dailydatewithgod

As I think about my approach to life–gentleness is not usually the approach that I take.  One would think that as a woman, you know that whole “soft and gentle” thing it would come more naturally–not so much.  However,as I experience God by looking at the soft clouds or the simple beauty of a flower that is budding or how the smell of evergreen Christmas trees waft over me as I walk past one of those lots–it is all very gentle.  I seem to have a mind that approaches things from a place of “let’s get this done.”–that survival mode.  Not that God doesn’t want to get things done but her/his approach seems to be one of taking a breath and enjoying the  moment and trusting that all that needs to get done will get done, one moment at a time.  It is funny when I think about how this time of year is largely based on the notion that we are preparing for the coming of God and yet we do so by running around like mad people trying to get things done and find the perfect gift and create the picture perfect experience so that everyone around us will know that we are okay.  All the while, God is looking at us and asking us to go into our hearts, to remember that the beautiful organ that pumps blood through our whole body is made up of soft supple tissues that work in rhythm to create life at every given moment.  So as  my “official” date-time with God comes to a close and I embark on my day, I am encouraged to search this day for how gentleness (God) is in my life.  I ask to have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.  Where might you find gentleness today?  It is my hope for you that some of that experience today will be words of gentleness with which you use to speak to yourself and others.  Make it a beautiful day.  Peace~Colleen

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