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First Parish Universalist Church
790 Washington Street, P. O. Box 284, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 
(781) 344-6800
Worship: 10:30 AM
Children's Chapel:  10:30 AM
Church School: 10:45 AM
 

Really Listening

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, June 5, 2005

 

Really to listen for our inner voice,
we have to stop talking and be quiet.

Really to put the Spirit in command,
we have to stop holding onto control for dear life.

Really to let God take charge of our lives,
we have to move over, and get out of the driver’s seat long enough.

Really to live alive in the Spirit,
we have to act as though all our actions are a reflection of Divinity.

Really to gain wisdom, inner strength, compassion,
we have to open our hearts and ask for them.

Emerson once said, out walking in the woods:
“All mean egotism vanishes. I am part and parcel of God.”

Let it fall away; let it melt
like the snows of a winter that has gone on too long.

jbs
3/13/99 - 3/11/01 - 6/5/05

 


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