Miracles News

April-June, 2008

Heaven On Earth

by Rev. Colleen Mc Nally

There is an edge for me. It is an edge where I know that Heaven is real to me. And when I know that Heaven is real, all is well, everywhere. To me, this is like experiencing Heaven on earth. The memory keeps me returning. It is a spiritual practice and it feels like it is the essence of my ministry.

In writing my morning pages today, I came upon the quote, “Creativity is a spiritual practice. It is not something that can be perfected, finished and set aside.” (Julia Cameron, p. 182, The Artist’s Way) As I came upon this quote, I had just been writing and reflecting on how important it is for me to stay connected to my ministry on a daily basis.

I am very aware of what happens in me as I study A Course in Miracles and I was thinking about what I need to do and how I can build this practice into my daily life as I feel it is a requirement for me. For one thing, I love the way I feel and I gain perspective on and in my life. I do my work but for some reason I am wanting a more consistent structuring of my spiritual focus.

My ministry is really about a spiritual practice. It is the “practice” part that I am talking about. The practice requires time, energy, commitment, and study — at least for me it does. So then I come upon this quote, “creativity is a spiritual practice.” So then I think, my spiritual practice is about being creative. “It is not something, that can be perfected, finished, and set aside.” To me this means it is an on-going process and project. All of this fits for me. I am seeking to structure my life in ways that my ministry is central. Right now I don’t know what that means but I do know that this is where I want my focus and I know that I want to create this daily in the structure of my day.

I think in writing this I am planting seeds. And I also think that I am defining for myself an understanding of what my ministry is. My ministry is in the moments of each day. It is about creativity and it is a spiritual practice. It begins in me. It must be my ego that flounders during the day because my spiritual focus brings me back to peace. I keep realizing this as I practice. And I think it is Holy Spirit’s Voice telling me, “Just Be Peace.”

It is so different for me when I am at peace. I feel it; I experience it. Something in me shifts. I cannot even describe it. Right now I realize that my ministry is “in the Moments.” Maybe my ministry is the truth of who I am; maybe my ministry is Love. Holy Spirit is with me. His gifts to me are alive, treasures of my existence. I am peace. I am joy. I am Love. I find my strength. Everything else falls into place.

What an experience it is to learn and to practice that God is with me every moment of every day and learning to trust in the creative unfolding of life moment by moment. I am sitting now to embrace these thoughts and breathe them into my very being. All that matters is the moment. All that matters is the presence of Love. All that matters is loving kindness. I bring all of this to the center of my attention, bringing to my consciousness that all is Love.

It is all in the service of serving God.

Rev. Colleen McNally is a Pathways of Light minister living in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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