dailydatewithgod

God is present with us because when we are fully with God there is no past or future, there is only this moment.  It is said where time and the eternal meet is the present moment.  God gives us the gift of time as a way of seeing growth and expansion but it is not meant to enslave us.  Because our minds are constructed in such a way that allows us to recall the past and for it to exist vividly in our minds, we carry it with us into the present.  If we do not choose to cultivate being present in the moment we are in, alive to all that is occurring in and through us, we will simply let our minds dictate our reality which is an impression of the past.  God encourages us to accept the past is gone.  Things may look the same or have a similar feeling to yesterday but the truth is we have never been present in this very moment and it will be gone in the next moment.  We tend to constrict ourselves to the limits of what we know and therefore need to hold on to the past.  God invites us to let go and trust that what is gone will come back if it is needed.  Sometimes there are elements of the past we are called to recognize as playing a role in the present, but they are not the present.  I am continually learning how to dance with what is gone and what feels like present reality as I walk a path of healing and recovery.  I am thankful God is a great dance partner and has a strong lead so I can stay in the step we are in this moment.