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Fallen from Grace, or Embraced by Grace?

The condition of the human race- It’s about the “Embrace”!

Truthfully we need to answer God’s call for peace and love! The human race has fallen from grace and lost it’s humanity! If not now, when? Thousands of years! Thousands of opportunities! And still we do not grow and evolve in our spiritual essence, which is God’s creation in our being! It is what we come here with from our heavenly existence. The link between that plane of eternity and our earthly existence! We just can’t seem to express our divinity collectively!

I think one of the missing links is our inability to look beyond our cultural rituals and practices for answers to how to heal and sustain the “goodness” and “gifts” that are inherit in our design.  Do we see people from what they demonstrate merely by their physicality, what they expound verbally, or by their outward behavior?  There is so much more involved in “who” we are!  We need to search for and care for the “soul essence” of each other.  It starts during childhood and must be nurtured throughout our lives.  It is like “catering” to our humanity in each other.  Serving each other daily with love and attention.  Calling each other out when we have missed a step in our gait that does not serve us well. It is engaging with one another, praying for each other, being a safe place for one another.  I guess I say this a lot in my “notes to humanity”,-blogging, but it is a message that is heavy on my heart.  I know we can make a difference in each other’s lives, and that by doing so we are planting the seeds for a better world for our children.  I found this picture on Facebook, and it stays with me in my dreams and prayers.  I believe the principles of this ritual holds a key to healing and guiding each other through those events that make us feel that we have “fallen from Grace”. Can we offer the “embrace of Grace”, instead of the stigma of “Falling from Grace”? Think about this please and let’s engage in a conversation!

In certain regions of South Africa, when someone does something wrong, he/she is taken to the center of the village and surrounded by his tribe for two days while they speak of all the good he/she has done. They believe each person is good, yet sometimes we make mistakes, which is really a cry for help. They unite in this ritual to encourage the person to reconnect with his/her true nature. The belief is that unity and affirmation have more power to change behavior than shame and punishment. This is known as “Ubunta”- “humanity towards others”.

Can you imagine parenting with these principles?