ShiningLight: FRIENDS

BEYOND MEASURE

"OUR DEEPEST IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE. IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US.
WE ASK OURSELVES: WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED, FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WON'T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU. WE ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO.
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD IN US. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF US. IT'S IN EVERYONE.
AND AS WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHER PEOPLE PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME. AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS"

(Marianne Williamson - and quoted by Nelson Mandela 1994 at his inauguration!

Sunday, May 06, 2007

FRIENDS

Friends- I just realized AGAIN how fortunate and blessed I am to have friends. On my first day back home in the States after a wonderful time at church, I spend time with 2 of my very dearest friends. It was a wonderful time of catching up, laughing and fellowshipping. When I got home I was stunned…..yes, I am blessed by my friends…often we need to go somewhere to realize what we have…can you relate? It is hard to prepare myself to leave this place in a few months. I will miss all my friends, all these wonderful relationships that God has blessed me with on this side of the globe. I’ve gone through that when I left Germany 3 years ago. Yes, we will keep contact..Godwilling…and I can say that wherever I will be in the future, the friends from Gresham, Bent, Ohio will always have a special place in my heart.

Thank you for Friends, dear Lord. Although these kinds of relationships present themselves as not being that easy for me a lot if the times…

I consider myself so blessed of having you, Alexis, Carina, Travis, Sarah, Annie, Elisabeth, Robyn, Jenni, Valerie, Katie, Caroleana. Michelle, Brian, …….. THANK YOU!