A Cherokee Feast of Day
by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
When someone slings a dart, a comment that hurts, we want to hit back. The indignity of an attack for no reason is beyond our understanding. Persons with no conscience sling arrows without thought of where they hit. Their desire is to hit something. What we have not known is that we can turn them back. We don't have to accept everything that is said. The quickest way to deflate the egotist is to see him as not important enough to take into account. His type of disease is contagious, and you should never expose yourself to such painful maladies.
~ You have compelled us to do that which makes us ashamed. ~
CORNPLANT - SENECA CHIEF 1781
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 9
"So, with the Native way, it's not whether people find out about what you've done or not... that's not nearly as strong as having your source of morality within you, having your morality arise out of an inner perception of what is wrong, ridiculous, or shameful. You are your own judge."
--Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Ph.D., PENOBSCOT
Inside each of us is a voice. It is a quiet voice. It is a guiding voice. If we listen for it, it will guide us, and help us avoid disaster. It is especially active when we are afraid, when we are in doubt, when we are scared, when we need help, and when we get angry. If we are excited emotionally, it is hard to hear this voice. If we are angry, it's hard to hear this voice because it is usually quiet. The best thing we can do is to practice getting quiet. If we don't get quiet, there is another voice called the judge. It tells us to attack or say bad things to other people or to judge ourselves. This voice is loud and usually gets us into trouble.
Creator, Great Mystery,
help me listen for the quiet voice.
Let me know this voice of Yours.
Your ways are gentle.
Guide me with this voice.
Thank you.
Aho , Amen , e-men .
January 9 - Daily Feast
Volume II
When someone slings a dart, a comment that hurts, we want to hit back. The indignity of an attack for no reason is beyond our understanding. Persons with no conscience sling arrows without thought of where they hit. Their desire is to hit something. What we have not known is that we can turn them back. We don't have to accept everything that is said. The quickest way to deflate the egotist is to see him as not important enough to take into account. His type of disease is contagious, and you should never expose yourself to such painful maladies.
~ You have compelled us to do that which makes us ashamed. ~
CORNPLANT - SENECA CHIEF 1781
"A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 9
"So, with the Native way, it's not whether people find out about what you've done or not... that's not nearly as strong as having your source of morality within you, having your morality arise out of an inner perception of what is wrong, ridiculous, or shameful. You are your own judge."
--Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Ph.D., PENOBSCOT
Inside each of us is a voice. It is a quiet voice. It is a guiding voice. If we listen for it, it will guide us, and help us avoid disaster. It is especially active when we are afraid, when we are in doubt, when we are scared, when we need help, and when we get angry. If we are excited emotionally, it is hard to hear this voice. If we are angry, it's hard to hear this voice because it is usually quiet. The best thing we can do is to practice getting quiet. If we don't get quiet, there is another voice called the judge. It tells us to attack or say bad things to other people or to judge ourselves. This voice is loud and usually gets us into trouble.
Creator, Great Mystery, help me listen for the quiet voice. Let me know this voice of Yours. Your ways are gentle. Guide me with this voice. Thank you.
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THINK ON THESE THINGS
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
So many mysteries, so much in question, so much to hold us in uncertainty.
Maybe we have settled our minds too much on what we have learned and what is obvious without considering what truth really is. Truth is real. The rule of thumb that keeps us on the right road. But what is truth? Truth is the unchangeable, the perfect that cannot be detracted from -- nor added to. It is the same from any angle and anyone who believes he can twist it just a little will not be surprised that he has only twisted his own view.
We cannot make something wrong into something right by saying it must be the way we see it. The heart and spirit know the difference and we must take heed of the age-old wisdom that comes forth when we ask it to come.
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God's Minute
Peter replied, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF
YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS. AND YOU WILL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
( ACTS 2:38 *NIV )
Dear Member's,
Baptism parallels the death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. For it is written, "HAVING BEEN
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM AND RAISED
WITH HIM THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN THE POWER
OF GOD, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.
WHEN YOU WERE DEAD IN YOUR SINS GOD MADE
YOU ALIVE WITH CHRIST. HE FORGAVE US ALL
OUR SINS, HAVING CANCELED THE WRITTEN CODE,
WITH ITS REGULATIONS, THAT WAS AGAINST US
AND THAT STOOD OPPOSED TO US; HE TOOK IT
AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS."
( COLOSSIANS 2:12-14 )
Therefore Baptism should also represent the death
and burial of our sinful old way of life. For remembering
that our old sinful life is dead and buried with Christ,
gives us a very powerful motive to resist sin. And not
wanting the desires of the past to come back to power
in our lives, we can consciously choose to treat our old
desires as if they were dead.
"SO I SAY, LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, AND YOU WILL
NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE.
THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO
THAT YOU DO NOT DO WHAT YOU WANT."
( GALATIANS 5:16-17 )
With My Love & Prayers,Wado
pastor cougarmoon
