Unity Church Of Clearwater

Leddy HammockWhen life has not turned out like I thought it would, it has seemed hard to find the good.Wise ones have said to me that there’s no greater teacher than adversity.First I asked, “Why?” and shook my fists at the sky and cried, and then I make it to the other side.Bitter or better, the choice is up to me.What will I do?  What’s it going to be?The choice is up to me.

Leddy Hammock(inspired by lyrics by David Roth)I won’t batten down my hatches of resistance. I will use this opportunity to grow.I may not have made the perfect choices or done the best I could.  But holding on does not contribute to my very highest good.When I’m on the other side, I’ll know that letting go of all the things I didn’t need will help me getting whole.I know that healing means letting go of holding on to things that do not serve me, things that I don’t need, things that I am done with and no longer choose to feed.

Phyllis DeBellaPerfect peace, that’s what I want; not from the outside, but from the inside.I believe that the Holy Spirit has peace for me, no matter what is going on in the outer.Perfect peace, that’s what I want; no more anxiety, no more argument.I believe in perfect peace, and I am thankful.  I let it flow and now I know perfect peace.

Judy TafelskiI experience life!  With each breath, I feel God’s life.With every breath, I understand what is happening to me in my life.With every breath, I discern God’s life filling my life with love.I live in love, so I decide to respond to life fully: to let go of holding on, and just breathe.

I am made in Love, designed to see myself as God sees me.The more clearly I see myself for who I am in potential, the more clearly I express that innate divinity.As I remember who I am – God’s beloved Child – I act from my spiritual nature.I behold myself and others with wisdom and love.The good we are in Being is the good that I am seeing.

Leddy Hammock (from lyrics by David Roth):“You are rolling out your carpet of forgiveness and you give me solid ground to find my way.When I try too hard and feel so empty, You remind me that I’m good enough.You remind me that I’m always forgiven.You remind me that I’m always loved.”

Dieter RandolphI look around me here today and see that we share a heart connection.We are reminded that we are not alone. We are all friends here.We journey together, even through heartache toward healing, even through pain toward peace.We are not alone.  We are all friends here.Every day, we are all learning to walk through grief to gratefulness, from aloneness to all-one-ness.We are not alone. We are all friends here.We look up together to the Source of Life and Love.All it takes is the courage to open our hearts and reach out our hands.We are not alone.  That is the “magic” of this moment:  we are all friends here.

Leddy Hammock I am a Child of God, heir to the kingdom of all good and ready to live the dream that was always mine. It is never too late to find my heart’s desire, for it’s been here all the time. I make way for saving grace by clearing out the clutter of old excuses. I am now ready and worthy to accept my heart’s desire. I know that nothing is too wonderful to happen or too good to last. I now accept the fulfillment of my heart’s desire!

Leddy Hammock As best I can, my heart is an open heart. I let myself be a spiritual being, currently going through a human experience, trying to lighten up life’s loads, whether tears or laughter flow, as best I can. My home is a kindness home, like Abraham’s, where a stranger’s always welcome. If they’re hungry, then they eat.  If they’re lonely, they’ve got me, as best I can. As best I can, I have decided to do whatever good one person can do, and to give from my Godself, living in this world that is God’s house. As best I can, my world is a peaceful world, where all nations stand shoulder to shoulder. We are equals before God, neighbors, one and all.

Leddy Hammock Nothing is impossible.  It is never too late. Nothing is too much for God, no challenge too great. Hold onto your faith.  The Truth will be revealed. Nothing is incurable.  All things can be healed.

Leddy Hammock Like the air around me, like the sunlight on my face, I feel the love of God surround me and I am touched by amazing grace. All I ever wanted and all I ever needed was already there, closer than the sunlight, nearer than the air. I breathe in and I am filled with the Spirit.  It is health to my body, strength to my mind, and joy to my soul. I breathe out my simple prayer, ‘Thank You!’  God, You are nearer than the air!

Dieter Randolph I now make the decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understood God.My will is my thoughts and my words, which shape my reality by the law of attraction.Divine Spirit is directing me now.I am free from yesterday and the mistakes of the past.All things are made brand new.I will to let God be God.It feels so good to know that all is well and unfolding as it should.

Leddy Hammock “What’s my hurry in this fury? God is holding me now. Untie the knot in what I am caught in, God is holding me now. Relax my hands and rest my eyes. Take a deep breath, realize that I can do this. I’ll get through this. God is holding me now. In this moment, I’ll step aside. I will let go and let God provide. I’ll find my center.  I’ll let love enter, God is holding me now.” from lyrics by Karen Taylor Good and Jason Blume

Leddy Hammock I am grateful for the gift of family – for the lessons learned and the blessings shared. Bless this family for choosing to create a home where we serve together for the highest good of all. Our spiritual family is held together by a bond of Spirit that is stronger than blood. Let the circle be unbroken. We thank God for this Spiritual Family, called to keep the commandment of love that is ours to do.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Joyce Rouse (Earth Mama) “God bless America and Everybody Else. Protect us from our enemies and save us from ourselves.” “Remind us that compassion is a cornerstone of wealth, And God bless America and Everybody Else.” “Connect us by our beating hearts and through our common air.” “God Bless all living things and our only home, the Earth.”

Dieter Randolph (Inspired by lyrics by our Guest Musician, Tom Kimmel):The love of the Father is like the rain: “it falls on everything . . . .  That’s what I love about rain.”The love of the Father is like the sun: “it shines on everyone . . . .  That’s what I love about the sun.”“I don’t know why mountains crumble, or what could hold the stars apart,” but I know that I am loved with an everlasting love in God’s infinite Heart.The love of the Father is like the rain: it makes clean and “pushes rivers to the sea, to fall anew.  That’s what I love about rain.”

Step Back,Slow DownLeddy Hammock“What I hold on to holds on to me.  With the heart and wisdom I have now, I wouldn’t do again what my old self would allow.”“What I hold onto to holds on to me. Resentments I carry won’t let me be free. My new religion is live and let be.What I hold on to holds on to me.” “Letting go of all the blame and heartache, now I see I’m getting closer to a new, more peaceful me.Holding on to what I want to keep, I feel lighter, I sleep better, it’s love that’s holdin’ me.”“Now I Can stand back and see, the past is the past but the future‘s up to me.My new religion is live and let be.  What I hold on to holds on to me.”

Belonging Leddy HammockIn the house of the soul’s belonging, I step into the feeling of sweet surrender and let myself remember who I am.I can take my own sweet time and ease my troubled mind in the secret sanctuary of the heart.In the kingdom of love, there is no competition, no contradiction and no control.In our true profession, we can claim our passion, working on a building that cannot be bought or sold.In the house of the soul’s belonging, there is room for all the kindness we can hold, and we know we can take it with us everywhere we go.I am living in the house of the soul’s belonging where I know without a doubt that I made it home.  I am living in the house of the soul’s belonging, coming back to the holy ground that I’ve always known.

Fearless JourneyLeddy HammockFrom lyrics to “Fearless Flyer” by Harold Payne and Jodi Siegel“I am the rose of winter, blooming in the snow, reaching for the sky above from the earth below.”“I’m a fearless flyer, I’m a wind rider, I am all I need to be.  In the pouring rain of a hurricane, I am flying fearlessly.”“Standing on a mountaintop, I take a leap of faith. Knowing it’s a moment that cannot wait . . . .  Inspiration carries me where my soul is meant to be.”“I’m a fearless flyer, I’m a wind rider, I am all I need to be. In the pouring rain of a hurricane, I am flying fearlessly.”

Remember & RerouteLeddy HammockBased on  “We Remember Them” by Rabbis Sylvan Kamens and Jack Riemer“At the rising of the sun and at its going down….  At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter…. At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them.”“At the shining of the sun and in the warmth of summer…. At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them.”“At the beginning of the year and at its end….  When we have decisions… to make, when we have achievements that are based on theirs …. when we fulfill their dreams, and our own, we remember them.”“As long as we live, they too will live:  For they are now a part of us, as we remember them.”