dailydatewithgod

The God I believe in is a God of courage. One that calls me to step away from my fear and stand up to what I know in my heart to be true. God does not want me to wait for the fear to disappear before I take action. He wants me to acknowledge the fear–turn that over to him and focus on how I can be in action in my life. In the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, God is recorded as saying “Be not afraid and fear not” many times over. God knows that we are going to experience fear.  God knows that we will let it stop us in our tracks and be dismayed by it.  But we are called to go ahead anyway.  Not wait for everything to be perfectly lined up, not wait to feel like doing it, not to wait for a neon sign over our heads indicating that we are headed in the right direction.  God’s love is stronger than any fear or mistake we might experience.  It is safe to take action even if we mess up.  God is bigger than any mess-up that we incur.  He is not a Santa Claus that is keeping track of all our rights and wrongs to determine who big our afterlife gift will be.  He is here and now in the present and invites us to be in the same place.  Not in the future in the results of our actions, but right here, right now.  The “Christmas” gift that we are waiting for is called “the present moment.”  We need to stand up and claim our connection to a God that stands with us despite our fears, despite our mistakes, and despite our discouragement.  My prayer for you today is that you might let go of the notion that God is anywhere but right here, right now and have the courage to stand up and be present with Him and thus with you.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen