God is transparent. God is clear. God sees through. God is not dismayed by our attempts to act in smoke and mirrors but knows that we are. God is not changed by our desire to hide or run. God does not change who God is when we act contrary to our god-given nature. We have the capability to face up to our stories, our realities of being in this world and our god-given nature. The other day I read and laughed at loud at the truth of what I read: “If it is true that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, clearly God thinks I am more of a badass than I do.” We are given the opportunity to face the truths of our life, good and bad, when we are ready. We can choose not to and they will wait for us. Our life is our life. No one else is going to do it for us. All the lessons in love are here for our growth and opportunity to draw closer to our maker. When we face them we can clearly distinguish those elements that are truly ourselves and those that are a facade that have no true resonance in our hearts. Until we face them we will not know the truth. We will not be free. I have spent much energy fighting the truth of my experience as an incest survivor because I didn’t want it to be true. It was an experience that I had but it is not something that it is happening now. It is something that I went through for a time and there are thinking repercussions but it does not define who I am because I am facing it. I can see that it is the spiritual path through which I have come to know acceptance, freedom, forgiveness, compassion, and grace. I used food to run from my body, I used sugar to escape my reality, and it started with facing those pieces first. This is my path. It is a similar path to a lot of men and women but it does not define me. It is about facing the circumstances of our lives and coming to know that we are not those circumstances. We are so much greater than them. The story is the smoke and mirrors. The reality is the transparency and clarity of love through which God sees us. Every body has something that is their path and it is usually the one thing that they are fighting because in our physical world it is expected that we hide the parts of ourselves that are considered less than desirable. But what if the circumstance of your life that you do not want to face is your ticket to freedom and fuller experience of love? What if the thing you want to run from about yourself is your love lesson here on this planet? My prayer for us today is that we be willing to be present to what we are asked to face in the moment of the day and ask God what we can learn about love from it. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Be With Facing!
on September 20, 2015Are you willing to face the circumstance of your life today that you think you cannot handle even with God’s help? Share in the comments.
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