Our regional helpers opened Annual General Meeting on Saturday, August 7 with heartfelt prayers.
Helena Mertens:
Almighty God, in this time of change and evolution, help us to stay close to you, opening to your grace and guidance as we practice our faith and trust in you. Help us to recognize this moment as a time of opportunity to become even closer to your grace and guidance, and discover within us the potential that God has placed there: kindness and compassion, cooperation and creativity, the capacity to be courageous, calm and open when we face our challenges, and always grateful for the latihan that you have given us to help guide us in this life and the next.
Harlan Gleeson
Dear God- We humbly pray for the continued health of Subud in our region and world wide. We pray for your love and compassion to work through us in service to our community. We pray for our inner expansion to continue both individually and collectively. We ask that the power and miracle of the latihan work in each and every one of us to enable us to truly live in harmony with your will. Finally, we ask for your love and guidance in our effort to set our own will aside and surrender as best we can to your will full of love and grace. For these and all of thy blessings we pray.
Hani’a Abrams:
I pray that members who have seemingly irreconcilable issues with one another are soon reconciled by hearts awakened and enjoined to the unity that is our true humanity. And, in love’s courage, find themselves rushing to ask and give forgiveness, and by such noble action are a guiding light for others when they experience the inevitable challenge of the seemingly inexorable forces that tempt us to find naught but fault in the one with whom we disagree.
Rasjidah Franklin:
May we be brought together as one, asking for God’s forgiveness for our shortcomings and praying for God’s blessings for ourselves, for this earth and for all God’s creatures thereon. Amen.
Find the regional helper’s report on the state of the latihan in the Region HERE.
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