dailydatewithgod

The beauty of a relationship with an all-knowing being is that there is nothing to hide.  At first that can be frightening but in the end it is freeing.  The beauty of it is that God calls me to be honest with myself and rejoices when I come to a candid understanding and awareness of myself.  Then I can begin to move forward. Despite the fear of judgment–which comes from my own mind and my perception of other people–it does not come from God.  God’s judgment seems to be in reality.  Meaning that when I face the consequences of my actions–in this case of being untruthful, that is the judgment.  It doesn’t come with a whipping or “I told you so.”  Rather it is a natural consequence of living inauthentically.  Another way of understanding this would be living out of integrity with myself.  As I grow in my relationship with Christ, with God, with the Great Creator I find that there is little room to lie to myself.  Perhaps it is the safety of knowing that I am loved no matter my faults.  God is the ever-forgiving father who rejoices when I come to a place of acknowledgment of my humility.  When I get honest with who I am and what I am doing.  When I face myself candidly, God is there beaming with excitement.  God knows that it is from there that my life can begin to grow and flourish.  This illusion that if everything looks good not only disrespects God, but a difficult act to keep up without needing something to numb the pain.  In my limited time on this earth, I have found that the more candid I am with myself, with God and with others, the more freedom, humility, and forgiveness I experience.  It is then that I can be candid with myself–acknowledge my limitations and not see them as some sort of deficit but simply the make-up of my uniqueness.  If I was able to be and do everything I would not need God, I would not need others–sounds pretty lonely to me.  Don’t get me wrong, self-sufficiency is important, but it will only take me so far.  I figure if I was meant to do it all on my own, there would not be so many other people around.  My heart grows ever-stronger with each moment that I live in reality. Reality being that there is a God and I am not here alone.  Reality is the necessity of both of those relationships for my own growth.  My prayer for you today is that you have an opportunity to be candid with yourself about one small area of your life and have the courage to bring it to God so that you may experience that love that He has for that part of who you are.  It does not matter what it is about you, God loves you, all of you.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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