Stephanie Rutt
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    • Lovers in the Wilderness: Awaken Mystical Unity and Create a Joyful Life with Mantra Prayer
    • An Ordinary Life Transformed: Lessons for Everyone from the Bhagavad Gita - Second Edition
    • The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity
    • Living the Prayer of Jesus: A Study of the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
    • Interfaith Worship Manual: The Resource for Creating Interfaith Worship Services
    • The Sheikh and the Preacher
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    • Everyday God
    • I Am Waking Now
    • I Am Here
    • What If
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    • Something Beautiful
    • I Am Running Now
    • S...tut...tering >
      • I Used to Want a Ph.D.
    • Why You Are Here
    • Love's Song
    • My God
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    • Lovers in the Wilderness
    • The Lord's Prayer
  • Interfaith Spiritual Practices
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  • 3 Feathers Sacred Dance Troupe
Something Beautiful
 
I Said to God, “I want to do something beautiful for You.” And God Answered…
 
Just do your part. 
Be a seed planter.  Do not fool yourself in thinking you create the tree.  God alone
​creates the tree.  And remember, it may not even come to full fruition in your lifetime.
 
Be clear of your intention. 
Put out a clear signal.  It is only then that it may be used to serve the greatest good.
 
Seek to live with equanimity and balance. 
It is only in such moments that you are truly yourSelf and I may shine through.
 
In moments of despair, try to keep an inner smile. 
Sit humbly at the feet of your life and be taught. 
Become the alchemist and blossom because of – not in spite of.
 
Discern My illusion.
Complete love sees not just My beauty but also discerns the illusion of My absence in
ignorance, hatred and evil. 
Transform them within yourself and you can transform them without.
 
Make Me visible in the world.
You have been given a body-mind through which to make Me visible in the world. 
Care for the body and harness the mind and you’ll dance in the joy of My spirit.
 
Live in the mystery.
Remember you only have the vantage point and wisdom of this lifetime. 
Don’t waste time trying to figure out the big picture or the ‘why’ of things. 
 
Instead, just respond by doing something beautiful for Me.
 
Rev. Stephanie Rutt, 2010
What greater desire could there be but to do something beautiful for the Holy One who loved us into birth?
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  • Home
  • About
    • Personal Statement
    • Extended Bio
    • Creation of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple
  • Blog
    • Blog: Become a Force for Good
  • Books
    • Lovers in the Wilderness: Awaken Mystical Unity and Create a Joyful Life with Mantra Prayer
    • An Ordinary Life Transformed: Lessons for Everyone from the Bhagavad Gita - Second Edition
    • The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity
    • Living the Prayer of Jesus: A Study of the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
    • Interfaith Worship Manual: The Resource for Creating Interfaith Worship Services
    • The Sheikh and the Preacher
  • Tree of Life Classes
  • Rolling Ridge Programs
  • Videos
  • Poetry
    • Everyday God
    • I Am Waking Now
    • I Am Here
    • What If
    • Treasures Collection
    • Something Beautiful
    • I Am Running Now
    • S...tut...tering >
      • I Used to Want a Ph.D.
    • Why You Are Here
    • Love's Song
    • My God
  • Spiritual Mentoring
  • Seminary Program
  • Book Audios
    • Lovers in the Wilderness
    • The Lord's Prayer
  • Interfaith Spiritual Practices
  • Contact
  • 3 Feathers Sacred Dance Troupe