Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 27, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Feasts of Amun, Ptah, and Min

This afternoon, more Children of Netjer will take the vows of Shemsuhood, and receive their Kemetic Name from Netjer as part of the gift of that experience.

It is always an exciting time to me when Remetj decide to make a higher commitment of their lives to the god or goddess they call Parent. It is indicative to me that the religion, while put into stasis for a time, truly lives on in the lives of men and women who have taken something precious from the past and made it a new and living thing.

At the same time as we receive new Shemsu we are accepting new members for the beginners' group, this time around from all over the world, as young as ten years old and well past middle age. We are very much blessed in this season of Victory. Nekhtet!

May Netjer bless all of you who read this devotion with love and blessings.

Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Dua Min! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider."
Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 26, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Mekhir Festival/Feasts of Amun, Ptah, and Heru-Shu

(Upon checking, my devotion for Year 8 II Peret 24/2001 CE January 25th seems to have vanished into electrons. My apologies for it being lost.)

Continue to celebrate the Victory Festival by honoring those things you can be proud of and pledging to change those you'd rather be more successful at. It is never too late to make a change to something. My grandfather used to say that it was never too late to change if you were still alive. With my Kemetic Orthodox beliefs I'd have to say it's never too late even if you are dead -- the Akhu are always with us too, and I believe that through the process of becoming Akhu that changes can be made for the better.

So, in short -- it's never too late to do what you want to do. May Netjer bless you in your choices and your successes!

Dua Sokar-Wesir! Dua Heru-Shu! Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches."
Carolyn Kenmore

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 24, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Mekhir Festival/Feasts of Amun, Ptah, and Heru-Shu

In our fourth day of festivals we also celebrate the festival of the New Moon. Make special offering to Sokar-Wesir after the sun sets today in addition to your festival and regular offerings!

I received a tremendous amount of email regarding yesterday's devotion today. It is fascinating to me how deeply we are affected by hearing what is true being said by someone else, even if we know it in our hearts already. This is perhaps what real teachers do best, I believe. A true teacher doesn't really "teach," but reminds the "student" of what (s)he already knows and has either misplaced, forgotten, or doesn't know is there already. I am honored to have touched so many hearts with my words yesterday and hope to continue to do so with these devotions as time goes by.

In many cultures including our own, the New Moon is a particularly powerful time of hope and beginnings, a time when things "grow" from their current state. Make good choices and good beginnings at this time. Let hope and love grow within you as the Eye of Heru is restored in the nighttime sky.

Dua Sokar-Wesir! Dua Heru-Shu! Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
Henry David Thoreau

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 23, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Mekhir Festival/Feasts of Amun, Ptah, and Heru-Shu

It is the third day of the festivals today. Spend some extra time in shrine celebrating with Netjer if you can.

Last evening I had a very deep discussion over dinner with a close friend. We were talking about experiences of touching the lives of unhappy or suffering people, and this progressed into a discussion of what we believe that God intends for Its children (we used the phrase "God," as my friend is a Christian and I Kemetic Orthodox -- a common term for our mutual Creator).

Often I encounter people who believe they are inadequate or flawed in some way. Sinful, wrong, "bad" -- these people embrace unhappiness and seem to believe that they have done something to offend God or the universe and therefore are being punished through bad things happening in their lives. Sometimes, these people explain their unhappy feelings to me by saying that they don't deserve any better, that they are "bad" and therefore their suffering, loneliness or unhappiness is all some sort of lesson or karmic revenge.

I will repeat something I have said often, and will say many times more before I'm done.

God doesn't make junk.

I do not believe for one moment that the Ultimate Creator of the Universe would create a being that It loathed to be around, or a mistake or an imperfect child. Further, I refuse to believe that this Creator, this Mother and Father of All That Is, would condemn a wisp of Its creation to sadness, loneliness, or "punishment" in the form of bad things happening. I do not live in a universe of pain and revenge. I live in a universe where Netjer weeps when Its children weep, where Ma'at seeks to undo all pain, all depression, all loneliness, all Isfet in any form it tries to creep about. In my Universe, all Netjer's children are Its favorites and Its primary concern out of love. As my Christian friend's scripture says:

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them....Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Know that God, in all Its forms, loves you as Its special child. Ma'at comes to all. This I can promise and this I can hold out to you in love and perfect faith. Do not lose hope.

Dua Heru-Shu! Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
Dale Carnegie

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 22, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Mekhir Festival/Feasts of Amun, Ptah, and Heru-Shu

This weekend as I completed a change of residence, I spent much time going through photographs and letters from my many "children" -- the Children of Netjer all over the world, in our 38 states and 14 foreign countries.

When my new shrine room was set up, it was really wonderful to be able to place all of those images and words on the offering-stand, and to welcome Khepera at sunrise in a new and much larger space. During this coming week, a new altar will be set before the shrines. It is a very exciting time for me personally, to know that so much more space in my home will now be available to perform the rituals of the faith on your behalf.

It was doubly wonderful to be reminded of all of you, in your various places and lives, to see pictures of your children and your pets and your houses.... It fills my heart with joy to know that we walk the path of Ma'at together, especially during this festival which is one of my personal favorites. I can't wait for us to get together and celebrate it toward its culmination in our Dua services next week!

Well, it's time to go back to unpacking. Go look at the picture of Netjer's newest baby girl (yesterday's devotion) -- and say a little Dua-Netjer! for her.

Dua Heru-Shu! Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.
Swahili proverb

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
January 21, 2001

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

We begin the Mekhir (Victory) Festival of Heru-Shu today, along with two other multiple-day festivals in honor of Amun and Ptah. It will be a week of high celebration in our House.

Victories are happening everywhere! I can't resist. I must share....

Look what Netjer brought us for the Great Ancient Festival last week!

Tiara Tatiana Taschell Woods (Tati) joined our Kemetic Orthodox family as the pride and joy of her mother, Victoria, and her grandmother, Shemsu Asetmekti. Three generations to make Netjer happy. There is no better blessing than this, no greater joy to share. It makes me very, very pleased to be able to share this beautiful face, and this joyful moment, with all of you.

Dua Heru-Shu! Dua Amun! Dua Ptah! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
Mark Twain

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