Express Yourself

September 8, 2024
Message: Express Yourself
Speaker: Rev. Lezli Goodwin
New Vision Center for Spiritual Living
Dear Beloveds,
Sometimes I get a little uncomfortable being the center of attention. After being on the platform a few weeks in a row, whether speaking or singing or hosting, it can feel like a lot. I've been known to say things like, "I think they've had quite enough Lezli lately." I can begin to worry that I'm getting too ego-centered, or that I'm making it all too much about me. Luckily, we have some amazing Practitioners in our community.
Recently, one of them took me to task with a stern, "No! This is your gift! You're not honoring Spirit if you don't share it. Keeping it to yourself is being selfish." WELL! That certainly turned me around, and sent me back to my Science of Mind books.
As can be expected, that talented Practitioner was right. Ernest Holmes wrote, "Self-expression is the keynote of life. Each person exists for the purpose of providing an extension of consciousness through which the Universal may work." If I'm called to do something, be it speak or sing or knit a sweater, that's exactly what Spirit wants to do as me. From that perspective, there's no such thing as "too much." There is no showing off or taking up too much space -- there is simply being the place where God shows up. How might that perspective shift the way you show up in the world? This Sunday, let's explore sharing our gifts. You, too, can learn to "Express Yourself."
Much love,
Rev. Lezli
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