dailydatewithgod

Because life doesn’t always turn out the way the way we want it to, we learn to adapt and develop flexibility.  Or we can shut down and try to control it more.  (Personally, I have found that the latter creates more disease in my life).  The other element that we might want to be open to considering is that because it is not turning out the way we want it to, it is turning out the exactly the way it is supposed to.  This notion we have that things are not as they “should” be comes from our limited mind.  But if we remember that there is a Greater Mind who knows all and cares for all, then there is nothing wrong here.  That is one of my stories–imbedded deep and strong in my ego–there is something wrong here or I did something wrong.  It pops up all over the place for me.  I am grateful that God has shown me that it is a story and I can choose to go along with it or create a new one.  God sees me as His beautiful creation and not something that needs to be fixed.  Who am I to argue with that?  (This does not stop me from doing so, but that would be my stubbornness).  If this notion of things not turning out the way we want was based on the present moment then it might have some merit in God’s view.  But God is all about this moment and when we are thinking that now is not as it should be, it is coming from some notion from the past of how we had hoped it would be.  God wants us to fully experience each moment as it is happening because then we will be ready to receive the gift.  If in that present moment our minds are cluttered by expectations then we lose the moment.  Being spontaneous isn’t about not having discipline in life or flying by the seat of our pants.  It is about being as fully present in the moment as we can to experience the gift that God has to give us in that moment.  My prayer for us today is that we have the willingness to let go of our own ideas and be open to what gifts God wants to present us in the moments of this new day.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen