Unity Church Of Clearwater

Leddy Hammock You might win a battle, you could win a race. Out run your rivals, come in first place. You could lose your center in the push and the shove, or simply surrender and tune into love. Love’s not a contest, it’s just who we are. Both the light and the shadow are at home in the heart. Beyond the struggle, there is music to play, and songs to be singing at the end of the day…. Love knows no boundaries, it’s the light in our eyes – familiar to all, universally prized. There’s a world of compassion and we’re good to begin. We could just quit fighting and let love win. When we’re up against too much to ask, when we lose our resistance at last and we realize love’s got our back, love wins. For everyone, great and small, we are lifted as we fall, kindness conquers all. Love wins.

Leddy Hammock “Used to be when things got crazy, I’d get to feeling low. But, I found out I can’t let that phase me …. Sometimes we all feel disconnected…. It’s kind of strange, but it’s true: when everything changes, I can change anything. Turning the pages, everything’s new. If life’s little stages are teaching me anything, it’s everything changes and I can change, too.

Leddy Hammock While I go walkin’, you know I’ll be smiling. The sun’ll be shining,’cause all day long I’m gonna sing my song. I’ve got my problems, my problems, but not today. I’ve got no problems today.”

Leddy Hammock We take to heart these mighty words of The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., spoken in 1963, in our pledge for justice and compassion in every facet of our human interaction and in our spiritual expression: “As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.” “With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope . . . .” “With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together . . . .” “With this faith we will be able . . . to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. . . . Let freedom ring!”  

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Daniel Nahmod to “Everything New” — “Bring it on — everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know it’s gonna be everything new. I’m through crying, I’m through waiting. I’m, through hoping against all hope. I’m through longing for something gone that’ll never return. I think I finally learned to bring it on. I think it’s time. “I’m through grieving, I’m through dreaming that the life I had is ever coming back. And no more wishing on someone else’s star, that’ll never be mine. I think it’s time to bring it on, everything new . . . . I’ve survived many times before, broken hearts and slammin’ doors. I’ll be all right, yes, I will, once more. Just as I did back then, I’m gonna rise again. So bring it on, everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know, it’s gonna be everything new.”

Leddy Hammock “I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes. Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are! Oh, I know who you’re here to be – I see it in your eyes:  A light for the world to see – I know who you’re here to be…. Oh, I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes.  Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are. I know who you really are!  (Don’t try to hide it, ‘cause)  I know who you really are!”

Leddy Hammock “I’m letting go of holding on. God is my shepherd, I shall not want. I’m letting go of holding on. Seeking first the kingdom of God. I let go of the feelings that feed on lack and greed. I let go of the reasons keeping me in need. I let go of the fear that there’s never enough. And I stop holding on, to what is not love. We breathe in, we breathe out, it’s all give and take. They’re one with each other, for all of goodness’ sake. The loaves and the fishes were blessed then released and barely enough, turned into a feast . . . . I’m letting go of holding on, seeking first the kingdom of God.”

Leddy Hammock “Long ago, a child was born . . . who brought the gift of hope to you and me. Even if you don’t believe, there’s still a gift if you receive it from the heart of the Child of peace. When a child is born, they bring the gift of peace, an offering from the universe for all to see. In my heart, there is a space, pure and sacred, warm and safe, where the Child of peace is born in me. And so the seeds of peace are sown in fields of hope where love is grown. Now unto us the light has come, heavens work will soon be done and every soul that’s born will love increase. So, any time you see a child, greet them with a loving smile. Give your heart to the Child of peace. Child of peace, Pure and sweet, show me how to be a Child of peace.”

Leddy Hammock “In Bethlehem a manger waits, long ago and so today, Where hatred-weary people pray Love will come and lay there. And so do countless stables stand in hearts as harsh as desert lands, Rough shelters in the wind and sand, so Love will come and stay there –. Love that opens fists of hate, heaps of gold on beggars’ plates, Love that shows a kindly face to enemies and strangers. And walls of stables tremble so when winds of fear and judgment blow. For a stable hopes in Love alone and knows that Love’s the answer. Oh, Love, the prophets’ only word, the only lesson left to learn, The only end of heaven’s work, and the only road that goes there — Love that sees with mercy’s eyes, holds its arms out open wide, Threads its loom with separate lives and weaves them all together. So, may the lamps of stables glow brightly lit that light may go for miles in the darkness, so Love will find its way there.”

LEDDY HAMMOCK Search the sky for that star—star of light, star of love, bright enough to guide believers from afar. Let there be peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves. We’ve traveled such a long way. Let us not forget what for. And when we gaze upon that star of light, star of love, we hope for the only gift: peace around our trouble world, peace within ourselves. Search the face of the Child, shining with the spirit of Christmases in our heart.

Leddy Hammock “My Source of life is strength and wisdom. We thank You for helping us to endure and live through everything we’ve lived through. You brought us here, to this present moment. You’ve given us strength to find our way. Here, in this present moment, You’ve given us courage for today. We have courage for today. We live the good life, Oh, so sweet, and You’re with us with every heartbeat.”

Leddy Hammock God has prepared a feast for me and has set the table for me to enjoy every good thing. My mind set is to expect the best. In all my life, I give thanks in advance, expecting good and only good. I keep my table set. I believe that God’s will for all people is good and only good. There is always room for more people at our table. We can always set an extra plate. Although we may say grace in many ways, we all stay grateful. I’m grateful for the life that’s mine to live, grateful for the love that’s in my life, grateful for the gifts I have to give and the memories made around my kitchen table.

“The whisper that I hear in my heart, telling me it’s time to start To set my inhibitions free, become the ‘me’ I’m here to be. So, I’ll act brave as if I am, act ‘as if’ until I can, live each day as though I know that what I seek is seekin’ me, even when that’s hard to see. I choose faith, so I believe, that what I seek is seekin’ me.”

Leddy Hammock “Thank You, God, for this world of infinite joy and vibrant love. I’ve known the blessing of a boundless flow of miracles. I marvel at the beauty around me and within me, inspiring me to cherish Who I am. Thank You, God, as I celebrate the gift of each new day, I experience renewal with each breath I take and I discover deeper meaning in the moment I am living, rememb’ring still more clearly Who I am. With You, God, I rejoice in feeling nurtured and fulfilled, with steadfast faith in human life and in myself, fully alive, fully alive. Thank You, God, for Your healing grace and comfort in my need, as You guide me with a spark of perfect clarity, my heart is blessed with understanding of my promise and my vision, rejoicing in the Truth … receptive to the light … Restoring me to faith of who I am, realizing my own essence of I Am.

Leddy Hammock Divine guidance is my flashlight through the dark night of my soul. The light of Truth shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. Spirit illumines my path through the valley of the shadow. The Christ Spirit is my flashlight in the dark night of my soul.

“Runnin’ ‘round fixing this and that, Giving it up to God and then taking it back. Just release and let it go. You don’t even have to think about it no more. ….Get out of the way and let God do Its thing. You look like the weight of the world’s on your back. Just take a deep breath and cut yourself some slack. All that drama ain’t good for you. You couldn’t change what is if you wanted to…. Get out the way, let God do Its thing. The sun is gonna shine and the river’s gonna flow. The tide’s gonna rise without your say so. The universe is working and the good is flowing. You don’t plant a seed and then dig it up and see if it’s growing…. Get out of the way and let God do Its thing.”

Leddy Hammock “With the hard-earned wisdom I have now, I wouldn’t do again what my old self would allow. What I hold onto … wouldn’t let me be free…. now I see, I’m getting closer to a new, more peaceful me. I’m holding on to what I want to keep. I feel lighter, I sleep better, its love that’s holding me…. My new religion is live and let be….now I can stand back and see – the past is the past, but the future’s up to me. What I hold on to holds on to me….”

“Pour over me Holy Spirit, cleanse my heart and comfort me. Pour over me Holy Spirit, help me know how to let go. With the setting of the sun, I now let drift away ev’rything and ev’ryone that can no longer stay. In the scented ev’ning air, Let living waters flow. Bathe my many thoughts and cares. I release and I let go. Baptism of tears, clear my vision. Bathe me in peace, reveal my mission. Pour over me Holy Spirit, cleanse my heart and comfort me. Pour over me Holy Spirit, help me know how to let go.

Leddy Hammock “If I could look down on this path I walk from somewhere way up high, I could see the crooked road that I have come. I walked a mile with sorrow, I walked a mile with joy and now I’m less afraid of either one.” “For every tear I’ve cried, there’s a smile that I have earned, for every mile I walked there’s a lesson I learned. I’m not lost, I am exploring. Life is an adventure worth enjoying. Though I may not know where I’m going, I am not lost, I am exploring.” “Some like me are seekers, we take less traveled roads, believing we can find a better way. And though I may get discouraged, I won’t be turning back. I have joy as my compass and faith as my map.” “All of us are headed for the same destination, so why not blaze a trail that’s got imagination? I’m not lost, I am exploring. Life is an adventure worth enjoying. Though I may not know where I’m going, I am not lost, I am exploring.”

Leddy Hammock God guides me through the “blues” with royal grace. I don’t have to pretend to be okay. At my royal command, the blues must leave me in peace. I don’t have to fight with depression. I choose to go about my Father’s business and tend my thoughts peacefully. Even the rich and powerful may experience temporary feelings of helplessness and sorrow. I am grateful for the love of God that lights my way through the “blues” to the victory of “Royal Blues.”