Holy Spirit Abroad | A Twelvemonth of Self Love

G’Day Gratitude

Eva Lisle — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:35:51 +0000

Hello my friends. It has been a few weeks since I last connected with you and I have missed you. I miss sitting still and listening to my heart as I share. There is something quite precious about writing from the heart knowing that there are those who could be listening…………..perhaps even my own self. I have recently returned from a rather lovely trip to Australia. Those of you who know me…

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9. Day 29: What I Have Learned From Taking 7 Weeks Off

Eva Lisle — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:45:50 +0000

What have I learned from taking seven weeks off from our normal daily life? 1. There is no such thing as taking off from daily life. (life and the dailiness continues, just differently) 2. Life continues too, abundantly 3. The trip really began when we allowed ourselves to think it was possible (this began in intention over a year ago, in reality over six months ago) 4.

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9. Day 25: The Joy Of Christmas Presence

Eva Lisle — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 13:07:22 +0000

This holiday to England has been all about presence. Presence with our own hearts, presence with each one we were privileged to spend time with and presence with what gifts life brought to us each and every day. Christmas Presence is that time when we all join together in that beautiful presence of love that is always within us. We have met numerous people who celebrate Christmas and the deeper…

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9. Day 24: Silent Night, Holy Night

Eva Lisle — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:39:30 +0000

Our plan for the day included lunch with some BNI Connect friends, a carol service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, dinner and the West End play “The Play That Goes Wrong”. It also ended up including letting the maintenance guy in to repair the washing machine, grocery shopping for a Christmas Cake and walking for miles. The thronging crowds reminded me it was also one of the last shopping days before…

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9. Day 8: Let Your Joy Be Whole

Eva Lisle — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:08:49 +0000

I must confess that I feel a bit naughty or selfish even choosing joy, or living joy. I mean, there is still so much pain and suffering in the world at large and even in my local vision (the homeless man outside the SPA Grocery selling a magazine). Why do I get to be full of joy if there is still pain? This has actually been a question that has plagued me in many ways for years. Why do I get…

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9. Day 3: Joy Is Ordinary, Ordinary Is Joy

Eva Lisle — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:02:39 +0000

I have a feeling that joy is quite connected to the ordinary. Can you tell me/show me what is meant by being ordinary? HS: Dearest One, the practice of ordinary is the practice of noticing, allowing and being what is true about you all the time. Ordinary is what is always true, no exceptions. Ordinary is the rock upon which you build your life. Ordinary is what the universe is.

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9. Day 1: A Month Of Living Joy

Eva Lisle — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:09:57 +0000

After a number of epic traveling days which included a rugby match at Twickenham, an advent feast in the Cotswolds with old army friends and a day of networking with the fantastic team at BNI UK headquarters I needed to hear the Holy Spirit on a deep level. Me: What do I need to know right now in my travels? HS: Dearest One, Welcome to your day and living joy. Traveling is a bountiful way…

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8. Day 19: Silence & Simplicity

Eva Lisle — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:41:26 +0000

I love that I keep getting plenty of opportunity to extend love to Not-Knowing…….by not knowing how our holidays (or the afternoon) will unfold. It seems both completely unreal and completely natural that we are here, in London, living in a little cottage near Notting Hill Gate station. We buy groceries at Tesco, go to Boots for a new flat iron (I decided when mine burnt the handkerchief I was…

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8. Day 16: The Queen’s Keys

Eva Lisle — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:07:16 +0000

I got a tiny glimpse of what heaven might be like yesterday. It is history, privilege, gratitude, wonder and reunion. It is art, silver, medals for valor and welcome. It is gathering, eating and drinking and applause. It is full and complete satisfaction,wholeness, full circle and return. And joy. Joy and “pinch me is this real?” delight. It is all these things and more.

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8. Day 14: Why Takes A Holiday

Eva Lisle — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:01:31 +0000

I need to know why. Why??!!! My husband asks “How?” Together we want to know. And this is the month of extending love to Not-Knowing. How perfect is it then that we get to be in a brand new, yet ancient place. We have now arrived in London and woken to rain. Rain, alone, washed away my usual need to know “why?” Coming from such drought in California it is such a glorious gift and joy just…

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