God is softness, quietness, peacefulness and preciousness. Like a child whose gentle smile tugs at your heart-strings and light you up from inside, God awakens in us the tenderness of our hearts. When we are moved to share that tenderness with others and with ourselves, we are living our calling. There are many portrayals of God as being foreboding and condemning but those are accounts written by man. Often times we create a notion of God that is not God at all but the dark nature of our human experience plastered on top of the word God. We create a being that rules from fear in order to control. But why would God need to control if God is All That Is? I have often thought I was motivated by fear, ridicule, oppression and condemnation. I thought if I was just harsh enough to myself that it would propel me into being better or doing better. It never quite worked, at least not in a way that was lasting. That was my best thinking. How could being cruel to myself cause me to be the best version of myself on any day? The only thing it achieved was to cause me to be more cruel. God’s thinking calls for tenderness and acceptance. God’s thinking simply presents what is happening and allows me the freedom to decide if it is working for me or not. If it works for me then I find that I am capable of greater love, peace, and kindness. If it works for me I am one of many, connected to all, and feel joy. If it doesn’t work for me I know because I am fearful, discontent, better or worse than all of you and separate. My prayer for us today is that we be open to the tenderness of God that touches our hearts and calls us to what really works for us. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Be With Tenderness!
on April 29, 2015Are you willing to set aside your creation of God and be with the tenderness of God’s creation of God? Share in the comments.
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