God is right here right now. God is present in This Moment. There is no other place that God would rather be than in this very moment exactly as it is. God even claims the name “I AM”, not I Was, or I Will Be, simply “I AM”. Therefore, if I am to follow God’s lead then the only place for me to be is in this moment. What prevents me from being in this moment? My thoughts. Whenever I am thinking, I am somewhere else. When I am just being and breathing I AM in this moment. When I am thinking about this moment, I go into my head. Once I am in my head I create meaning for some of the thoughts–the ones that have the most energy for me. Then I am off and running with the meaning. Before I know it there is a whole life going on in my head and I am not present in the current moment. The meaning I attach to something from the past or fearing about the future and moment after moment disappears without me even realizing it. No wonder it seems like time is passing me by. The reality is that I am passing it by but spending it in my head. What does it take to be fully present in this very moment? It takes the power of God. It takes the courage to be in trust that whatever is happening right now is exactly where I am supposed to be. There is nothing good or bad, right or wrong. In fact, if God is the Great Judge, I am not needed to evaluate the moment at all. God judges so that I can simply be. Each moment is a call to grow in love. To grow more fully into our very essence = LOVE. When I find myself drifting out of the present moment and into my thoughts about it, I can pause, take a deep breath, connect with Spirit and ask God for the courage to be in this very moment. This is the learning journey of life–how to be. I get to notice (nope, not even judge, just notice) those times when I drift away from the present and bring even that to my relationship with God and ask, what can I learn from this? How can I grow in love by looking at these thoughts that drift me away from my moments? Show me what to do with this and remove them from me so I can BE. My prayer for us today is that we be open to noticing (not judging) how many moments we are BEing in over the course of this God-given day. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Do you have the courage to notice (not judge) if you can BE in a moment that you want to think about? Share what that looks like for you in the comments by clicking on the number next to the title of today’s blog.
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