dailydatewithgod

 At rest in your heart.  This means knowing I am loved and cared for. There is nowhere to rush to be or to get done because my heart is at peace.  In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus is quoted as saying, “Come to me, all you are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).  This world can surely beat us up from time to time.  If not the world itself, then our thinking can be a burden.  To me to be at rest means to trust that all is happening for my greater good.  I dont’ remember where it says it but there is a saying that God can turn all things to our greater good.  In my limited vision, often all I see is what is right in front of me and it seems like too much.  But God will not simply take it from me. He is not that imposing.  Only when I turn to Him and say, I have had enough.  I no longer want to continue to see things this way, be this way, feel this way–please take it from me.  Sometimes it is immediately removed, other times I am given insight as to how I am still getting some use out of that way of thinking or being.  Either way, until I bring it to God, I am trying to solve it in my own limited mind.  I heard once that the head that got me intro trouble cannot be the one to get me out.  (I think Einstein was credited with that kind of thinking.)  I need to be connected to a source greater than me to solve my problems, whatever they are.  I also am reminded that not matter how big or how small a situation it is neither too big or to little for God. He created every little itty bitty cell and atom, etc. why wouldn’t he want to be involved with the care of it all?  God is only limited by the ways that I limit God.  This week I have come to an awareness of a way of thinking that I have held onto for a long time.  It is a thought of something that I am doing wrong.  And while I got present to how it is not helpful to me anymore, it kept me feeling safe for a very long time.  That is what I find about many beliefs that I have still lingering in my brain.  I am grateful to see how it is not useful and have a little hope that by resting and trusting in God, I can experience a new thought and a new way of being because my ultimate safety comes from being at rest in God.  What is a thought or belief or way of being that you are still holding on to?  How can God relieve you of that burden? My prayer for you today is that you may experience the rest (love) of God in some small way that relieves you of a burden.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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