CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING - GLADNESS

I WENT TO THE CHURCH FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING WHERE THE ENTIRE TOPIC WAS LIVING IN JOY AND BEING IN GLADNESS. THE SPEAKERS WERE TEENAGERS AND THE MUSICIANS FOR THE MOST PART WERE TEENS AS WELL. THEY WERE SHOWCASING THEIR TALENTS AND ABILITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF A BIG CROWD. ONE YOUNG TEEN SAID SHE HAD AN AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER FEARS AND AN ANXIETIES. SHE USED A TONE NOT NECESSARILY OF JOY BUT SPOKE ABOUT NOT KNOWING HOW SHE WOULD FEEL EACH DAY AND JUST TAKING LIFE AS IT CAME. HER MESSAGE WAS THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN INCURABLE DISEASE JUST BE YOURSELF AND OTHERS WITH LISTEN. ANOTHER YOUNG ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER GAVE A GREAT SONG AND HIS MUSIC WAS WELL DONE AS WELL TO INTRODUCE US TO THE TOPIC OF GLADNESS. ANOTHER TEEN TOLD US HIS STORY OF HAVING HIS DAD COME WITH HIM TO A PLACE IN HIS TOWN THAT HAD A STOMPING PLATE THAT WENT KABOOM - KABOOM!HE SAID WHEN HE AND HIS DAD WENT THERE TO PRESS THEIR FEET ON THIS METAL PLATE IT GAVE THEM A FUN AND JOYFUL FEELING. THEY DID THIS WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP. HIS DAD APPARENTLY HAS A JOB THAT TAKES HIM TO DISTANT PLACES. HE SAW LITTLE OF HIM AS A BOY.

REVEREND ED SAID TO MAKE SURE TO SMILE AT YOUNG PEOPLE WHENEVER YOU CAN. IT HELPS YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. HE GAVE US A LONG PRAYER IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM US FROM BEING STUCK IN THE MUNDANE VS. BEING HAPPY WITH WHAT LIFE IS BRINGING YOU. I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW NICE OF A DAY IT WAS AND WENT TO A NICE HISPANIC EVENT. I ALSO WALK ABOUT 3 MILES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT.

YOUNG CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY THOUGHT ATMOSPHERE. AND IF YOU ARE MAKING SPACE FOR THEM IN Y0OUR LIVES. BE JUST A LISTENER VS. A TEACHER. THEIR SOULS DWELL IN THE TOMORROW. HE SAID TO FIND THE CALLING THAT GIVES YOU THAT SPARK IN LIFE AND TO APPLY YOURSELF. AFTER HIS SPEECH THE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN CAME ON STAGE AND WE SANG A CLOSING SONG USING HAND MOVEMENTS.

AFTERWARDS THERE WAS A TEEN GIVING THE REVEREND A MASSAGE AND I GOT ONE ALSO! HE SAID HE WAS ONLY ABOUT 17 AND HE WAS TALLER THAN I WAS AND I WAS AMAZED AT HOW GOOD HE DID MASSAGE. I MET HIS MOM TOO. I ASKED SEVERAL PEOPLE IF THEY BELIEVED IN REINCARNATION AND SOME SAID YES WHILE OTHERS SAID NO. THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF GROUPS AT THE CHURCH. IN THE HALL I MET A NAVAJO LADY I HADN'T SEEN THERE BEFORE.