dailydatewithgod

Over and over again I hear the messages that call me to step up and be my greatest self.  Early on I learned the value of reverse pride.  It was portrayed as a virtue.  What I did not understand that thinking of myself as less than was still rooted in me thinking of myself.  True humility is me being my best self, sparking the fire of life, and recognizing that when I do so I am one among many.  I am not greater than by living the gifts I have been given.  I am simply playing out my role.  I have never been handed a death sentence, not literally anyway.  I did wake up at some point and realize that I was slowing destroying my life, but I was never told by a doctor that I only have so long to live. However, each day that I live I am walking to the end, I just don’t know how long I have.  So I must not waste today.  I must grab hold of it with gusto and shine!  I must spark that life within me to shine for all to see.  That might mean creating something that impacts the world or it could mean smiling at the person in the grocery line behind me who keeps nudging forwarding and tapping their fingers with impatience.  You ever notice that those irritating people are the last ones that you want to spark any kind of love towards?  According to God, those are the very people to whom we are called to be love.  It goes contrary to my mind which usually balks at the idea which says I should only do that if I know it will impact that person.  That is until I remember the time when I was feeling impatient and restless and saw a little kid in the grocery story a couple of isles over who was singing and laughing and turned my direction. No one had to tell her who to be from her heart, she was just living it.  And she didn’t care or change whether or not anyone noticed!  We are born with that spark.  How interesting that the longer we live and get to the end the more we don’t live from that heart space.  My prayer for you today is that you take a moment to connect to your heart (God) and garner up the courage to be sparking in your life. Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen