Love and be Loved

Every day I get a couple of inspirational messages in my email box. "Daily Word" which has been going out from Unity Village for about 120 years now, and "I Believe God Wants You to Know" from Neal Donald Walsh who wrote Conversations with God. Today's messages follow:

Today's Daily Word - Thursday, November 5, 2009
Guidance
Spirit guides and directs me in all my choices.
Just as a hiker following a map aligns the arrow of a compass with true north, I align myself with the Christ within to discern my way. While I may weigh my choices, research and consider options, or seek to make informed decisions, I turn to Spirit as my unfailing guide.
Making a wise choice is of benefit to me, whether it's a small matter or a life-altering decision. The Christ Spirit is my internal guide supporting my highest good. I create times of quiet listening and know that guidance will come. I have but to seek, to ask and to listen with my mind and heart.
I live confidently, knowing Spirit guides and directs me in all my choices.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.--2 Thessalonians 3:5


On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that your security is guaranteed through the sharing of your love.

The peace and safety for which you yearn is not a matter of food, clothing, and shelter. It is a matter of love. Love and be loved, and all else will be added unto you.

The world will perform its magic when you step into yours. That is the promise of God, and it will be kept.

I find it interesting to read these today. Earlier in the day I had a conversation with someone at work about the local regarding a veteran who died in an altercation with police and how we don't treat vets very well in this country. We also talked about the apparent execution of a Seattle police officer. Then I came home and discovered that I had missed the huge story about the shootings in Ft. Hood. After a while, having talked about it some with himself, and at class tonight, I realized that in all the loss there is love in these things. I see the postings of support for the survivors and the family members. I know that people really want to do something, and they reach out by writing letters on web pages of the newspaper or FB or blogs and that is love. Compassion is what makes us humans special, it is the love for the rest of humanity that moves mountains and fords rivers, and offers a kind word at the time of profound pain and grief.
Because I believe in the power of prayer, affirmative prayer, I see those messages as energy and can imagine the "light" cocoons surrounding the grieving and injured, not to mention all of those who were survivors, traumatized but not injured.
Science has now "proven" that people who are prayed for, even by people at a distance who don't have a personal acquaintance with them, recover from surgery faster, with more ease, so it is very well within reason to me that prayers and good wishes for strangers near or far is comforting. So, pray, or say thank you , or just wish other folks well, it's all an expression of love which changes the energy level of the universe.
OK, now here's the song lyric (those of you who know me, know I think in song lyrics a lot of the time):
"I see friends shaking hands, saying "How do you do?", they're really saying, I Love You" from What a Wonderful World.
Really musings tonight, bordering on just plain random.