Participating in God's Power. The name itself feels somewhat intimidating unless your personal faith, your belief, your heart and soul, takes you to a place of believing that God, Spirit, Creator, Yahweh, is within. If you believe that, you are always a participant in God's power. That is where my belief takes me and so, here I am. It's day three and I'm forced to acknowledge that there maybe more to my being here than I thought there was.
Participating in God's Power is a year long program designed to lead a group of selected participants; a cohort, through a year long process of study, reflection, and various exercises designed to deepen spirituality; to deepen one's relationship with spirit, to deepen ones sense of Knowing. There are five residencies and multiple other meetings throughout the year.
But what am I doing here? What drew me here? For me, there is only one answer. Spirit led me here. My work in the country of Georgia has come to an end. I felt clear that, even though my part in that work was complete, my work in the world is not done. The Leading to the work of Peacemaking remains strong within me and tugs harder and harder on my heart to do something! All that is well and good, but what is that work? Affirmation of my participation in the program came as I began to feel the tug to be here: first from my support committee, then my application was accepted and a grant that I'd applied for to help pay for the program was approved, then through contributions from friends from various places in my life the balance of the funds for the course appeared as well as enough money to help with the purchase of the required books and the cost of travel. In my life, when things fall together in this way, I feel the hand of Creator at work.
The first residency began this Friday (2/15/24) at Pendle Hill, in Pennsylvania. It's now Saturday. Already I feel my inner world is shifting. I am being challenged mightily by an underlying sense that the strong leading that brought me here may not only be about the next steps for my work as a Peacemaker but may also have to do with healing my internal wounds so that I can be a better Peacemaker; a better lover to the world.
