January 8 - Daily Feast
Volume II
Every day is a day of worship to the spiritual nature of the Tsi la gi. Born close to the basics, he sees "God in the clouds and hears Him in the wind", as Alexander Pope wrote. The innate greatness of it buoys him up and helps him walk in a whole new dimension. Reasons to understand come in the simplest of things - the ice crystals touching his face are just another form of the same moisture that forms dew and snowflakes, raindrops, and even steam when under pressure. It is no mystery that the Threefold Being can be together and yet separate. Simplicity - and yet, deep throbbing life that might not be seen with the naked eyes, but is sensed all the same.
~ I think the Great Spirit is looking at all that is said here, and for that reason I am talking the truth. ~
LITTLE RAVEN - ARAPAHO LEADER
"A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 8
"Native Americans are essentially calling for righteousness. By this they mean a shared ideology developed by all people using their purest and most unselfish minds."
--Lorraine Canoe/Tom Porter, MOHAWK
The Native way is to first focus on decisions that will be good for the people and then for yourself. Righteousness means "to think right." Our way is to consider the good of all first. This helps our minds to be unselfish and pure. This it he spiritual way. This can be very hard to do because the world we live in says to take care of yourself first. A man of God cannot be taken advantage of unless it is the will of the Creator. The Creator really controls everything. To have a good future, the people must gather in a circle and pray for the highest good for the people.
Great Mystery, today let me love instead of being loved. Let me be giving instead of receiving. Show me the advantages of having a giving heart.
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THINK ON THESE THINGS
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Winter has a way of sneaking a storm in on us when we least expect it. A cold blanket settles on the land and we wonder how the birds and wild animals can survive -- but they do. So many people have to work outside and they must wear layers of clothes to endure the raw wind.
Weather is unpredictable. Plan something for outside and watch how the sky darkens and the wind blows and the food gets gritty. Sounds a little like life doesn't it? We plan, we work, we give something what we believe to be the perfect touch, only to have our plans ago awry.
Is there anything we can really depend on not changing? Only one thing. The Greater One is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Try to get around it and nothing works. Depend on it and life takes on a whole new luster.
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God's Minute
DO NOT FORGET TO ENTERTAIN STRANGERS, FOR BY SO
DOING SOME PEOPLE HAVE ENTERTAINED ANGELS
WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
( HEBREWS 13:2 *NIV )
Dear Member's,
One of the functions of angels is to watch over God's Children
here on Earth. For it is written; HE WILL COMMAND HIS
ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR
WAYS. ( PSALM 91:11 ) After all; ARE NOT ALL ANGELS
MINISTERING SPIRITS SENT TO SERVE THOSE WHO WILL
INHERIT SALVATION? They sure are! ( HEBREWS 1:14 )
Now let me ask you this, have you ever met an angel? Well,
I bet you have! An angel doesn't have to be a spiritual being,
sometimes they are human beings just like you and me.
Further, when you think about it, we all have encountered
another person who has been just like an angel to us. A person
who has reached out to help, comfort and guide us in times of
need. The World is full of these human angels! I'll even bet that
someone has even called you an angel at one time or another!
So Member's, the next time you encounter a person in
need, reach out and be an angel to them! For it is written;
I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE
OF THE LEAST OF THESE BROTHERS OF MINE, YOU
DID FOR ME. Amen. ( MATTHEW 25:40 )
WITH MY LOVE & PRAYERS YOUR SERVANT PASTOR COUGARMOON
