This episode of the Creative Spiritual Journey, Judy is offering up a meditative prayer of rememberance, honor and gratitude for our religious liberty, and a plea to our Heavenly Father that it will be strengthened through out the world for all mankind. Can it be so simple as, each of us, breathing peace into our hearts and going out and ministering to the another with great love?

Welcome, friends, to the Creative

Spiritual Journey podcast, where Guy

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and I walk with you for just a moment,

sharing the things of our hearts and the

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joys we're discovering along the way.

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This is a meditative prayer for gratitude,

for religious liberty, and a prayer

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that it will be strengthened worldwide.

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This year the United States of America

is celebrating 250 years of independence.

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Our forefathers proclaimed, "We hold

these truths to be self-evident, that

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all men are created equal, and that

they are endowed by their Creator

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with certain unalienable rights,

that among these are life, liberty,

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and the pursuit of happiness."

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So this meditative prayer is an

opportunity to rejoice in the Lord our

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God, who has redeemed us and made us free.

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And how it begins with you and me in

each of our hearts, our choices, and

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what we do with this precious gift of

liberty, meditation, get comfortable.

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Rest in a place where you can unplug from

the noise and distractions of the world,

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We breathe in through the nose, down into

the belly, and we let the body just relax.

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There's so much noise in our world today.

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See if you can find a stillness

and a peace within you.

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Now, our bodies are very intelligent,

so we don't need to label what it is

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we need to let go of with our exhale.

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The body knows.

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breathing in this warm, relaxing

feeling, and just let it move through

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you from your head to your toes as if

you were soaking in warmth and calm.

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And exhale, and breathing out, and

letting go of the chaos and the noise.

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And in your mind's eye, let's see

ourself rise up above the earth

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And go across

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the prairies, fields of grain

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It could be a sweet movement of wind

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Through the fields, a rustling sound

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Beautiful blue sky

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Colorful clouds

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Majestic mountains a snow-capped glacier

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Beautiful tall trees reaching heavenward

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meadows Colorful flowers

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in the desert, beautiful red earth

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Cool shade

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and canyon walls

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And the rivers

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The sound of rushing water

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A sandy beach

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The sound of ocean waves

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the feeling of being so small and

looking at this grand land that you love

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settle into a beautiful place,

somewhere that feels like home

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sweet home, right where you belong

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ponder the price paid for this land

of liberty and religious freedom

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Honoring those who gave their lives

who fought for the independence

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to give birth to a new nation

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I remember and honor you

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Thank you

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I remember and honor you.

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Thank you

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I remember and honor you.

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Thank you

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Now come into your mind's eye,

into your heart, to your body

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This beautiful vessel, your soul

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You are now the caretaker of

liberty, this independence

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What price are you willing to pay?

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What good can you do?

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It's done by the small and simple things

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Reaching out to a friend

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Patiently caring for an elderly

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tender loving care for a sick friend

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Or a shoulder to cry on

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Today I choose to bear

and nurture humanity

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To be a peacemaker

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Today I choose liberty

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to worship God

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To minister to my brothers

and sisters, to do

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small things with great love

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This is a prayer of gratitude

for religious liberty

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I remember thee and honor thee.

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I thank thee, oh God.

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This is a prayer for religious liberty

to be strengthened throughout the world.

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It begins small and simple

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Today I choose liberty to worship

God and to be a peacemaker

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and to minister to my neighbor

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I choose to be a peacemaker

and to minister to my neighbor

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In this sacred moment ponder,

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What small, simple act with

great love can you perform today?

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It will ripple out into the

world And to be able to rejoice

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and share the good,

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This is your rights of life and

liberty and pursuit of happiness

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and strengthen this

beautiful freedom for all

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it is a prayer of gratitude to our

God that this religious liberty,

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these God-given rights of life and

liberty and pursuit of happiness

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can be strengthened throughout

the whole world to all humankind

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I remember thee and honor thee.

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I thank thee, oh God.

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I remember thee and honor thee.

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I thank thee, oh God.

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for religious liberty to be

strengthened throughout the world.

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God bless America.

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God bless this world, land that we love.

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Stand beside us and guide

us with Thy light from above

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humbly

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In the name of Jesus Christ.

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Namaste