dailydatewithgod

There is a song I heard many years ago and the tag line of the song is “Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for is the one thing you don’t see.”  I remember being so intrigued by that line that I wrote it on a self-poster for a retreat where I was asked to include images and sayings that embodied who I saw myself as.  Without realizing it that line struck a chord in me because I sensed that I was often not seeing what was right in front of me and I didn’t realize what it was that I was actually looking for.  As I have mentioned many times before, there is so much I don’t know that I don’t know.  I think I am meant to embark on an experience so that I can learn (fill-in-the-blank) but while being fully present in the experience I end up learning (God-fill-in-the-blank).  When I am challenged by having to step up and say something to someone or go to work on a day that I don’t normally work, I think it is because I need to learn (fill-in-the-blank), but in the end I experience (God-fill-in-the-blank) and having a great time!  God has much greater things planned for me than I could ever imagine, but I think I know how something is going to go or turn out and might ruin it before it ever happens.  I am grateful for the willingness most days to be open to God’s will (what is real and is happening) because it is beyond what I can imagine–even with my brilliant mind 😉  When I experience this enough times, I begin to expand my willingness even more so that when I am faced with a new opportunity I can be enticed to show up and be present.  And that is exactly what happens.  I am present and in the midst of having a meaningful experience I see little signs of God everywhere from flowers on a path to sprinklers to run through to toilet paper gently folded over in a pattern in a public restroom.  Yes I can even see God in toilet paper –did I mention that I am head over heels?  My prayer for you today is that you possess just enough willingness to be enticed to be present to your day–whatever it may bring.  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen