And He Walks With Me

            Good morning to all of you.  This week as our church service started I could feel a strong presence in our midst.  I have felt this presence before and knew it was the presence of Jesus.  The first song we sang was “In the Garden” whose lyrics say “and He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own.”  I knew right away that this day would have special meaning.

            The next piece of the message came through our responsive reading, selected and spoken by our Vice President, Judith Mellor.  The name of the reading was “Footprints”, and one of the final lines in the sonnet reads, “I knew God walked with me.”

Our guest medium this week was Andrew List.  Andrew mentioned something in his talk that stuck with me.  He stated that people like to rescue themselves from their accomplishments.  He said, “No, it is yours.”  People work hard to get through whatever their hardships are and they should be proud of their accomplishments.  A few other pieces I received from Andrew’s talk were, “Energy that comes from love”, Enjoy the love”, “Jesus is not a Christian or a Jew”, and “The umbrella of God’s love and care covers us when sometimes we go off our path, but it is never gone.”

            The last song we sang was “Spirit in the Sky” and at a special time in the song it says, “I have a friend in Jesus.”  When we, Spirit and myself, put all of the pieces together this is what we came up with. 

            As people, all of us at different times will need to think about and evaluate our lives.  When we do we need to call on Jesus.  He is our friend.  He is not a Christian or a Jew or of any other particular religion or deity; he is on a level where all of us can reach him.  The umbrella of God’s love protects us all from the foul weather of life, but it is Jesus that holds that umbrella for us.  Jesus wants us to be happy and proud of our accomplishments through life because he gives us the strength to go through it.  I know that at the end of every day God walks with me and I know that he also walks with all of you.  Use his strength and courage which is there to help us continue on our journey.

                                     

Love and Light to all of you,      Ernie Robillard

Heaven is a Place on Earth

            Hello everyone, it is good to speak to you again. Last week the information for this message came a little different than usual; I will explain.  As the week progressed I kept hearing "Heaven is a Place on Earth." This phrase is part of a well-known song.  I could not understand what it meant but it definitely stayed with me all week.

            This past weekend we had Laura Joseph as our guest medium at the church.  Laura gave a talk that was extremely personal in nature, speaking of all the battles she has fought and continues to fight in her life.  She spoke with words like “balance”, “determination”, and phrases like “believing anything is possible”, ” deep in your soul”, “every day is to be fun”, and “choose where to put your energy.”  For the service she picked songs like "Don't Stop" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."  All of the pieces sent by Spirit were very different.  Here is how they all became one unified message.

            When Laura's talk concluded I was told by Spirit that there were people in the audience who had received healing simply by listening to her story.  People realized that though they may feel their life is difficult, hearing another’s stories showed that in reality maybe there own life just isn't so bad after all. If we believe that things will get better, keep focused, choose where to put our energies, and most of all decide not to give up, we have the power to make our life better than before.  If we wake up in the morning and believe that today is going to be a fun day, chances are it will be a fun day.

            With the holidays approaching, let us not make all the things we must do be a chore.  Let's think back to when we were young and have fun with this time of year by spreading joy to others and being thankful for who we are and what we have.  We have each other, everything else is a bonus.  Let's try to make everyday a holiday in our lives and in the lives of others.  Remember that if we choose love, Heaven is a place on Earth.  Thanks for listening.      

                                                                 Love and Light,      Ernie Robillard