Sunday, June 19, 2022

Positive Faith Verses Toxic Positivity

 


What is Toxic Positivity?

There is a trend to force yourself to view all things positively far beyond looking for the silver lining or cracking a joke. It may be true that all things work out for our good, or come round right eventually, but when emotions are not honored or even repressed you may be causing yourself harm by being too positive. Consider when you may be grieving and you repress your feelings to be strong, or when something goes wrong you take an apathetic and forced gratitude about being okay with it. Sometimes well intentioned words or positive affirmations might emphasize or add to the underlying strife instead. It is more important to honor each feeling, move through and flow with it, and when it is positive follow through with positive action. When it isn’t allow the feeling to be, take a moment to recall a happy thought or time, and do something that brings out some better feelings. It is okay if you need rest that day instead of action. Rest is an action, and so is prayer. You shouldn’t push yourself without first allowing for the self care. We live in a world that causes us to feel guilty for taking any time for ourselves, that doesn’t encourage healthy boundaries or limits, and convinces us that if we are not in active pursuit constantly, we are somehow not doing enough. These are very unhealthy notions.

Positive Faith is Different

Having positive faith is more about trust, believing that the best is possible, and allowing space to expect the positive to happen. It isn’t about repressing, it is just believing, trusting, and relaxing in good faith. Positive faith teaches to pray through upsetting feelings, giving them space to exist in our lives, to be honest and accepting, but allow for better to come. Positive Faith is about promoting time to rest and allowing for letting go of a need for control, or hanging on to the stress and tension. It is a healing focused, mindful, and self honoring approach. With positive faith, affirmations are more reaffirming in belief, and are better used as part of prayers to support focus, clarity, and intent for yourself. It is okay to be angry, sad, frustrated, irritated, or confused. When there is fear or doubt, you can take power over it through acknowledgement and positive prayer affirmations, that way you are not controlled by  your negatives in life. Positive Faith is centered, balanced, and supportive, but too much positivity mindset might add frustration, stress, feelings of failure, further doubt, and exaggerate all the negatives you can’t control.




Stay in Faith and Honor your Feelings, and Positivity May Increase for You…

~ Love, Reverend Priestess Amy Chris of the Covenant of Olana, the Covenant of Ramiel, and the Covenant Flourish Church 

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Divine Spirit is in Everything

 


Spirit Is In Everything


The divine energy that is the divine spirit is within you, but also within everyone. The divine spirit is also all around you in everything and everywhere, in the whole world, the whole of space, and all the cosmos too. It is a life manna that is within, without, and continuous infinitely. You can connect with it from inside yourself, but take comfort that it is also all around and beyond you. Respect that the divine spirit is also within others, and in being so is ever present and limitless.



The spirit of the divine is vast


The Divine spirit is bigger than you can imagine, and that is why it is limitless. You too should realize that through and with the divine you too may be limitless, or call on that limitlessness to support you infinitely without feeling like you are taking or asking too much. Just ask with your heart from a place of pure good intent for others and yourself. 


Divine spirit lives

The spirit of the divine lives, because it is inside you and every other living thing. It is a real presence that may be felt in love, compassion, joy, and even in grief. The divine is ever present for us all. It does not matter what you call it, or how you address it, it simply is as surely as every other element that may be felt. Believe and you can achieve or receive anything that your heart requires when you need it the most. Never give up, because you deserve to be all that you are. Every living thing matters, even you! Brightest Blessings๐Ÿ’œ


~ Love, Reverend Priestess Amy Chris of The Covenant of Olana, The Covenant of Ramiel, & The Covenant Flourish (Florieran/Floreat) Church ⛪️ ๐ŸŒธ ๐Ÿ€ ๐Ÿ’œ 

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