dailydatewithgod

For a long time I thought it was me against the world.  I had some experiences and as a result I created a wall of protection around me.  My belief in my story caused me to create a literal wall of protection in an extra 160 lbs of weight but that was just one element.  When I lost the weight I discovered that I had built an emotional wall of steel and ice around my heart.  Losing the weight was a matter of letting go of the foods that I was addicted to and dealing with the feelings that I had been running to.  It was not easy but it was simple.  Facing the ice and steel around my heart was another process altogether. For that ice to melt and be freed from the prison in which I had created, I had to turn to God each day and ask God to be the protector of my heart.  It is a daily process of turning over my ideas of what it means to live in the world in which I now believe is not out to get me but rather to teach me how to become more myself which is love.  God is very gracious and I have been given lots of teachers along the way who continually guide me to see the blocks around my heart and be willing to let them go.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to seeing the softness that is deep within our hearts and trust that for today we have what we need to live from that softness.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen