dailydatewithgod

I love how the world is so alive when we are awake in our spirit and the subtlest things jump out at us.  This morning on my date I was struck by the spiritual idea of stretching.  I have read that God stretched out his hand or Christ stretched out his hand and usually what came from that was a new creation and a new healing.  As a dancer, stretching is so important and it is the time of stretching that we are most in tune with our bodies.  It requires breath and centeredness so that we don’t injure ourselves.  To move to the next physical level we are called to stretch our bodies just a little bit more.  And that is just how it happens.  A stretch is just that littles bit more.  This is how we are called to enlarge our hearts, just a little bit more.  Take a deep breath and stretch.  In that breath, we connect with God and with ourselves and garner up the courage to go just a little bit farther, wider, stronger, warmer, kinder, and gentler.  It is then we see that we can expand and are one with the universe because the universe is always expanding.  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to stretch our hearts in compassion–extend that hand or that kind word to others, to ourselves or in gratitude to God even if we don’t feel it.  Then we will know we are more than we think we are.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen