dailydatewithgod

God is our comfort.  Even when we don’t realize it we have a safe landing-place in our own hearts.  In the midst of this relatively (and I say relatively because it depends on my perspective) harsh world it is often times hard to know where we can seek our comfort.  We do it often in many things outside ourselves–other people, jobs, titles, food, drugs, etc.  Ultimately those things will work for a while but they do not last.  The beauty of the comfort of God is that it withstands all.  It is like shelter from a storm-a basement in a tornado.  We can go down there and hide while all the madness is happening outside. a safe space for us.  The difficulty for me is that I get caught up in thinking I have to do it all own my own.  My mind is sure that it can figure it out and we can clamp down and get it done.  We can survive this too! We got it, no need for assistance!  Meanwhile I am drained and irritated, and want nothing more than to escape.  My mind while brilliant, is not a soft landing spot.  It does better getting thrown into the middle of the mess and tearing its way through like the Tasmanian devil. Yet my heart longs for peace and comfort and my spirit is quietly whispering – “pause for a minute Colleen, just a minute . . . the answer is within you . . . connect to where you come from”  The funny part is that I forget that pausing is an action as well.  My mind tries sometimes to trick me into thinking that reaction is action.  I have found that most things I experience are not an emergency, but sometimes I am certain I have a whole firehouse staff in my head.  It is my heart and my connection to God that allows me the space to pause and then act instead of react to a situation.  I need assistance, but not from the fireman (no matter how cute they might be ;)) but from a benevolent God.  A Creator who sometimes shows up for me as this warm and loving old crinkly wise Native American woman whose smile extends from ear to ear.  She invites me into her teepee where I get to sit on her lap,  rest my head, and listen to the stories she has to tell me about all the things that she knows to be true about me.  My prayer for you today is that you have an opportunity to pause before reacting, to seek assistance from your heart (God) and rest in the knowledge of who you truly are.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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