dailydatewithgod

God has placed deep within us a purpose.  Our greatest purpose is to be the love we were created in.  How that manifests for us depends upon the gifts and talents we have been given.  We each have a role to play. While we share the same mission, the way in which we carry that out will differ.  The overall message of love will be shared because of who we are being while what we are doing is different.  I can be most useful in a certain group of people based on the family and culture I was born into that you cannot.  You can be most useful in an area for which you have a passion that I do not.  The challenge I have found is in being accepting of how that usefulness comes about.  I recognize that I can be useful by relating to others who have faced some of the same difficulties that I have.  I did not come into this life wanting to be a message of love for other incest or obesity survivors.  Yet, given my experience of such sufferings and more importantly the path of profound transformation of love and forgiveness that I embarked upon as a result, makes me uniquely qualified to be the message of love in that arena.  So much for my idea of moving beyond it or never having to deal with it again.  But that is just my head still carrying judgment.  The true reality is that walking through the darkness of those experiences has brought me to the greatest sense of peace and wholeness that I never thought possible.  God has shown me the power of love and an unimaginable ability to turn every circumstance into an opportunity of love.  This is one of the most useful messages I can share through my being today.

My prayer for us is the courage to explore with curiosity the arenas of life in which we can be the most useful message of love today.

If you could choose to be useful in being the message of love in your world, what gifts would you ask God to provide you with to be able to do so today?  Share in the comments.