The Lord's Prayer

I have recently spent a few days away in the North of England with my sister and during the train journey home I felt moved to look at the words of the Lord's Prayer in a new light. In the past I had always seen the prayer as contrasting two different states of Heaven and Earth, drawing a clear boundary between God (in Heaven) and those of us here on Earth. I also tended to think of the words as asking "Please do this for us" as though to ask for forgiveness where it is not deserved.

As I opened up to the possibility of hearing the message in a different way I found another way of listening to the words. This new way of looking at the message left me with a great feeling of connection. Suddenly I felt the power of affirming this message at the start of every day.

Our Father
Who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And deliver us from evil
For thine is the Kingdom
The power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen.

Our Source
From which Truth extends
All Glory is yours
In Vision we see Truth everywhere
Seeking only to accept Your gifts freely given
In this moment we see that all errors in perception affect not what is true,
Just as the misperceptions of others affect not our identity in Christ
Today we ask the Holy Spirit to alert us to the presence of temptation
As we acknowledge that we no longer want our misperceptions
For all that is true and real comes from You
Thus has it been ever, and will it always be
Amen.

Love
The origin of All
Be praised
May your light shine where we thought we wanted it not
For the law of Love is all powerful, there is nowhere it cannot reach
It is not our will to turn away from Love
Attack in any form is a call for Love, being unaware of Your presence
Your Voice speaks only of Love
Reminding us to look within
For there we find Home
Place of Eternal peace
Amen.

Safety
Absence of fear
Is our natural state
To be revealed
When we remember to ask anew
You give the meaning to all actions
Ours and those of others
Without exceptions
We are Safe in Your care
United in Your Embrace
Never to be parted
Amen.