Scripture and Prayer Topic: Love
Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-9 (Good News Bible.)
But God’s mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great, that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God’s grace that you have been saved. In our union with Christ Jesus, he raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world. He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus. For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, let us remember and honor your gifts for us, always. The gifts... of life, of love, of song; but also… the gifts of pain, of grief, of mercy, of joy, and of peace. Let us remember it takes both sides... to help us truly understand and appreciate the gifts presented to us, daily. Amen.
Personal/Professional Growth Tool Suggestion:
Take an educational, self care or self awareness, or bonding type of webinar or class with a few of your coworkers, clients, or friends. It’s a great way to get to know each other, while doing something that is new or intriguing to, hopefully, all of you. Hopefully, something where you may be equally experiencing “new ground” and can build a different kind of bond or trust by supporting one another through any awkward uneasiness.
Coping Skill Suggestion:
Sound Healing. This is different from Music Therapy as music therapy focuses on “playing through” your emotions via singing, playing instruments, etc. Sound Healing focuses on using certain frequencies, scientifically proven, to affect change within the body and have healing effects on our physiology… on a cellular/molecular level.
I have been blessed to have learned and experienced a little more about this modality, recently, through a songwriting friend, Linda Alario, as I am taking a series of her Sound Healing course. (It’s actually OKAY to Love on yourself with some self care!) If you’d like more information on how the frequencies of instruments like singing bowls, tuning forks, and meditative music can assist your particular needs, please contact her at:
https://www.lindaalario.com