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Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 07 April 2014

The Lord, your God, is in your midst…

A mighty savior…

Who will rejoice over you with gladness…

And renew you in His love…

Who will sing joyfully because of you.

Zephaniah, Chapter 3, Verse 17

When I hear the words “rejoice” and “joyfully”, I think of colorful balloons and streamers, I hear champagne corks popping, I see happy faces and I hear laughter.

There is a sense of excitement, a completely stress-free environment. There is an air of celebration.

When I read this verse, I experience all of the above a gazillion times over. Not only is God “a mighty savior”, He “rejoices” – over me! He sings “joyfully” – because of me!!

How awesome is that!!!

Take these images into your day and you will surely feel uplifted and “renewed in His love”.

Blessings,

Margo
07 April 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Zephaniah 3:17

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Weekly Scriptural Reflection for 31 March 2014

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

May the Lord lift up His countenance on you and give you peace.

Numbers, Chapter 6, Verses 24 – 26

Giving a blessing to someone is one of the most beautiful and intimate gifts that we can give. At a recent retreat, Rich and I experienced this gift first hand and, as a result, we now bless each other every morning and evening. This is why we chose the blessing from Numbers 6:24-26 to launch Spiritual Bytes – Visualizing the Spirit. You can start off using these verses then, as you become comfortable with the blessing ritual, you might like to create your own words to make the blessing more personal for the person/s receiving it. If you are looking for some creative inspiration for your blessings, check out Max Lucado’s 31 Days of Blessing, or Jan Richardson’s In the Sanctuary of Women.

Blessings,

Margo
31 March 2014

See the video reflection that accompanies this post – Numbers 6:24-26.

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Coming Together

Welcome to Spiritual Bytes.

This project was born out of an insight and follow on discussion we had during a recent retreat we attended just before our 30th wedding anniversary last week.

The retreat leader, Sister Rose Marie Tulacz (SND), shared several videos with the retreat participants that included music and photos that she had taken over the last 20 years or so.

We decided that between the collection of digital photos we have put together over the years, the technical skills to produce simple videos plus a website, the beautiful words from scripture and insightful reflections that we could do something similar to those engaging videos we were shown during the retreat.

So last Saturday afternoon, on our back porch, we brainstormed domain names and within just a couple of minutes we came up with SpiritualBytes.com as our new site’s name and the tag Visualizing the Spirit!

The name comes from the connection of visualizing the spirit but using modern technologies to do so – thus the spelling of the word bytes instead of bites.

From there we have sketched out the humble beginnings of this website and what it will offer.

Initially there will be a scripturally based video reflection weekly, accompanied by a written reflection which will contain ideas that you may like to incorporate into your own daily spiritual activities.

It is our prayer that these short retreats into the beauty that surrounds us and the scriptures will refresh you as you continue your own spiritual journey.

Blessings,

Rich & Margo
31 March 2014

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