This Sunday we will be celebrating Fathers Day, the masculine aspect of God and all the qualities that go along with it such as faith, strength, courage and wisdom. Men who express these qualities align with their higher self, their Christ Self, and know that we all need to humble our ego and allow God to guide us in life.
One of my favorite childhood stories is Winnie the Pooh and all his adventures. Pooh Bear in Winnie the Pooh and fathers is a deeply personal one and stemmed from the complicated relationship between author A.A. Milne and his son, Christopher Robin. Although A.A. Milne wrote his books to be a loving tribute, the global fame became a burden for Christopher Robin.
As a child Christopher Robin was bullied because of these stories and especially the Vesper poem, “Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers.”
It wasn’t until after World War II that Christopher Robin came to embrace his father’s literary legacy.
How timely, relevant and meaningful to read these stories which were based on the toys in Christopher’s Robins room. These stories share the ongoing struggle of devotion and love Pooh Bear has for Christopher Robin and the competing desire for independence and self individualization.
Our children teach us how to let go. From the moment a child is born we begin the process of caring, nurturing, empowering while releasing, encouraging, and embracing in trust, the unknown.
What could help us in this life long journey is to recall the words of Jesus,
found in Matthew 23:9 “Call no man on earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.”
To realize Our Father, or Abba as Jesus called him, is a radical and revolutionary way of showing his intimate relationship with God. He also showed us it was only through this connection with God.
Jesus emphasizes His power and goodness did not come from a separate, independent source, but rather from His unbroken union with the Father.
He often stated, “I and the Father are One.” In other words Jesus ability to do good stemmed from this connection.
May this Father’s Day remind us that we are all human and divine.
That there is this inner struggle within of devotion and independence; that this is normal in our evolution from being born into physical form and solely dependent on our mothers and fathers to becoming Soulfully Interdependent and trusting that “God and I are One.”
Join us this Sunday for a celebration of Father’s Day cookout and our book sale fundraiser to support the message of Oneness.
Blessings,
Rev Janice
