From the Life and Laptop of the Reverend Kathy Beasley

I was recently out for my morning drive, when I noticed the massive walls that surround some of the neighborhoods in my area. It is not that the walls are new, but for the first time I saw them for what they are; a barrier to light, to movement and to the flow of goodness. We live behind all sorts of these types of barriers by choice and to sometimes keep things out. Sometimes the walls are there when we move in, other times we design, decorate and construct them ourselves. The real questions are; what are the barriers keeping in? What is it about ourselves that we are holding hostage behind these barriers?

One of the prayers that has been working with me this year, has been the Prayer of Jabez taken from, 1 Chronicles 4:10 (NIV). ¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 

With this in mind, I decided to look at some of the barriers in my own life once again and question each one. I realized that some of these walls have been in place for a very long time and they are no longer serving the journey and evolution of my soul. My prayer has been for increase in my life and yet I have chosen on some level to be confined in a space and time that is much too small to love the world from.  In order to know more of my Truth and what is mine to do, I have to return to the root of the root of my being and say no more walls, no more hiding, no more barriers between me and the Truth of my being.  I make room in all aspects of my life for increase and today, I invite you to join in speaking new life for ourselves, our community and our world as we come out from behind the walls and barriers and borrow President Reagan's words from his 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall and speak new life to our collective soul by saying, "Tear down this wall!"

As the walls come down, may light, love, energy and peace move freely towards us and we are now free to move towards and know more of each in the world around us. So if you want to know more of your own true goodness and "Godness”, start to tear down the walls in your life and let nothing separate you from your Truth! I am holding you in my heart and prayers as you do this work.

Lastly, I hope that you will find time to join us this Sunday at Trinity Metropolitan Community Church of Gainesville, FL for the beginning of our four week series called; Words to Live By. This week we will be exploring our True Potential!  Worship begins at 11am and we’ll save a seat just for you. 

Let the Walls Fall Down,

Kathy