dailydatewithgod

Gods stays.  God is here to stay.  Love cannot go anywhere, it is all that is. It is all that ever was.  It is all that will ever be.  In an ever-changing world that is always coming up with the next and the greatest, it is hard for our minds to imagine what it means to just be still and stay in the moment.  We struggle with this not because is foreign to our truest sense of self but because we lack experience.  Sitting with God each morning on our date has taught me the discipline of just staying.  There is no where else to be, nothing to be done, nothing to get away from or get to.  What I have come to experience over the years of having this time with God each morning is that there is no where else I would rather be.  God shows up every day, no matter what.  Regardless of what I did the day before, whether or not my mind is going a mile a minute, or if I even want to be here, God is here with open arms.  Just like that day in the chapel that I described before. God is glad when we show up.  God is even more delighted when we stay a while.  This continues to teach me the value of presence.  I have learned how to be with me, to stay with me, when I want to throw me away.  It teaches me to stay with others when I want to walk away or am bothered by something they do that wasn’t what I expected.  God invites me to be as God is.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to staying just one more moment with ourselves then we think we can handle.  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen