dailydatewithgod

The most useful mode of the mind is the ability to use our thinking to bring us to the present moment.  The irony is that when we are actually in our head thinking, we are not present in the moment.  Our thinking keeps us in the past.  It is very useful but we can get stuck in it and find ourselves looping over and over ideas with no end in sight.  Our thinking shapes our perception and our perception is our reality.  This is why the great spiritual masters speak of an emptying of the mind as the most powerful space to be in.  Then we can be used by God as the channels of love and peace we are designed to be.  I have to start a step or two before that.  For me, turning to God on our date and saying, “Let my thinking lead me to You today.  Direct my thinking so that I may see more love than fear today.  Replace my thinking with Your thinking today.” My hope in speaking these words to God is that I am setting the course of my thinking through the day to stay in alignment with my true purpose of love in the moments I experience as I go through my day.