dailydatewithgod

I learned at an early age to be completely honest with God.  I was definitely taught to have reverence and respect for the Almighty and I do.  I am clear that God is greater than anything or anyone. God’s power and love surpasses all understanding.  But if I am to be in authentic relationship with God I must be able to be honest about what I am thinking and feeling.  This means that I cry before God about how life sucks at the moment.  It means that I scream at God when I am angry at the circumstances that I am facing.  It means that I express to God with a girlish wonder when I am filled with a happiness that makes me feel alive through my whole body.  Maybe that is why this date relationship works well for me and God.  I do not try to pretend that everything is good and fine all the time when it is not.  I especially reveal to God my shame and doubt–the things that I might want to keep wrapped up and hidden because of my own and the perceived judgment of the world.  God does not see these things as the world sees them, which is what encourages me to continue to be honest and to take the chance at being that much more revealing each time.  It comes down to a courage to be honest with myself and with God about how I am authentically feeling.  Until that acknowledgment happens, I cannot move forward.  My authentic feelings are an indication of my thinking.  My thinking needs to be transformed.  That transformation can only happen by being honest with God so that I can invite Him in to transform my way of seeing things.  It is with God’s help that I can let go of the stories I have created about whatever it is.  I cannot invite God’s story into my heart and live from a place of spirit sight until I first lay before Him with a humble heart the current state of what is in my mind.  My prayer for you today is that you be willing to take a chance that God will not condemn you for the good or bad of your perspective the way that you or the world has.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen