dailydatewithgod

There are many men and women, spiritual teachers and otherwise over the centuries who have shared about the power of our words.  It is in most sacred scriptures that I have come across and it is a continual thread in my own relationship with God.  When I begin to pay attention to what I am saying, I have a clue as to what I am thinking.  So often we are not even aware of what is coming out of our mouths or what we let roam rent free in our heads.  Just a small example is that growing up there are two patterns that I later on became aware of in my speaking.  One was that I would often respond to someone’s question by saying “I’m afraid . . . ”  To things that had nothing to do with fear.  I worked at McDonald’s in high school and told a customer that I was afraid we were out of whatever item it was they wanted and my co-worker looked at me and said “you are afraid we are out of that?”  I hadn’t even realized that I said it.  I was afraid I would disappoint the customer, as I felt deep shame any time I thought that I disappointed someone.  But in retrospect I would use that term a lot, and yet I never connected that I was a person who lived with a lot of fear.  The other thing is that I would often ask if it was okay to ask a question before I asked the question.  I always had this notion that I was bothering someone and so I needed to make sure to get permission to even speak.  I would also get marked down in my writing classes for always using passive voice in my verbiage.  These are just some of the clues to the words/thinking that both hung out in my head and came out of my mouth.  I had little comprehension as to how this reflected on how I saw myself and perhaps how I thought that God saw me.  Awareness is the first step.  I cannot  control my thinking but I can decide which thoughts to take action on and that is all that matters anyway.  Life is lived.  Those words that I thought and spoke directly correlated to how I carried myself and how I saw the world–a place to be feared, needing to please everyone, and not make any waves. After much brain washing-so to speak (ha!) I don’t think those same thoughts.  By connecting with God, being open to seeing how He sees me and how he has created a beautiful life for me to live full of lessons and experiences.  Most of all by taking to heart that God loves me no matter what I do, I can see that I do not need to fear, apologize for who I am or even be afraid of causing some waves.  I know to whom I belong and where I come from.  My thoughts and words more greatly reflect that acceptance of who I truly am.  So I imperfectly embrace upon the opportunity each day to live out being a person of my word–a person of God’s word.  My prayer for you today is that you listen with kindness to what words you embody and have the courage to bring them to your creator and ask if they are a true reflection of you.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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