dailydatewithgod

From my daily prayer and mediation dates with God I have broadened and deepened my understanding of blessings.  I always interpreted the meaning of blessings to be good things.  I was focused on the end product only.  So when I experience frustrating and irritating people or situations I don’t think, “oh, what a blessing!”  Are you kidding me?  My immediate inclination is to hope it goes away quickly.  If my head is in a rough space to begin with, I start to go down the road of fear of how it’s never going to change and it’s all my fault.  Quickly it can turn to me wanting to completely check out and stack up protection around my heart.  Thankfully on our dates God has shown me the power of the pause.  By taking a breath, drawing my attention to my heart, and checking in with the One who knows my true self, I don’t have to go down the painful path.  God reminds me  there is always a blessing present, it just may look different from I was expecting. I see my willingness to stop and pause as a blessing.  I recognize my courage to feel whatever comes up as the situation unfolds as a blessing.  I can feel my heart open and breath into the whole of my body when I picture the person I am dealing with as the innocent child they are in their own hearts.  The blessings become less about what happens when it is all over and more about what is going on in the process of facing what looks like anything but a blessing.