I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day, He rose again. He ascended to Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Do you remember reciting these words in church? It’s the Apostle’s Creed. For some of us this is a well-known prayer. I remember reciting a slightly different version when I was a little girl, in the Methodist church, with my Mom. The prayer could be found in the back of the dark red hymnal for those of us who didn’t have it memorized. The Apostle’s Creed was usually said before communion on the first Sunday of every month, before receiving the body and blood of Christ which, was expressed by partaking bread and drinking good ole grape juice that, as a kid, I always wanted more of.. I don’t remember reciting the same prayer in the Baptist church with my Dad but, I’m sure there was another version, I wasn’t aware of, that was different, but meant the same. Whatever the differences, reciting the prayer affirmed what I believed, at one time in my life. The prayer gave me the tools I needed to be who I am today.
As I am reminiscing about prayers, affirmations and church I feel something deep within. I know it’s time again to affirm out loud, and write down for my own reference what I believed. What do I believe? What do I believe now that my perspective on life is different from many years ago? What do I believe now that I don’t hold onto many religious practices with a firm grip? What do I believe now that I am learning how to allow myself to be present to life? What do I believe now that I want love and peace to filter my experiences? What do I believe now that I know there is no certain way to be? What do I believe now that I have awakened to more of my own truth?
I believe God is love.
I believe human language cannot fully describe or capture the power of God, All or One.
I believe we are each an expression of the same God-energy and are meant to have different experiences to learn about who we are.
I believe God is not something living outside of our self. God flows through us.
I believe if we are present to the energy of God we can see mirrors of ourselves in each other and get answers to the most pressing questions we have on our journey.
I believe our Spirit is eternal. Our love ones and ancestors who’ve passed on continue to love us and watch over us even when we don’t fully understand how the Spirit of God works.
I believe we heal when we give love to each other.
I believe we are all students and teachers for each other. We learn how to be better students when we teach and we learn how to be better teachers when we are students.
I believe we can only feel our part of God in the stillness within our self.
I believe we are on God’s time and we must do the very best we can to love as much as we can.
I believe everything happens in cycles. If we are too hard-headed to learn a lesson that lesson will keep showing itself to us over and over until we allow the experience.
I believe we can create whatever we want if we are patient and present to the flow of life.
I believe our conditions of the past do not define who we are in this moment.
I believe we each have a piece of greatness we have to learn how to uncover.
I believe what I say is not new or different. Many healers (Jesus, Buddha) have tried to teach us.
I believe that as I evolve, parts of my beliefs, will change and more will be added.
What do you believe? Send me an e-mail at alluraeshmun@yahoo.com.
As I write, I can hear my favorite song by Sounds of Blackness called I Believe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEY7vxjuuBA
Enjoy
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