Leviticus 19-25. God Father in Three, all of life is meant to live in communion with you and in a continual state of holiness. You offer yourself wholly in both ways. It is the greatest of gifts. We are living, here, on your earth, and in relation to the earth as a means of being in a state of gratefulness and thanksgiving toward you. It is ongoing and often in celebration. There is no loss, all is yours that you are sharing with us. All the growth of crops and “splendid trees” and water and all other blessings are blessings you give. In all this, we are to praise and worship you, formally and informally as a way to express our gratefulness. We are also to party and celebrate with and for you as another way of showing our gratefulness. We are much like you since your statutes, rules, laws, and guidance are always in the form of what we can do. You allow us to be in this relationship by acting and performing in ways that are sincere and honest; you give us dirt and rain and sunshine and we grow crops and feed ourselves but we do so understanding that it is you that is providing all of this, even the magic of soil growing plants. It is all a play we are performing before you the audience, a play of love and complete devotion in thanksgiving.
Father all Three of You, thank you so much for this relationship. For offering in abundance all the ways we can clearly see you working and being on behalf of us. For giving us such splendid meaning, your children, by giving us liturgical acts of living, tilling the earth, toiling with a glad heart, firing kilns with the understanding that these elements are yours, that even the wind, rain, and even light lay in subjection at your feet. God what a wonderful God you are. We are yours and as we act in sincere communion with all that you have made we are actually partaking in your Holiness. God Almighty was a splendid way of life.
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