith in you and the worlds you have set before us
. Our food and shelter, our health, all those gathered here around the
table
our two families, our one family
 for one another and others we care about

Dear Father, in Your infinite generosity, please grant us continued
graces and blessing throughout the coming year.
now

We bow our heads
and fold our hands in our laps
 in heartfelt, thankful prayer;
For all the ways You've blessed our lives
And for Your loving care.
We thank You for the hands of felix and the team in the kitchen
That have prepared this meal we are about to receive
And pray that You will bless all those
Who have no food to eat.

we ask in the name of jesus christ
to be in your light always

amen

kmg 2012

There is so much life
Within life
When you look for it

As the fire burns u notice
The vastness of the ocean
And look closely by,  at the beetle

He keeps flipping over and wiggling his legs as if to turn over, I help him and 
over and over he's on his back....

And do the arts crawl so fast cause there are the smallest on the food chain.or 
is it they just are going in circles and race to somewhere new...

And there's the beetle again, on his back, who will turn him over if I  walk 
away.......

kmg 2012

The sounds of the crashing waves
Are the backround
Breaking  the silence
Nature also has its dance to balance for is it ever really quiet

Black is the night
Whose space holds the towering
Palms
Which also bear fruit........

And to be still, so whole and so full
I am grateful !

kmg 2012

I raise the hood on my white sleeveless hoodie
I tuck in my braids and splash water on my face 
From the ocean
So I can feel my lips dripping the salt onto my tongue

I slide against a log, into the wet sand and feel the earth molding space where 
I fit perfectly...

The sunrise speaks of endless mornings, where the world passes by

Its sounds roaring the stories already told...

And what if I lived in a world like this...would my energy reach its highest 
form

 The highest form of energy is compassion. The word 'compassion' is beautiful: 
half of it is 'passion' --

Will the beauty and silence and connection transform my passion,
So to be
refined that it is no more like passion. It has become compassion.

And then wouldn't   I want to take that into the world as taught in matthew 
chpt5-16

"Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and 
glorify your father in heaven."

Take into your world the love of god and the beauty of this moment....
For in this moment is all that is !

'K

psalms and prayer

“For with you is the fountain of life.” 

Psalm 36:9

Prayer

  Elohim, we know that You are the spiritual “water” that we are thirsty for.  Jesus said that he is the Living Water that would quench our thirst forever and give us eternal life.

 Let us drink deeply from that well.

 Amen

karen 2012

The star are out
They shine high and bright
Reality has no way
That is right

Freedom, fantasy and flight
Are all a part of my good night....

Speaketh not of myself
But of the way
That I live and breathe
In each beautiful day

Every flower in my world
Follows natures way
And I know also needs to grow
With each passing day

And even a cactus
That grows in the suns ray
Has a purpose and reason
For being this way....

And I just changed my dress

And it was wet and wild
Walken out in the rain 

dark and alone........

kmg 2012

Do we change
Do we awaken
Do we age
Do we open

How in these questions, do we sustain the present moment 
Where all of life exists...

And life, as we have manifested
Created, all gifts, already received. Still receiving, 

How
Do we remain hungry for the same meal, even after it becomes left over, 

The grapes of my youth thrown into the a glass and smashed together with 
anothers,  while left behind are those which have fermented  to a bountiful 
beauty, don't mix well with the same course...

And how beautiful to have such richness to offer, to want safety in solitude,to 
want to lift another to their fullest potential , the love I radiate in even 
being on such a journey, the child like energy of life to behold......

Isn't this the beauty? 

So I ask, what does it take to clear the table....