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Welcome, Franz to the Creative Spiritual
Journey podcast, where GI and I walk
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with you for just a moment on this
journey of life, and share with you
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the things of our heart and the joys
that we're experiencing along the way.
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One of these ways that we connect with
nature and with our savior and the
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spirit is through meditative prayer.
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This meditation is a continuation of last
week's episode, a Daily Nu, which is a
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Hebrew Passover prayer of remembrance
of their deliverance from Egypt,
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And to remember that the story of
the Passover, the deliverance of the
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Israelites was a foreshadowing of the
Messiah of his deliverance of each
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one of us from sin and from death
in his great and infinite atonement.
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Today when I'm recording this,
it is the beginning of Holy Week.
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And this is my celebration
Thank you for joining me today.
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. this meditative prayer is dedicated to
our remembering our deliverance, our
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journey through the wilderness of our
lives, and how the Lord has directed
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and blessed us with miracles along
the way and also to having the eyes to
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see our promised land out before us.
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. This is gonna be a little different
because this meditation is.
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An evening meditation, a time when
you're done with the day, and we're
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reflecting and remembering upon the
things that we had experienced in our
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travels today, and redeeming the day.
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So I mentioned a story of Sister
Dana Earl, where she recorded.
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In a journal, when she saw the hand of
God, the experiences where she felt the
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spirit and felt delivered, and she called
them experiences that she could put in
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her pocket to remember, God was with her
Then when she went forward the next day,
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she had those evidences in her pocket.
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I call 'em pocket hearts, where I
remember that the Lord delivered me
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then and he will continue to deliver me.
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The purpose of this meditation is
we are collecting evidence so we can
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override our negative bias that we have.
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in the evening where we.
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beat ourself up from the things
that we felt like we didn't
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do so well, that we messed up.
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Ah, we failed here.
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We failed there.
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But no, we're gonna take a moment to
meditate and ponder on the things that we
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showed up for that we should be proud of.
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The small little wins and the things
that we noticed along the way.
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The small and simple things that.
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We are gonna express gratitude for the
things that brought us joy and light,
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and also ponder and remember that we
have hopes there is a destination here.
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We're not just wandering through
the wilderness where is a
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destination of a promised land.
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So we're gonna have some pauses in
this meditation where you get to
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reflect on your day and remember.
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And redeem.
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And then you can either
do this one or two ways.
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You can do the meditation before writing
it down in your journal, or you can
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write it down in your journal and then
meditate upon what you've written.
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Um, maybe you might even wanna
do it together simultaneously.
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It is your call.
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So like all meditations, if you
would get nice and comfortable
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because we don't wanna be distracted.
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Find a nice quiet place so
you can reflect upon your day.
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And feel the spirit and like all
meditative prayers, you can begin
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as you do in, in prayer, in the name
of Jesus Christ, and sit reverently
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and quietly and just begin to
sense what's going on in your body.
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Find your breath.
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I'm gonna breathe in.
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I like to imagine breathing in light.
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Light into the heart and exhale
chasing out any darkness.
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I'm gonna just let the day roll off of us
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and be here in this moment.
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Breathing,
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pondering.
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Being the open vessel, opening our heart
for that light, for the spirit to pour in.
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And a nice exhale
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when you find your mind wandering.
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Remember, come back to the
simpleness of breathing in
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and out, and here I am again.
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As we breathe in and feel our
hearts and our minds with this warm
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healing light, let's just think back
through the day without judgment,
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just observing
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and looking for where did.
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You show up some wins, some
things you're proud of.
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At the same time noticing
how God showed up for you.
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Also
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breathing in and looking for the
miracles, sort through your day.
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Breathing in and out.
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Stay with breath
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today.
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What were the wins?
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Where did God show up in your deliverance?
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And repeat it a few times in your mind.
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Once you've sorted through
and you have found it
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breathing in the things you're thankful
for today, what small and simple
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things are you so grateful for today?
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Where did you feel the love of God?
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Where did you feel joy?
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Where did you see beauty,
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kindness, forgiveness?
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It is not always shiny and
polished and perfect in most times.
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It's in the broken pieces.
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The messy palette
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remain the open vessel.
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Stay with the breath.
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Maybe even pray for eyes to see.
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Now breathing in, here's
where it gets fun.
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What are your hopes and
wishes for tomorrow?
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What do you hope to find tomorrow?
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Where do you plan to meet?
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God?
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He's all past, present, and future.
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meet him in the now?
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And what are your hopes to discover?
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dream big here.
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Why not?
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God is a God of miracles.
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Sending manna from heaven or partying.
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Your red seas so you could walk on dry
ground delivering you from your enemies.
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And this is how he is in the case of
all his children that turn to him.
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So step forward with that
faith that your promised land
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is laying out there before you
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breathing in hope.
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A perfect brightness of hope
shining brightly before you.
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before we open our eyes, let's
just ponder again, review.
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The winds today.
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The Miracles.
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Where did you show up and
how did God show up for you?
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What are you grateful for today?
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The small and simple.
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And what are your hopes?
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And wishes for tomorrow
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Stay with breath as long as you'd like.
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Here.
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Meditating on the day,
pondering, reviewing, redeeming,
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and when you're ready, just gently
open your eyes, taking a big sigh.
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And hopefully you'll rest peacefully
tonight in that warmth of remembering.
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by keeping track of your
daily wins your daily.
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Gratitudes and your daily hopes
for tomorrow because he is there
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and he cares and he loves you.
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Thank you for joining me on the trail.
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Have a wonderful Holy week.
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Goodnight.
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Namaste.
