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Monday, December 20, 2021

Christmas Prayer of Peace & Renewal 2021

"O' God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come."

As we embrace the dawning of the new year 2022 and the twilight of the present year 2021, we thank you God with a spirit of gratitude, not because we have not come this far without wounds, without brokenness, without unfathomable losses, and without infinite uncertainties, but because of your loving kindness and grace that has sustained us through dark nights, turbulent seas, bitter winters, and vociferous winds.

As we reflect upon our spiritual summons during this time of year commemorating the birth of Christ,

May our hope, our purpose, and our vision, be renewed and refreshed as we touch the lives of others with love and glad tidings of peace.

May our joy and our hope come alive again and become unquenchable as we inspire each other.

May we be gifted by the wonder, the majesty, and the bliss of excited expectation of new dreams and possibilities.

May our faith be reignited and set aflame by the breath of God.

May we be courageous enough to embrace the strength of our weakness, and humble enough to embrace the weakness of our strength.

May we be encouraged that God has never stopped watching over us and that each of us are on the heart and the mind of God.

May we continue to risk loving so deeply that we set the world aflame with infectious love, abiding compassion, overflowing joy, bountiful benevolence, and tidings of peace.

May such love help us to soar to new heights, greater depths, and infinite possibilities.

May we move forward in connecting with other’s hearts without reticence, fear, nor restraint.

May the flame of our hearts radiate brighter and brighter as one flame yields birth to another and another.

May we be renewed moment by moment and reaffirmed that we are loved, beautiful, gifted, resilient, and powerful.

May such an awareness catapult us to greater heights of inspiration, imagination, creativity, and possibilities.

May our wounds heal us, renew us, and birth us like the Phoenix that is birthed by the fire that consumes it.

May we remain committed to the journey of faith and the path of discovery as we give ourselves to inspire and be inspired, to touch and be touched and walk with those who look and hope for love, light, hope, and peace.

May our Christmas overflow with the presence of love, joy, hope, and peace.

May the New Year overflow with renewed blessings of hope, grace, rest, peace, goodness, and prosperity.

All these things we pray and ask.

Amen

Be Blessed

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Saturday, October 21, 2017

Autumn Prayer Reflection

Autumn Prayer Reflection

Autumn is a time for deep reflection, introspection, thanksgiving, stillness, and harvest.

As the leaves have begun to display their mellow and rich hues of amber, orange, red, and sienna, they seem to suggest to each of us that the innocence of the season of spring and the boldness of the season of summer have acquiesced themselves to mellowness and kindly wisdom of the ages.

As we reflect upon our journey against the backdrop of the earlier part of the year, we do so in the spirit of relief and anticipation, in the spirit of challenge and triumph, in the spirit of solemnity and joy, in the spirit of weariness and rest, in the spirit of inertia and change, in the spirit of incredible gains and necessary losses, in the spirit of astonishment and enlightenment, in the spirit of planting and harvest, in the spirit of struggle and surrender, in the spirit of transformation and transcendence, and with the reflective awareness of our finiteness and infiniteness all being informed by gentle, yet rich wisdom.

God, we render to unto you thanksgiving for the lives by which we have been impacted and we thank you for the lives that have intertwined with our own lives. We render unto you thanksgiving for the lives of those whom we are given responsibility to co-journey in service, healing, friendship, affirmation, empowerment, struggle, empowerment, truth, and transformation!

God, we thank you for the lives of your beloved and resilient children, who forge the spiritual journey with a banner of faith, love, joy, and trust all informed by an intrinsic understanding that we serve each other in a spirit of love with no judgment. We thank you that we serve each other celebrating our unfathomable faith and strengths with the belief that eyes have not seen, neither have ears heard of their uncharted and unlimited possibilities.

God, during this season of harvest, we thank you for an overflowing cornucopia of love and hope, compassion and persistence, empathy and competence, tenacity and vision, gentleness and care, mission and creativity, blessed by the service, wisdom, and presence of your beloved, gifted, and talented people who serve in a plethora of capacities from leaders to visionaries, from teachers to artists, from receptionists to direct care persons, from outreach persons to those persons who are in the helping and healing professions, from environmental services persons to persons in finance, and from administrative support staff to management, (and endless list) etc. We thank you for each of them dear Lord! We thank you for those who are named as well as those who are unnamed. We are blessed by each other’s gifts and offerings in service. We thank you that we are our brothers' and sisters' keepers and delight in and are humble by such a charge. We thank you for the opportunity to serve and to be transformed by having served.

We release, like fallen and ripened leaves into the Autumn winds, weights and burdens, misperceptions and deflated hopes, fears and doubts, worries and anxieties, hurts and wounds, and limitations and insufficiencies…shedding the aforementioned for a bountiful harvest of grace, patience, compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, joy, mindfulness, kindness, rejuvenation, and a love that holds us in its grasp forever, while never letting us go.

God, we thank you for relationships, spiritual union, community, table fellowship, the unknown, and the opportunity to gather in a spirit of gratitude, thanksgiving, strength, camaraderie, celebration, humility, grace, and power. We render unto you these petitions, we pray. Yes, this is true, Let it be so, So be it, May it be so, Amen. Peace

Be Blessed

Reverend K. Mason

(c) 2017
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Christmas Blessings: A Holiday Reflection

As you embrace the dawning of the New Year 2016 and the twilight of the Present Year 2017,

May you be gifted by the wonder, majesty, and the bliss of excited expectation for dreams to be fulfilled in the plan of God,

May you be greeted with a banner of peace, songs of joy, and greetings of glad tidings as you reflect upon the birth of the Christ-child,

May your faith be re-ignited and set a flame by The Holy and Sacred Breath of God,

May you be enraptured by the safety and the blessed assurance that you are embraced by the infinite love of God,

May you be courageous enough to embrace the strength of your weakness,

and humble enough to embrace the weakness of your strength, and in this place be keenly aware that you are on the mind and in the hands of God,

May you risk to set the world aflame with love, joy, compassion, benevolence, peace, and Godly inspiration,

May the Love of God soar you to new heights, greater depths, and infinite possibilities not yet fathomed Beloved of The Most High,

May you continue to trust God and remain buoyant on his everlasting promises for Emmanuel (Hebrew - God With Us) lives with you!

May the lantern of your heart burn passionately and brightly

that others will see its light, be inspired, and be drawn to and glorify God,

May you be renewed, re-enlightened, and re-affirmed that you are
beautiful and gifted,
loved and cherished,
and powerful and resilient
because of Christ who resides within you,

May you be catapulted to greater heights of
imagination,
inspiration,
potential,
and creativity,

May you take greater leaps of faith to inspire, touch, and lift-up those who are broken, outcast, wounded, rejected, and forgotten with humble awareness, but for the grace of God,

May the New Year overflow in grace, prosperity, goodness,

joy, love, peace, and the opening and the expanding of new doors in all dimensions of your life
right now,
during this season,
and throughout the year to come!

You Are Loved,

Blessings For A Wonderful New Year

Be Blessed

Reverend Kevin Mason

(c) 2016
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Friday, June 19, 2015

THE HIGH CALLING

The High Calling

If God has called you to be really like Jesus in all your spirit, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility, and put on you such demands of obedience that He will not allow you to follow other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other good people do things which He will not let you do.

Other Christians and ministers, who seem very religious and useful, may push themselves, pull strings, and work schemes to carry out their plans. But you cannot do such things. You will meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely patient.

Others can brag on themselves, on their work, on their successes, on their workings/writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, if you begin it, He will lead you into some deep mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good works.

Others will succeed in making great sums of money, having a legacy left to them, or having luxuries. However, God may supply you daily, because He wants you to have something far better than gold that is helpless dependence on Him. That He may have the privilege of providing your needs day by day out of an unseen treasury.

The Lord may let others be honored and put forward, but keep you hid away in obscurity. He does this to produce some choice, fragrant fruit for His coming glory, which can only be grown in the shade. He may let others be great but keep you small. He may let others do a work for Him and get credit for it, but He will make you work and toil on without letting you have any knowledge of how much you are doing. Then to make you still more precious, He will let others get the credit for the work you have done. This will make your reward ten times greater when Jesus returns.

The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch on you with jealous love. He will rebuke you for little words or feelings, or for wasting time, things that other Christians never seem distressed over. So make up your mind that God is an infinite Sovereign, and has the right to do as He pleases with his own.

He may not explain to you a thousand things, which may puzzle your reasoning in His dealing with you. God will take you at your work. If you absolutely sell yourself to be His slave, He will wrap you up in a jealous love. He will let other people say and do things that you cannot say or do.

Settle it forever; you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit. He alone has the privilege of tying your tongue, chaining your hands and closing your eyes in ways that others are not dealt with. Now, when you are so possessed with the living God that you are, in your secret heart, pleased and delighted over this peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and life, you will have the vestibule of heaven.

Anonymous

Be Blessed

K. Mason

(c) 2015
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Monday, December 22, 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015

Season's Greetings & A Holiday Reflection

As you embrace the dawning of the New Year 2015 and the twilight of the Present Year 2014,

May you be gifted by the wonder and the bliss of excited expectation for dreams yet to come,

May you be greeted with a banner of peace and songs of joy,

May you be enraptured by the warmth of being loved,

May you be courageous enough to embrace the strength of your weakness,

And humble enough to embrace the weakness of your strength,

May you risk to set the world aflame with love, joy, benevolence, and peace,

May the lantern of your heart burn passionately and brightly

that others will see its light and be inspired,

May you be renewed, enlightened, and affirmed that you are beautiful and gifted,

May you be catapulted to greater heights of imagination, inspiration, potential, and creativity,

May you know how special you are and because of your presence, the world in a better place,

May your bounty for the New Year overflow in grace, prosperity, goodness,

joy, love, and glad tidings of peace,

Now, during this season, and throughout the year to come!

Blessings For A Wonderful New Year

Be Blessed

K. Mason

(c) 2014
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

LIVING WATERS THAT REFRESH THE SOUL

LIVING WATERS

“Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

REVELATION 22:1-2

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

(c) 2014
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Monday, April 14, 2014

YOU ARE GOD'S HANDIWORK

You are the handiwork work of the LORD! GOD loves us to much that we are created in multifaceted hues, shapes, sizes. Because of GOD’S magnificence and love, you possess profound gifts and talents, all of which are designed to bless one another and glorify the presence and reality of GOD.

You are GOD’S INSTRUMENTS of Light, Hope, Peace, Joy, and Inspiration! It is our “Divine Calling” and “Pilgrimage in Truth” to live into both the manifestation and fulfillment of this precious and gracious gift!

Never ever for one moment, nor second, doubt your magnificence, giftedness, uniqueness, beauty, purpose nor destiny, neither the fact that you are LOVED with a LOVE whose depth, breadth, and height are so profound that its magnitude defies our full comprehension, yet requires our simple acceptance of this profound LOVE. You are LOVED because you are LOVE! Thank you for being YOU! Go in Peace today and everyday! Blessings and peace be upon you always

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

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Friday, April 04, 2014

Spring Blessings To The Beloved

A Reflection Written in Honor of Each of You:

Spring Blessings To The Beloved

May you be graced and refreshed by the SPIRIT of rejuvenation,

Overflow with unquenchable bliss,

Bask in the awe of lovely things to yet come,

Be showered by the freshness of morning rain,

Marvel in the splendorous hues of Nature’s bounty; her cloak of flowers and trees,

Be a beneficiary of prosperity as vast as the blue sky,

Be enraptured by the inspiration that all Winters become Spring,

Be revitalized by the fragrance of fresh cut flowers,

And

Be blessed by the glad tidings during this season of Spring and the days to come!

Blessings & Namaste

Kevin Mason

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

(c) 2009
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS 2013

May the spirit, grace, presence, peace, love, warm, comfort, and goodness of Thanksgiving be with you and those whom you cherish and love now and throughout the year! Cornucopia blessings to you for a blessed harvest of God's abundance in grace, mercy, assurance, joy, and peace!

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

ACRONYM FOR CHANGE

CHANGE

Beloved of the Most High: You have not happened upon this meditation neither by accident nor by default. There have been many challenges that you have faced recently and you're feeling overpowered; oftentimes, like you are being overtaken and drowning in the tidal waves of life. You might be wondering whether or not if it is worth it to read any further because it appears that your efforts are in vain and the result is futile.

Beloved, you were carried here by the very waves that you thought would consume you. You were lead here by a gracious and loving FORCE that is greater than you.

You have been seeking an answer(s), a response, and a resolution. Stay a while and rest. Be still as the answer is not in your fight against the waves, but by your ability to embrace them, give in to them, recognize them, seek to understand the message that they are offering you, and become one them for in doing so you are allowing not only yourself, but your perspective, and your circumstances to CHANGE. There is tremendous power in letting go! When one lets go, he/she opens himself/herself to new and greater opportunities in God's plan and grace!

May you be graced by the gift of the blessing of CHANGE on this day; even right now as you read and reflect upon this quiet meditation. May the LORD grant you "divine courage and loving hope" and the quiet and sure confidence that surpasses all understanding, circumstances, knowledge, troubles, doubt, anxiety, and fear(s). May you find comfort, solace, and assurance today and everyday. Amen.

The dynamic blessedness of glorious CHANGE is not defined by the presence of adversity, tension, or disappointment, but CHANGE is an indicator that the gracious and loving presence of GOD'S grace and presence of The Holy Spirit has a greater calling, responsibility, and destiny for you as well as your life! Yes, be encouraged! Your circumstances have not defeated you! You are not a write-off! Do not give up! CHANGE is on the way! CHANGE is your gift!

Trust not in what you see and place not your treasures in earthen vessels, but have faith as "faith is the substance of things hoped and the presence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1. God is still on the throne!

Take heart, comfort, and solace, because "the race is not given to the swift, but to he that endures to the end!

My prayer for you is the grace, the wisdom, and the blessedness of Glorious & Divine CHANGE.

Below are two brief Acronyms for Change. Read Them, Reflect Upon Them, & Rest In Them!

CHANGE IS A PROCESS, NOT AN EVENT

C - Courageous

H - Hope

A - Affects

N - New

G - Grace

E - Everyday

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C - Cultivating

H - Human

A - Altruism

N - Necessitates

G - Growth

E - Everyday

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

(c) 2013
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Monday, July 01, 2013

ACRONYM FOR PEACE

PEACE

Beloved of the Most High: You have not happened upon this meditation neither by accident nor by default. You were lead here by a gracious and loving FORCE that is greater than you. You have been seeking an answer(s)...a response. Stay a while and rest. "Be Still." Psalm 46:10

May you be blessed with the gift of peace on this day; even right now as you read and reflect upon this quiet meditation. May the LORD grant you "divine peace." Peace that surpasses all understanding, circumstances, knowledge, troubles, doubt, anxiety, and fear(s). May your heart be comforted and your mind placed at ease. May you be granted peace!

Peace. Peace. Sweet Peace Beloved.

Peace is not defined by the absence of adversity, challenges, or disappointments, but peace is the gracious and loving presence of GOD'S grace and presence of The Holy Spirit to sustain you and enable you to stand, yes, even right now, when circumstances would have otherwise overtaken and defeated you! You are not written off! Your circumstances have not defeated you! Do not give up!

Take heart, comfort, and solace, because "the race is not given to the swift, but to he that endures to the end!

May our Heavenly Father bless you and keep you always in His care, His grace and grant you His Peace.

Below are 3 brief Acronyms for Peace. Read Them, Reflect Upon Them, &; Rest In Them!

P - Prayers

E - Energize

A - All

C - Cellular

E - Energy

P - Positive

E - Energy

A - Activates

C - Constant

E - Elevation

P - People

E - Everywhere

A - Are

C - Created

E - Equal

Be Blessed,

K. Mason

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