Scripture

Genesis 1:31 (NIV)

God saw all that he had made,

and it was very good.

And there was evening, and there was morning —

the sixth day.

Refrain

I am held in a world that was made for me.

Quote

Thomas Traherne, from Centuries of Meditations

"You never enjoy the world aright,

till the Sea itself floweth in your veins,

till you are clothed with the heavens,

and crowned with the stars:

and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world,

and more than so,

because men are in it

who are every one sole heirs as well as you.

Till you love men so as to desire their happiness,

with a thirst equal to the zeal of your own:

till you delight in God for being good to all:

you never enjoy the world."

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Scripture

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)

And we all, who with unveiled faces

contemplate the Lord's glory,

are being transformed into his image

with ever-increasing glory,

which comes from the Lord, who is Spirit.

Refrain

Heaven begins now, in being fully seen.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"Any loving gaze that we can dare to receive

can start the Flow:

creation itself, animals, humans —

all are the divine gaze

if we allow them to be.

One day, the mirror will reflect in both directions,

and we will see over there

what was allowed in here.

This is full-access seeing — and being seen:

most have named it 'heaven'

and it begins now.

Let this Divine Mirror fully receive you.

All of you.

And you never need be lonely again."

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Scripture

Psalm 139:1–4 (NIV)

You have searched me, Lord,

and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

you, Lord, know it completely.

Refrain

God receives me fully. I am redeemed in being seen.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"God is a mirror big enough to receive everything,

and every single part of you,

just as it is,

rejecting nothing,

adjusting nothing.

Whatever is fully received in this Mirror

is by that very fact 'redeemed.'

God always sees and loves God in you.

It seems like God has no choice.

This is God's eternal and unilateral contract with the soul."

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Scripture

1 John 4:16 (NIV)

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.

Whoever lives in love lives in God,

and God in them.

Refrain

I am known in relationship and held in love.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"If that mirror is withdrawn for any reason,

it causes sadness, emptiness, or even anger.

We are normally disoriented,

even heartbroken for a while.

We die in some way. But why?

Because we only know ourselves in another's eyes.

We receive our identity — all of it — good and bad,

from another.

The other both creates us and saves us.

The universe is relational at every level,

and even between levels.

Relationship is the core and foundational shape of Reality."

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Scripture

Genesis 1:27 (NIV)

So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

Refrain

In God's gaze, I come alive.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"When we learn to love anyone or anything,

it is because they have somehow,

if just for a moment,

mirrored us truthfully yet compassionately to ourselves.

And we grab on to it! Why wouldn't we?

In this resonance, we literally 'come to life.'

But have no doubt, it is an allowing from our side.

And such pure, unfiltered Presence

is accessed only by presence in return.

Nothing more is needed."

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Scripture

1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;

we see only a part,

but then we shall see face to face.

Now I know in part;

then I shall know fully,

even as I am fully known.

Refrain

God sees me clearly and loves what God sees.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"A mirror receives and reflects back what it sees.

It does not judge, adjust, or write commentary.

We are the ones who do that.

A mirror simply reveals.

And invites responsibility.

A mirror, the sun, and God are all the same.

They are all there, fully shining forth.

Their very nature is light, love, and infinite giving.

You can't offend them or make them stop shining.

You can only choose to stop receiving and enjoying.

As soon as you look, you will see they are there.

And fully radiating.

And always have been."

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Scripture

Colossians 1:16–17 (NIV)

For in him all things were created:

things in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible,

whether thrones or powers

or rulers or authorities;

all things have been created through him and for him.

He is before all things,

and in him all things hold together.

Refrain

I am a willing traveler in something larger than myself.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"That the way things work

and Christ are one and the same.

This is not a religion

to be either fervently joined or angrily rejected.

It is a train ride already in motion.

The tracks are visible everywhere.

You can be a willing and happy traveler,

or not."

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Scripture

Romans 8:22 (NIV)

We know that the whole creation

has been groaning

as in the pains of childbirth

right up to the present time.

Refrain

The pattern of death and rising is everywhere.

Quote

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from How I Believe

"I believe the universe is an evolution;

I believe evolution proceeds towards spirit;

I believe spirit, in human beings,

completes itself in the personal;

I believe the supreme personal

is the Universal Christ."

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