“The Art of Receiving” – Leddy Hammock

“The Art of Receiving” – Leddy Hammock

My life is in order and I am ready to receive my good.
 
I do not make excuses.  I make ready. 
 
My mind is now open, my heart is receptive to be healed and happy.   
 

I am open to give love and to receive love, to love and to be loved.


Responsive Reading for November 27

“So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.  The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties” (Mk. 6:39-40).
 
My life is in order and I am ready to receive my good.
 
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast . . . . He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast . . . .  saying, ‘Tell those invited: ‘Behold, I have prepared my banquet”‘ (Mt. 22:2-4).
 
I do not make excuses.  I make ready.   
 
“Light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks” (Luke 12:35-6).
 
My mind is now open, my heart is receptive to be healed and happy.   
 
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.   For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me . . . .  Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these . . . , you did for me” (Matthew 25:34-35).
 
I am open to give love and to receive love, to love and to be loved.