dailydatewithgod

As we close out this year and ready ourselves to enter into a new one there is a heightened awareness regarding where we have been and where we are going.  This time of reflection isn’t just about the list of top tens of the year but a chance to look at who we have been over the last year.  God calls us each day to be aware of who we are being.  Not just what we are doing or what we have done over the last year.  This is not to diminish the importance of accomplishments but the true measurements of the quality of our lives is in how we spend our energy during the doing.  We are human beings, not human doings.  I can achieve many things throughout the course of a day, but if I shut down my heart and my essence to do so, what have I really brought about?  God designed us out of love to be love for the world.  When we are motivated by that essence of ourselves we can attain the impossible but not because we force things or operate super efficiently like a machine.  Each date with God begins for me with a letter and in that letter I ask God to help me accomplish what He would have me accomplish this day.  It is a simple surrender or at least attempt to surrender my ideas of what is important.  I trust that whatever I am able to do that day is exactly what needs to be done given that I stay focused on God and who I am being.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to trusting that we can do more than we thought possible if we focus first on who we are being instead of what we are doing.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen