May your angel guide you every step of the way

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

ANGEL BLESSINGS

Angel Message for December Dear Ones, It is unfortunate that with the holiday season comes so much stress and worry!    There are decorations to be placed in your homes and outside them as well, with perhaps concern about whether they are festive enough or numerous enough or stylish enough.  Holiday cards must be chosen and sent to friends and loved ones.  Gatherings must be arranged; guests must be chosen and invited, a menu planned and prepared, garments selected for the event.  And there are gifts to consider.  Recipients, their wishes, and your budget come into play followed by the time-consuming task of not merely wrapping the gifts but doing it so beautifully that giftees will hate to disturb the wrap to discover the gift.   So many tasks, so many trips to shops to accomplish them all.  But what of your planet?  The pollution of the vehicles you use to travel, the environmental toll of so many purchases with so much packaging, the impact of so many new items of clothing when the planet is drowning in used garments…    Celebrating comes with a heavy cost to the pocketbook and your planet, a cost which can surely dampen the joy of the season.    How can you preserve the joy of the day?  We are happy to entertain this question!   Restoring the joy to your holiday is far easier than you might imagine.    Consider the source of the holiday stress: it is the worldly vision of what it means to celebrate.  Because the world is enmeshed in the physical, celebration becomes a matter of the physical – special clothing, lavish meals, abundant sweets, extravagant gifts, stylish parties, and so on.  Because the world honors wealth, the trappings of the holiday are costly.  Because the world values status, holiday elements must follow the current trends and fashion.  Everything must be special, out of the ordinary.    The need for such celebration is part of the Lie of worldly life. If wealth, beauty, style, fame, or fashion were the worthy goal the world insists, there would be happiness and satisfaction among those who possess these trivial assets.  Your news, however, is filled with the travails suffered by those the world rewards with celebrity because none of trappings of fame or fortune can offer satisfaction but only distraction.    But, dear Ones, you are not creatures of the world.  You are temporarily inhabiting a physical body but are not limited to that body.  In truth, you are spiritual beings living in the physical world, but that world is not your home.  Your home is in the vastness of the universe, in the essence of Loving Creator who is Love Godself.    Your holidays create stress because your celebration is not in alignment with the truth of your being.  When you align with Spirit, you are able to celebrate the holiday for its core truth which is love.  Love has created all that is.  Love saves you from the limitations of the physical world.  Love unites you to all the children of Love.  Love fulfills your deepest longings, satisfies your craving for peace and happiness.    How can you celebrate the love which your special days honor?  While the world thinks big, think small.  Instead of the lavish gift, give the simple gift from your heart.  Instead of the costly gathering, have cozy visits with dear ones, sharing loving words and happy moments.  Find ways to share love and laughter and happiness instead of stuff, and you will fill your holidays with special moments and precious memories.    Finally, Beloveds, keep in mind that as you celebrate love, you celebrate the Almighty, who is Godself Love ever present within and among you.   You are blessed, always. YOU ARE AWESOME! HUGS Sending prayers and blessings for all who need it .

December 5

Thought for the Day:

Candles symbolize the light within us. Allow your light to shine today. Be proud of your gifts and talents. Resolve to use one of your gifts and talents as a present to someone else this holiday season. Do you have a beautiful voice – sing on someone’s phone. Do you like to bake – make treats for a clerk at the store. Do you like to work on the computer? Help someone who is in need. Do you do art? Make a card by hand for someone you appreciate. Don’t hide your light! Let it shine!

Prayer for the Day:

God help me remember that I have gifts and talents to share with the world! Help me let my light shine bright.

Song for the Day:

Carrie Underwood’s “Do You Heart What I Hear?”

Everyone in the song, from the star, to the lamb, to the wind in the trees, the shepherd boy, and the king had a role to play in Christmas.”