ShiningLight: Kerstin's mailround in the morning

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!

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Kerstin's mailround in the morning

My mailrounds are special to me. In the mornings, I take all the mail I get at the Post office at 7:30am and I walk through all the offices at East Hill to distribute it. I do the same around 2pm again. It is awesome to meet different people from staff here that I do not know that much. I see the Holy Spirit lead and guide me in converstations, it is amazing.

I want to tell you about one special thing from my morning rounds. Whenever, I step out of the children center I always forget what a beautiful view awaits me! I open the huge doors to breathe some fresh air and then, beams of sunlight touch my face. Light fills my whole being and I have to close my eyes for the sun is so bright! Then laughter and joy rises up from deep within me like a bubbling brook and I thank my God for that blessing right there! How can I forget it again until God exposes me so lovingly to it again? I don't know but this morning I decided to tell someone, to testify and share the joy of my heart on my mailrounds in the mornings here in Gresham :)