dailydatewithgod

There are many things which can stand in the way of our receiving what God has to offer us.  The process of relationship with God is allowing God to lift from us that which blocks the love we are being given. It seems too simple to be willing to let go of something and let God do the rest.  Simple but not easy. Willingness is the key.  We show our willingness in our action. I experienced a profound shift in my life when I became willing to ask God to lift the barriers around my  heart.  I had no idea what it meant or what might happen but I was is in enough pain that I admitted I could not let go on my own. I took the action of behaving differently which meant praying for those people.  The ones, like my father, with whom I had a safety guard around my heart.  Day by day I prayed for his health, wealth, happiness and serenity.  As God worked within my heart, I began to mean what I was saying in the prayers. One day, I realized that my underlying anger and fear of my father had lifted from me.  I was free.   I still have feelings but my heart is not weighed down by anger and fear because my heart is free.  Until that moment I did not know what the word Grace truly meant.