365 Days of Walking the Red Road:
All things in the world are two. In our minds, we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly...
We have the right hand that strikesand makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two.
--Letakots-Lesa
Pawnee
*The Native American Path to leading
A Spiritual Life every day*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------On This Date in Native American History:
1675:
Today, John Sassamon will be found under the ice of Assawompsett Pond, 15 miles from the Plymouth. A Christian Indian, and educated at Harvard, Sassamon had recently left living with the whites to become Philip's aide. He would the leave Philip, return to the colony as a preacher for the local Indians. He would tell the colony of Philip's plans to attack, but he would not be believed. After his body was found, witnesses would testify in court that three Wampanoags murdered Sassamon. Some time later, one of the three would confess on the gallows, after his rope broke while being hanged. He would be hanged anyway. This episode, was the spark Philip needed for his war.
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A Cherokee Feast of Day
by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
An individual responsibility is to set the course of the day, a year - a lifetime. Words and thoughts bring us to some crucial point of strength or else utter weakness. Decide now to forgive. It does not mean reconciling with an enemy - but it does mean freedom. Decide to love - others, but yourself in particular. Wait until the flames settle before you take on the problem. Even tempers and orderly minds can handle heat better. Walk softly, for others are on the same road and they look for a gentle word, less criticism and full observance of the Spirit.
~ We, the people composing the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nation.... by virtue of our original and inalienable rights, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree.... to one body politic.... the Cherokee Nation. ~
SEQUOYAH - CHEROKEE LEADER
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 29
"We grieve more because we have been disconnected from our earth, our first Mother, our spiritual Mother."
--Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA
Where does all life come from? The Earth. Where does everything return to? The Earth. Where do values come them? The Earth. Many people are lost because they don't know the importance of connection to the Earth. They connect to money, to relationships, to success, to goals. When we are disconnected from the Earth, we have feelings of being sad or lost. When we are connected to the Earth, we feel warm and secure.
Great Spirit,
help me to stay connected to the
Mother Earth.
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Morning Prayer:
O Pachacamac!
Thou who has existed from the beginning,
Thou who shall exist until the end,
powerful but merciful,
Who didst create man by saying,
"Let man be,"
Who defends us from evil,
and preserves our life and our health,
art Thou in the sky or upon the earth?
In the clouds or in the deeps?
Hear the voice of him who implores Thee,
and grant him his petitions.
Give us life everlasting,
preserve us, and accept this our sacrifice.
Aho , Amen , e-men .
January 29 - Daily Feast
Volume II
An individual responsibility is to set the course of the day, a year - a lifetime. Words and thoughts bring us to some crucial point of strength or else utter weakness. Decide now to forgive. It does not mean reconciling with an enemy - but it does mean freedom. Decide to love - others, but yourself in particular. Wait until the flames settle before you take on the problem. Even tempers and orderly minds can handle heat better. Walk softly, for others are on the same road and they look for a gentle word, less criticism and full observance of the Spirit.
~ We, the people composing the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nation.... By virtue of our original and inalienable rights, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree.... To one body politic.... The Cherokee Nation. ~
SEQUOYAH - CHEROKEE LEADER
"A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 29
"We grieve more because we have been disconnected from our earth, our first Mother, our spiritual Mother."
--Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA
Where does all life come from? The Earth. Where does everything return to? The Earth. Where do values come them? The Earth. Many people are lost because they don't know the importance of connection to the Earth. They connect to money, to relationships, to success, to goals. When we are disconnected from the Earth, we have feelings of being sad or lost. When we are connected to the Earth, we feel warm and secure.
Great Spirit, help me to stay connected to the Mother Earth.
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THINK ON THESE THINGS
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Someone said if we do what we have always done, we will get what we have always gotten. For most of us that means we work and work and work, a somewhat rigid path from which there seems little reprieve.
Weariness has its ways of making us feel we are set on a track that goes around and around like a toy train. But even a toy is expected to change somewhere. What do we expect? Do we expect something good to happen or something less than good?
Now, is the time to change our expectations. Sometimes it means we have to reach out and take hold of a dream and as Jacob said to the angel that wrestled with him, "I will not let you go until you bless me."
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January 28 - Daily Feast
Volume II
Losing is not always what it seems, and how we react makes the difference. We may be disappointed, feel let down - and maybe a little betrayed - but we haven't lost until we quit. What is done is done. We have cried and we have hurt - but this will show the stuff we are made of and how nothing can keep us down. How we think, what we say, and where we put our faith will set our new course and keep us on it.
~ Our new home will be beyond a great river on the way to the setting sun... Our wigwams on another land where we hope the Great Spirit will smile. ~
KEOKUK - SAUK LEADER, 1832
"A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 28
"We call it the `sacred' red road because it is the road that will lead us to living the good life, an honest and healthy life."
--Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA
The Red Road is the path we walk on when we want a direct relationship with the Great Spirit. This requires sacrifice. This requires us to have our beliefs tested. To walk this path is really an honor. The returns for doing so are exciting, not only for ourselves but for the effect that will be felt for three generations. This means your children will see the benefits as well as your grandchildren. Do I want to walk this sacred road?
Great Spirit, guide myself and my family on the Red Road.
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THINK ON THESE THINGS
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Three things we can do without - jealousy, pride, and a sense of competition that makes us cruel.
French writer, La Rochefoucauld, said that jealousy is more a self-love than a love for another. But more than that, it is a weak ego afraid that someone else is getting ahead. We have no business being where we feel we cannot hold our own.
Pride, it is said, goes before a fall. Pride is so transparent and without scruples. We can say we are proud of someone or something without meaning anything wrong -- but pride that steals our common sense steals our peace. Competition is almost as bad because it contains in subtle ways jealousy and pride.
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God's Minute
MAY GOD BE GRACIOUS TO US AND BLESS US AND
MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON US.
( PSALM 67:1 * NIV )
Dear Member's,
In this busy World of ours we often forget to stop and
count all of our blessings. If we are not careful we will
even take them for granted! So why not stop and count
your blessings today, for when you count them, you will
find that there are many indeed! Also you will find that
counting your blessings is a great way to begin each day
as well.
Now the above verse reminds me of a poem that I very
much enjoy. It was written by one of my favorite Christian
Poet's. So today I would like to share that poem with you,
and it is my hope that you will enjoy it as well!
Your Blessings Are So Many, Lord!
Your blessings are so many, Lord,
To count them one by one
Would take much longer than a day
That has just now begun!
You fill each day with miracles
From dawn to setting sun.
Each night You hear a million prayers
When day's work is done.
You keep this old world spinning
As seasons come and go,
And each one is a masterpiece
That stets our hearts aglow.
You fill the earth with beauty, Lord,
With flowers, shrubs and trees,
And we marvel at Your rainbows
And butterflies and bees.
Your words still give us comfort
For Your promises are true.
Your blessings are so many, Lord,
In everything we do!
Have a Wonderful Monday Member's, and may the Peace
of God be with you! Aho , Amen , emen .
God's Minute
HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN
TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM
WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND VIRTUE.
( 2 PETER 1:3 *NKJV )
Dear Member's,
There are times in this life when one of these 9 statements
apply
to each of us. So let them now be reminders that Minister to
us.....
"Moments in Life"
1. There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you
just
want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
So cherish them while they are with you.
2. When the door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see
the
one, which has been opened for us.
3. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even
that
fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes
only a
smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your
heart
smile.
4. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you
want
to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the
things
you want to do.
5. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to
make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
6. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
7. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you
can't
go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches.
8. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling.
So live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone
around you is crying.
9. Don't count the years-count the memories...........Life is not
measured
by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our
breath
away! Aho , Amen , e-men .
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With My Love & Prayers,
your servant , Pastor cougarmoon
