Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Spirit Move!” by Denise Rosier:

There is no holding back the power in this room right now,
Rising up as a force of love so high it can’t come down.

Every soul is a soul on fire Burning bright with the Light of Life
Here we are open wide; there’s no place we can hide

Like a river deep and, rolling out like a mighty flood,
Love’s filling every heart and pouring out of us.

Feel it breaking down the walls, building everybody up.
It’s taking over now; there’s no way it can stop.
Spirit move everything. Spirit move in the space between. Spirit move.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Rise” by Faith Rivera – We rise as one!

I close my eyes, I open my heart. I take a deep breath, let the healing start.
I lift my hands. I plant my feet. I let love in, I feel the beat that’s calling us to rise!

I ready my soul. I clear my mind. I’m here and now in present time.
I feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark.

No turning back, onward to Promised Land!
We feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark.

Love’s calling out my name. Love’s calling – that’s why we came! Rise up!
Reach for the sky! Going up high, Love is alive. We’re bringing the light!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by an Irish blessing:

May the road rise to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.

And, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Butterfly” by Jana Stanfield & Joyce Johnson Rouse

Please tell me again, I’m gonna be alright.
I can feel a change is comin’, I can feel it in my skin.
I can feel myself outgrowing this life I’ve been living in.

All of the things that we long for are born on the wings of change.

Losses can lead us to blessings that we can’t explain.

Butterflies remind us, there’s magic in every life.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Amazing Things” by Megon McDonough and Jana Stanfield

You will do amazing things with the choice each new day brings,
And with every step you take, bless the progress that you make.

Oh, the places you will go and the people you will know.
Don’t worry when or where or how. You don’t need to know that now.

You’re on the right track. No need to look ahead or back.
Just enjoy what this day brings. You will do amazing things.

Love your life, love your dreams. You will do amazing things.

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

“When I was a [child] … we would go to church and pay attention … and everyone would kneel and bow. Today the only difference is, everything is holy now.”

“When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine.
And I remember feeling sad that miracles don’t happen still.
But now I can’t keep track, ‘cause everything’s a miracle.”

“It used to be a world half there, heaven’s second rate hand-me-down.
Now I walk it with a reverent air, ‘cause everything is holy now.”

This morning, outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird,
Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse.
It made me want to bow my head. I remember when church let out.
How things have changed since then. Everything is holy now.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Hold onto Love” buy Roger Tomhave & Dan Johnson:

Live this love through all your days and make this world a better place.
Hold onto love. Hold on.

You can search for love; you can hope and pray. Love’s most easily found when given away. Hold onto love. Hold on.

Let love be our choice each day. With these words we pray: Hold on to love. Hold on.

Live through love, not through fear. Take a stand for all that’s right. Shun the darkness, be the light. Hold on to love. Hold on.

Leddy Hammock

Highlights from “I Am the Place where God Shows Up” by Eddie Watkins, Jr.:

“There is no spot where God is not.

I am not alone and there is nothing I have to do on my own.

I am the place where God lives and breathes and has Its being.

I am the place, you are the place, we are the place where God shows up.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Look How Far You’ve Come” by Sue Riley:

“Hasn’t it been great?… Let’s talk about the future. Let’s cool off with the rain.’”

“We’ve come through the desert and now we sit here in the shade. Though we’re not where we were heading, just look how far we’ve come.”

I now see the beauty in the days that have gone by.

Each day, I remind myself to treasure what I have. Look how far I’ve come!

Leddy Hammock

In the Silence, I trust in God.
 
I rest in God and I feel hope turning into faith.
 
I relax and rest, letting go and letting God.
 
In the waltz of life, I let God lead.

Leddy Hammock

“Increase my faith in the things I cannot see, in the things I cannot prove, yet I choose to believe.”

“I love my life, I love my dreams, and I will do amazing things.”

“I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good I can do.”

“I am brave enough to move ahead where true believers dare to tread, and never lose faith even when losing my way. What step will I take today? I am brave!

Leddy Hammock

There’s peace in surrender, in just letting go.

Trusting in Spirit when self can’t go on, I treasure the good in my life.

It’s time to get centered, it’s time to just breathe.
There’s change in the wind, start living again.

If you want to find complete peace of mind, let go and Let God.

Dell deChant

“A Child Would Know” by Leddy Hammock

“How would you know?” a child was asked, “If while you were at play,
With several children, new to you, you heard a whisper say:
‘One of these is the Holy child, the Christ Child, come again,
To see if you would recognize your wise and gentle Friend–
Who might appear as boy or girl, with unexpected looks,
With hair and skin and clothes unlike the Christ Child seen in books.’
The child was still a moment, then looked up and smiled to say:
“Of course I’d know the Holy Child. I’d know that right away.

The way that Child treats others, taking turns and playing fair;
The way the Child is kind and good–I’d know that anywhere.
The way the Child would make me feel–I’d be so glad to show
The Christ Child on the playground–someone any child would know.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Search the Sky” by Sloan Wainwright:
 
Search the sky for that star of light and love, to guide believers from near and far.
 
Let the light of peace and love shine in every heart.  
 
Let there be peace around our world, peace within ourselves.  
 
Let Truth, love, and healing shine in all our faces.

Leddy Hammock

Make of my heart a cradle, Lord, so love will come and lay there.
 
Make of my heart a shelter, Lord, so love will come and stay there.
 
Make of my heart a manger, Lord, where Love’s the only answer.

Make of my heart a stable, Lord, glowing for light for miles in the darkness so Love will find its way there.

Leddy Hammock

My roots are anchored in Truth.

My soul reaches for the light.

Shine down, shine down on me. Wash over me, chase away the shadows.
Cast your light on me.

Welcome to the coming light!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics of the song There Are Moments, by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Harold Payne

The first breath of the morning whispers in my ear:
‘You’ve got it all inside you.’ I open my heart and it appears!

Even in an ordinary day in an ordinary life, there’s beauty all around me when I look up to see it. I don’t want to miss the rainbows!

There are moments, there are moments, where magic happens unexpectedly.

There are moments, precious moments, where the wonder of the world is all I see.

Leddy Hammock

May the light of love be shining deep within your spirit.
 
May the torch of mercy clear the path and show the way.
 
May the horn of plenty sound so everyone can hear it.
 
May the light of love be with you every day.

Leddy Hammock

God has not turned away from me. My purpose is to become ready, willing, and worthy to receive God’s blessings.

I am more than God’s servant; I am God’s beloved child.

I’m ready, willing and worthy to open my heart and receive all of the heavenly blessings there for me when I believe.

When I’m ready, willing and worthy, God is able to bless me!

Leddy Hammock

I practice an attitude of gratitude.

My prayers are answered as I share generously from my grateful heart.

The grateful heart draws to itself great things.

Perfect answers take form as I keep a good and grateful attitude.

Leddy Hammock

From lyrics to “Love Cover Me” words & music by Gary Lynn Floyd & Danny Miller:

Love cover me, I will not be shaken. I will not be moved.
Love cover me, may my heart awaken.…
Love cover me. Love, I invite you to open up this heart of mine.

As time has unfolded me, it has revealed to me life’s nothing less than sublime. With every thought I make.… may I be gracious and kind. Love, I invite you to open up this heart of mine

Kindness wash over me…. Right every wrong, cause me to see love over hatred. Guide me to be faithful and strong. Love cover me ….

Love cover me, light any darkness. Love cover me, right every wrong. Cause me to see love over hatred.
Guide me to be faithful and strong. Love cover me….

Carol Record

Inspired by lyrics to “Still Yourself” by Richard Mekdeci and Mario Friedel

“Your path is true. There’s a guiding light that shines inside of you.”

“Still yourself. Still yourself. In the silence you will find your way.”

“Still yourself. Still yourself. Still yourself and heal yourself.

The strength you seek is just a breath away.”

“Strength flows from stillness like a fountain,
Like a mountain against the sky.” I am still and I am strong.

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics to “Centered in the Storm” by Richard Mekdeci, Karen Taylor-Good & Richard Patier”

Carol Record

We are stronger together than apart.
 
Community builds character and strength.
 
Through Community, we activate our oneness.
 
We behold the Christ in one another.

Leddy Hammock

From lyrics to “Like a Boomerang” by Robert Anderson:

Every little thing that you say and do, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you.
All the love you give, if you want it to, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you.

Every time you fight against something new, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. Every single thought that you hold as true, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you.

After you were born, you forgot what is true, but like a boomerang, it will come back to you. You may not recall what you came here to do, but like a boomerang, it will come back to you.

All that you desire, when you ask it to, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you.
It may seem like fortune sailing out of the blue, but like a boomerang, it has come back to you.

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics from “Healing in the Hands of Time” by Karen Taylor-Good & Lisa Aschmann:

God has a gentle salve for the wounded, a pillow for the weary soul.

God is the only hope for some broken hearts. God is time and makes us whole.

God is taking us all on a journey, knows exactly ev’ry inch of this road and, if we could only see farther down it, we would know as God knows.

God, Father Time, the Master of Surprises, will surprise us once again. We’re all healing in the hands of time.

Leddy Hammock

In this wonderful life, I reap what I sow. All God’s good is mine to give and to receive.

My life is God’s gift to me; what I do with my life is my gift to God and to the world.

I am a good worker: I serve with a song in my heart and I give thanks to God, my Source.

My work is to live the good life: to do my best, to love, to grow, and to serve God. I love my life’s work!

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics to “Do What I Can Do” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Gary Lynn Floyd:

“Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me. My world reflects what I believe.
Here’s what I believe. I know there’s good in everyone. I know the best is yet to come.

Look out world, ‘cause I’m not done, I’ve only just begun…. I’ll choose compassion over fear, release my love into the atmosphere. Like a single wave in an endless sea, any change begins with me.

And, when I feel I’m all alone, I’ll remember, one drop of water smooths a stone.

Gonna, love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold. Can’t do it all, but this much is true. I can do what I can do.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics by Sue Riley to “True North”:

“I’ve been a weary traveler on a broken road.
Guide me as I find my way, find my own true north.”

“I’ve reached a place of trust, I know, I’m answering the call.”

“Guide me as I find my way, find my own true north.”

God is with me always, even in the wilderness, ready to give me a sign, hold my hand, and help me along the way.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “The Grand Design” by Greg Tamblyn:

“…We’re all threads in a tapestry, woven together, your life and mine, ‘till our hearts and roads are intertwined. The road of life may lead us far from where we all begin, but sooner or later,
The hands of time weave us back in to the Grand Design.

Our path divides, we take our chances, and pray our loved ones will understand us…. We navigate by heart. But, in time, we come to learn that every road is part of the Grand Design….

We could rise up high, see the long road, how far we’ve come and where we’ll go, see how our pathway crosses the others, we know how much we need each other. In this living tapestry, each thread is someone’s road and one day, from a higher place, we may know the Grand Design.

It’s something I believe and now I find it comforts me. I’ve come to love the mystery.
The Grand Design is with us all along, a last goodbye, a newborn’s song, and, in the end, we all belong, to the Grand Design.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Your True Calling” by Jana Stanfield:

When you hear a voice, no one else can hear, yet it’s clear and loud, ringing in your ear. And you finally know, what it’s time to do, that’s your true calling, calling you.

When your heart’s wide open ’cause your mind’s been changed and the dreams you dream are not the same, there’s a gate that’s open, you can walk right through. That’s your true calling, calling you.

You ask yourself, “Is this a voice I can trust?” You think you can’t, but you know that you must. You’re afraid you’ll fall, if you let go. But, there’s only one way you’ll ever know.

Those wings you keep folded are meant to be used when your true calling is calling you.
You ask yourself, Am I asking too much? You think you can’t, but you know that you must.

There’s a gate that’s open, you can walk right through, that’s your true calling, calling you!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “A Steadfast Bridge” by Joy Katzen-Guthrie:

A Steadfast Bridge gently supports me, constant and strong, through every furious storm.

A Steadfast Bridge swiftly transports me past raging waters on a path that’s safe and warm.

Show the way, fill me with courage. Help me to know there’s an answer in my heart.

When I am weak, your strength sustains me. Your love enfolds me, as You have loved me from the start.

Leddy Hammock

From lyrics to “Crossroads” by Joy Katzen-Guthrie and Lisette Brodey:

There’s so much to learn, just heeding our inner voice … at the crossroads of life.

Life is a challenge we must face . . . God guides us on our way.

As we move on, we look down the road . . . while a new life waits for us to arrive.

Love only grows and grows at the crossroads of life.

Leddy Hammock

From lyrics by Sloan Wainwright to “I Am Free” —

I am free, by the Truth in each moment, by the love heaven sent.

I won’t walk like a slave today, chained to my regret
My past and my future fade. I forgive, I won’t forget.

I won’t talk like a slave today, suffering to survive…. I find myself alive.

I am free, right where I am—a piece of the puzzle, a part of the plan.

Leddy Hammock

Negative expectations come to nothing, while positive and loving thoughts are manifesting now.

Every good thought, like an angel presence, goes before me to make my way easy, safe, prosperous, and happy.

I deny the stumbling blocks of doubt, fear, and worry, and instead I build up a strong and positive consciousness that paves the way to good outcomes.

I reflect on the good I expect, and as I conceive it, I receive it – or something even better!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “Father’s Day” by Johnsmith

In my heart, I hear my Father say that He loves me.

“Like rain falling gently upon fallow ground.
I felt the fields of my heart turn green
on those few small words my father said to me.

So, now, I try to say ‘I love you’ every chance I get.

It’s funny how a few small words can run so deep, make a baby smile make a grown man weep.”

Leddy Hammock

Based on lyrics from “I Made Room for Grace” by Sue Riley and Melinda Wood Allen

I live without making demands. I am happy, just doing the best that I can.

When I stop resisting, I get what I needed – and so much more.

Rather than insisting on my own way, I open my arms in surrender.

Since I made room for grace, I just stepped aside and opened up a space.
Now the blessings arrive every day, since I made room for grace.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “The Shepherd’s Song” by Sue Riley:

Though I walk in deepest shadows, I will have no fear.
I journey with the Shepherd, He walks beside me.
With His strength he gives me courage.
May His wisdom be my guide.
His rod and His staff, they go before me.

Surely goodness and mercy will always follow me
All of the days and the nights of my life.
The Lord is my Shepherd, I will have no fear

Within the greenest meadows, beside the deep, cool stream,
I will rest in the comfort of eternal love.

My cup is overflowing, You anoint my head with oil.
I am safe in Your presence, Oh, Eternal One.
The Lord is my Shepherd. I will have no fear.

Leddy Hammock

Highlignts from “We Remember Them” by Rabbis Sylvan Kamens and Jack Riemer:

“At the rising of the sun and at its going down …. At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.”

“At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring …. At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.”

“At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn …. At the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.”

“When we have achievements that are based on theirs …. When we fulfill their dreams, and our own, we remember them. As long as we live, they too will live: for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Still Yourself” by Richard Mekdeci and Mario Friedel

“Your path is true. There’s a guiding light that shines inside of you.”

“Still yourself. Still yourself. In the silence you will find your way.”

“Still yourself. Still yourself. Still yourself and heal yourself.
The strength you seek is just a breath away.”

“Strength flows from stillness like a fountain,
Like a mountain against the sky.” I am still and I am strong.

Sue Riley

The Mother side of God’s love is selfless.
This is the noble love that inspires everyday heroes.

The Mother side of God is infinite wisdom.
This is the love that inspires discernment

The Mother side of God’s love is loyal and strong.
It takes a hero to release fear and trust in love.

The Mother side of God’s love is strong enough to let go and begin again.
It takes a hero to hold on and inspire other heroes, every day.

Leddy Hammock

Highlights inspired by lyrics to “If You Want To Be Happy” by Sloan Wainwright, Sue Riley, Jana Stanfield:

“Don’t believe all that you think – if you want to be happy.”
“If you want to be happy, be careful what you say.

Resist the urge to criticize when things don’t go your way.
You can’t make yourself feel better putting other people down.

Remember words can hurt you when they come back around.”
“Focus on the things you have, not what you haven’t got – if you want to be happy.”

“Give up control.” “Trust the Mystery – if you want to be happy.”

Judy Tafelski

Highlight from lyrics to “See Myself in You” by Tom Prasado-Rao and Tom Kimmel:

“If I met you on the corner, would I know you as you are?
Would I take you for a stranger and brush past you in the door?

If you called me, would I hear you? Would I walk away too soon?
If I lingered for a moment, would I see myself in you?

If you held me like my brother, would I see myself in you? ….

If you called me, would I hear you? Do I know what I would do? ….
If you held me like my mother, would I see myself in you?”

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics to “It’s a Brand New Day” (by Glen Roethel, Sue Riley & Richard Mekdeci):

“It’s a brand new day…. The power of love has rolled that stone away…. It’s a brand new day!

Faith can move a mountain, part that stormy sea. Love can be a fountain pouring over me. Hope can build a future so we can truly say, the past is past, free at last, it’s a brand new day!

The power of love has rolled that stone away…. Doubts become believing that death can be destroyed. Painful loss and grieving, can open us to joy.

A dawn of resurrection can chase our fears away. The past is past, free at last, it’s a brand new day! The power of love has rolled that stone away! … It’s a brand new day.”

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

Leddy Hammock

God loves me and sees me well.

The place for my healing is right here, right where I am.

Now, in this moment, I am ready and willing to be healed.

Now is the time for me to go within and discover that I already know how it feels to be whole, how to heal.

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics from “Holy Now” by Peter Mayer:

“When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time Moses split the sea in two and Jesus made the water wine . . . .”

“I remember feeling sad, miracles don’t happen still, and now I can’t keep track, ‘cause ev’rything’s a miracle . . . .”

“When holy water was rare at best, it barely wet my fingertips. Now, I have to hold my breath, like I’m swimmin’ in a sea of it. . . .”

“This mornin’ outside I stood. I saw a little red wing bird, shining like a burning bush and singing like a scripture verse. It made me want to bow my head. I remember when church let out. How things have changed since then. Everything is holy now.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “My Religion Is Kindness” by Melinda Wood Allen:

My religion is kindness. My creed is forgiveness.
I live in a house of glass. I cannot throw stones.

My prayer is for oneness. My sanctuary is music.
Love is my purpose. My heart is my home.

There’s a simple path and when I walk it, I am free: do for others as I’d have them do for me.

Tomorrow is a mystery and yesterday is gone.
The kindness that I give today lives on.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Wholehearted” by Jan Garrett and JD Martin

There’s a new Church on the horizon, made of light, not of stone, calling now to all creation, “You are not alone.”

We are One Heart, looking for answers.
We are One Soul, finding our way through the dark.

Hold out your hand. Someone will take it and bring you home again.

We are One Heart, One Soul, One Dream we share together… We are all a part of One Heart.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “Rising in Love” by David Roth

I always find it surprising, the way people say that they’re falling in love when I always thought I was rising, floating right off of the ground and reaching something that I only have dreamed of. I’m not falling at all; I am rising in love.

Everyone talks about tying the knot, … but the feeling of love should be freeing – lifting each other up instead of giving one another a shove. We won’t be falling at all; we’ll be rising in love.

How do you let love grow? You’ve got to give it a chance when you’ve found it. We won’t be falling at all; we’ll be rising in love.

The deeper the river, the greater the trust and the more that we’re rising above.
We won’t be falling at all; we’ll be rising in love.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics by Sue Riley and JD Martin, “My Heart’s Desire”

My heart’s desire – God’s will for me of good and only good – has been right here all the time.

I am ready to live the dream that was always mine.
It is never too late to find my heart’s desire.

My good cannot be kept from me.
I am ready now, today, for my heart’s desire.

My heart’s desire (my spiritual birthright of infinite good) has always been right here for me and God wants me to accept it!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “I’m in the Flow of Love” by Tim Burnaman:

“I wake up in the morning in the flow of love. Another day is dawning, in the flow of love.
I take a deep breath from below and above, ready to begin now, in the flow of love.

Happiness that’s showing, in the flow of love, joy that’s overflowin’, in the flow of love.
Feeling peace inside, what I’m dreaming of, letting my heart guide, in the flow of love.

Oh, the power coming through, a clear signal strong and true.
I’m giving and receiving, in the flow of love.

Oh, the dark days cannot hold me. I’m in the flow of love.
I can feel my life unfolding. I’m in the flow of love.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Getting Better Every Minute” by Richard Mekdeci:

If we’re wise, we surely know, what we feed will always grow.

So, I walk through my life and do my best to be cheerful,
Because I know it’s a choice and it’s better than fearful.

So, when my friends smile and say, “Hey, how ya doin’ today?”
I will choose to answer in a positive way.

I say, “I’m getting better every minute, getting better every day.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “The Part of Me that Is You” by Sue Riley & Richard Mekdeci:

“When the world tells me I’m less than whole,
I hear these words, spoken from my soul: ‘A Child of Mine will not inherit disease.’ I am a Child of peace.

The part of me that is You knows only health and wholeness.
The part of me that is You knows only love and joy.
The part of me that is You is divine and ageless,
like a compass pointing to a north that’s true.
Then I remember what my heart already knows.

When I feel my back’s against the wall,
I hear a voice say, ‘Fight!’ but I refuse the call.
As Your Child, I choose the higher road and I know
You’ll always be there if I fall.

You are the Truth of who I am. I am a Child of peace.
When my self-respect is fading fast, frozen in the present,
Haunted by the past, I look in the mirror and I see Your face and I remember what my heart already has. I bless the part of me that is You.”–the fairest of the fair.

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “This Is What I Know” – Words & Music by Jan Garrett:

“This is what I know: That we are all connected,
The universe reflected in each shining part.
And everywhere I go I recognize the faces
All of my relations in this one Heart.

And all I need is already looking thru these eyes,
Nearer than my breathing, closer than hands and feet.

We are dreaming together all the gifts of heaven and earth,
And so I receive all I can be….

And now I let it go, with such appreciation,
With sheer exhilaration, now I set it free.
And so it is, and so be it.
When I sing it I can see it.
I welcome us in, and now we begin . . . . Amen, amen, amen!”

Leddy Hammock

Lyrics from “Your True Calling” by Jana Stanfield:

When you hear a voice, no one else can hear,
Yet it’s clear and loud, ringing in your ear.
And you finally know, what it’s time to do,
That’s your true calling, calling you.

When your heart’s wide open ’cause your mind’s been changed
And the dreams you dream are not the same,
There’s a gate that’s open, you can walk right through.
That’s your true calling, calling you.

You ask yourself, “Is this a voice I can trust?”
You think you can’t, but you know that you must.
You’re afraid you’ll fall, if you let go.
But there’s only one way you’ll ever know.
Those wings you keep folded are meant to be used
When your true calling is calling you.

You ask yourself, Am I asking too much?
You think you can’t, but you know that you must.
There’s a gate that’s open, you can walk right through
That’s your true calling, calling you, your true calling, calling you!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics by Leddy Hammock to a song by Sue Riley, “Leave those Walls Behind” from the double CD set with “Twelve Women of the Chalice” (2008):

Sounds of the city, the life I knew, fade in the background and drift away. As I turn to face the window, to the open blue, new life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey— a promised land, leave those walls behind.”

Oh, I’ve taken care of others, of ev’ryone but me. Closed in these walls, no room to breathe, I can only save them by choosing to be free.

New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey– a promised land. Leave those walls behind. “No more looking out with longing, hiding here within. Now I fin’ly have the courage to step outside. I’ve shaken off my sorrow, no more waiting to begin.

New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind,
For a land of milk and honey, a promised land, leave those walls behind.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics from “Father’s Day” by Johnsmith:

In my heart, I hear my Father say that He loves me.

“Like rain falling gently upon fallow ground. I felt the fields of my heart
turn green on those few small words my father said to me.”

So, now, I try to say ‘I love you’ every chance I get.

“It’s funny how a few small words can run so deep, make a baby smile make a grown man weep.”

Sue Riley

Inspired by lyrics to “Do What I Can Do” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Gary Lynn Floyd:

“Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me. My world reflects what I believe. Here’s what I believe.

I know there’s good in everyone. I know the best is yet to come.
Look out world, ‘cause I’m not done, I’ve only just begun . . . . I’ll choose compassion over fear, release my love into the atmosphere. Like a single wave in an endless sea, any change begins with me.

And, when I feel I’m all alone, I’ll remember, one drop of water smooths a stone.

Gonna, love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold. Can’t do it all, but this much is true. I can do what I can do.”

Inspired by lyrics from “Takin’ Back My Day” by JD Martin, Jan Garrett, and Richard Mekdeci:

It’s a beautiful start to a brand new morning. Then, out of the blue, without warning, I let a little thing like a gnat in my tea steal away my sanity. In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be ok. I’d start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! . . . Standin’ in my shoes, I know what to do—takin’ back my day!

Just a slight adjustment, is really all it takes. See the great big picture, ‘stead of all the mistakes. Oh, I just smile at the things on my list—can’t stay inside on a day like this.

In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be okay, I start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! … Takin’ back my day, standin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves, takin’ back my day.

There’s a blue sky over my head. I got a spring in my step. You can bet the best is just a breath away, Takin back my day! Dancin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves—takin’ back my day!

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “A New Earth” by Jill Colucci, Harold Payne, and JD Martin:

“Trying to hold it together when it feels like it’s falling apart…. We can’t hide forever. We’ve got to figure it out—a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new dream, deep in our hearts, we need it now, some way, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth.

Are we willing to give and take, to reach across a great divide, we’ve got to stand on some common ground to survive. If we pull together, imagine all that we can create, a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new dream, deep in our hearts, we need it now, someway, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth.

I can hear the children cryin’ now, ‘Oh, won’t you help us save our future now?’

So let your healing rain fall from the clouds, a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new hope, deep in our hearts, we need it now, some way, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth. Now more than ever, we’ll build it together, a new earth.”

Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Centered in the Storm” by Richard Mekdeci, Karen Taylor-Good & Richard Patier”

“I close my eyes and calm my soul, I feel the Truth within me and I let It take control.

 I’m centered in the storm and I know I’m not alone,
The thunder is the voice of God leading me home.

When I’m centered in the storm where it’s always safe and warm,
I see a beacon in the night keeping me centered in the storm ….

Fed by the love that exists in all creation and I will never drift off course.
Faith is my anchor and God is my Source…. and set adrift upon this changing sea, I’m right where I’m supposed to be ….”

Leddy Hammock

Lyric/poem inspired by “Leap of Faith” by Sue Riley (words by Sue Riley and Leddy Hammock):

Long before the morning, not yet light enough to see, darkest before the dawning, Your love can still find me.

When the wind’s against my vessel and the seas are tempest-tossed, I see You walking on the water. I hear You calling me across to make a leap of faith.

Well, You know that I have been wandering—uncertain choices I’ve made and that always gets me to wondering. You tell me, “Don’t be afraid!”
I’ll find the faith to believe, when the winds are too strong, that You hold onto me, when I can’t hold on.

When the deep is dark beneath me and the waves leap high and rough You stretch out Your hand to reach me, when my faith’s not enough.
I know I can change my thinking and turn my life around, for, when I felt like I was sinking, I heard, “Why did you look down? Take a leap of faith!”

Leddy Hammock

While I go walkin’, you know I’ll be smiling. The sun’ll be shining,’cause all day long I’m gonna sing my song.

I’ve got my problems, my problems, but not today.

I’ve got no problems today.”

Daniel Nahmod

Inspired by lyrics by Daniel Nahmod

Make my day, LORD. You are always with me, wherever I may travel. I ride the wind and sky and my day is made perfect with possibilities.

LORD, You are All Power, All Knowingness, All Love – everywhere and always, Infinite Presence — making my wonderful day.

“If I dream I’m on an island . . . somehow in my mind, the sunshine on my face becomes Your hand.”

“I praise you, so wonderfully You made me;
wonderful are your works! My very self You knew . . . .
my days were shaped, before one came to be.” Thank You, for my day is made!

Radical Forgiveness
Leddy Hammock

Radical Forgiveness
Leddy Hammock

Radical Thinking
Shawn Moniger

Pure Possibility
Leddy Hammock

(inspired by lyrics by Claudia Carawan):

I am pure possibility – willing to give my very best to life.

I am pure possibility,  regardless of labels placed upon me.
I remember who I really am.

I am precious, I am free, I am a child of God, and that makes me royalty!

Within every soul, we are perfect and whole – one of a kind – pure possibility!

The Solution
Dieter Randolph

The Christ in me works in harmony with the Christ in others.

Working for justice and compassion brings peace to the heart.

The solution to every problem is a higher spiritual consciousness.

Spirit works through me to bring about the highest good for all concerned.

With every breath, divine Life now breathes through me.  With every breath, infinite creativity now breathes through me.  With every breath, divine Light now breathes through me.   With every breath, the Christ Spirit breathes wisdom, wholeness, and happiness into every aspect of my life and I now receive the Holy Spirit.

“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways” (Job 22:28 KJV). Jesus said: “Only say the word . . .” (Mt. 8:8, NAB).

“With my thoughts, I build my life. Words I say come back to me; so, I choose my words carefully. What you say is what you get – a lifetime guarantee. I look within, I make the choice. I take a breath and lift my voice. As I speak, my words have power and my life opens like a flower.

Words and thoughts are seeds that grow, this is why I know that my every notion puts energy in motion!”

I am restless for freedom. With each new morning come new opportunities for growth. Through each experience, I am called to pursue my spiritual destiny. Wherever I go, there I am, ever on the move to find inner peace. Yet, the more teachable I become, the less I resist changes, and the easier my journey. Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.

With just a little faith, mountains are moved. Even through my tears, I still believe that God is good, all the time. I look for good outcomes, even in fearful circumstances. My faith is in the silver lining, not in the storm.

Connections - Leddy Hammock
As we live and work together, we are all divinely connected through spiritual qualities of harmony, friendship, and love.  Through the Christ Spirit, we are always in the sacred presence, connected at the heart.  Three in one – faith, hope, and love – bind us in universal unity.   They will know we are family by our love.

“When the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ . . . . So the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from death . . . went to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign” (John 12:12-18).

Into Your hands, God, I commend my Spirit.
Hallelujah – a word of praise to my God!
Hallelujah – a word of thanks for my God!
Hallelujah – a moment of thanks for my God!
Hallelujah – this is a blessed day – a blessed day with my God!
“Let every breath I breathe be sacred. Let every word I speak be true. Let every song I sing be holy, and only bring me close to You”
(Inspired by Daniel Nahmod’s lyrics to “Hallelujah – A Word of Praise”).

I am an idea in the Mind of God. I let God’s idea express in me and as me.

I am what I think. I am daily changed into a likeness truer to God’s image of me.

God’s world is the real world. In God’s world I am loved as I really am.

In God, I live, and move, and have my being.

In me, God lives, moves, and has expression as my real Self.

The Book of Jonah is a classic example of a soul trying to escape following through with divine guidance. God told him to go to Nineveh and preach the word of God, and he got on a ship and went in another direction, instead. 

I learn from the story of Jonah and resolve instead to follow God’s guidance. 

In the words of Daniel Nahmod’s beautiful song (“Inside (to Find My God”): “I will leave this world as it is, go inside to find my God. Inside there is peace, inside there is joy, inside there is more than enough. I will leave this life as it is, go inside to find my God. Inside, there is peace, inside there is joy, inside there is sacred love.” 

I go first to God, and then take outer steps (head to my “Nineveh”) if and as God directs, and I am delivered.

This lesson speaks to the heart: it is taken from the Book of Psalms and from the lyrics to a song by Tom Kimmel. The title says it all: “No One Gets to Heaven If Anybody Else Is Left Behind.”

“How many say of me, ‘God will not save that one,’ But you, LORD, are a shield around me; my glory, you keep my head high” (Ps. 3).

“No one gets to heaven if anybody else is left behind.”

“You, LORD, give light to my lamp; my God brightens the darkness about me” (Ps.18).

“There is a light when we need it the most.”

“You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever” (Ps. 16).

“There is a way through this world if we keep this in mind . . . .”

“Some had lost their way in a barren desert; found no path . . . . In their distress they cried to the LORD, who rescued them in their peril, guided them by a direct path” (Ps.107).

“No one gets to heaven if any body else is left behind.”

I am made in the divine image and likeness of my Father-Mother God. The divine masculine and the divine feminine express in all creation. “Mankind” is really humankind – divine beings who image like God images.

Everybody is somebody’s child, and everybody is a Child of God, Who loves us with an everlasting love.

My every notion is energy in motion!

As I hold to the Truth I love, my thoughts become things, and my dreams become manifest. If my dreams seem undoable, I cheer up and try again. Head up, I carry on and my dreams become visible. My dreams are destined for fulfillment for they are inspired by God, the Able-To-Do-All-Things! I am unstoppable!

Anything is possible, for I believe!

I accept my healing – through whatever means, whether it happens instantly or takes however long it takes.

I am in the healing mode, right now!

No matter how long I have suffered, I know that I have enough faith to reach out and accept my healing. No matter how helpless I feel or long I have felt this way, I am ready to be set free. No more waiting for permission.

It is time for me to claim my healing!