dailydatewithgod

 My first thoughts when this message came to mind were of perfection which I have a tendency to run with.  I spent many years of my life trying to be perfect and do things perfectly–I still sometimes do, out of a notion that if I were just perfect everything would be okay and I would be safe.  Sounds funny and rather ridiculous, huh?  I suppose it was based on a childhood notion and as a child I succeeded in being the good little girl and doing what was expected of me.  The problem is that as I became an adult that notion is a little bit murky because there are many more arenas in which I am playing at the game of life and the rules tend to be different.  Alas, I have to come back to my home base.  What does it mean in God’s eyes to be good?  When I look up the word, it means “morally excellent, virtuous, righteous; of high quality, excellent” (thank you to dictionary .com).  Again, I can hear God saying (as if in a southern drawl)–“Dahlin, let’s keep it simple.” Be good in the moment.  In other words, instead of using that notion for some blanket over the whole day, go through the day and at each choice point of which there are numerous, ask yourself, what is the good choice here?  What is the good choice for myself, for others, and for the world?  In other words, God is asking me to stay connected and check in with Him because I don’t always know what is good in that moment.  I have heard that GOD is an acronym for “Good Orderly Direction”.  I find that God wants me in the moment and so as I go through my day today I can look for the good, make a choice for good, and be the good for myself and for others.  Nothing in that message talks about being what others want me to be.  I think that is a childhood notion of good because I was dependent upon others and their approval for my survival, that is not the case anymore.  I can choose to be good because it is what I am connecting to my heart and my spirit.  My prayer for you today is that you may connect with the good (God) in you for I know that when you connect with that you will see good in your world and you will choose good.  Make it a good one! Peace~Colleen

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