dailydatewithgod

We were created out of love for love.  It is the core of our identity and when we forget that we run into trouble.  A Course In Miracles says that fear is the opposite of love.  By that accord, when we find ourselves in fear, we have forgotten who we are.  It is not a matter of us being wrong or bad.  It is a matter of being forgetful.  Yet if we remembered all the time we would be perfect.  Perhaps the key is knowing how to get back to the truth of who we are.  God does not care how often we stray or forget ourselves.  God is ready to help us remember and welcome us back into our truth.  This is how love works.  In the Christian scriptures according to Paul in a letter written to the community of Corinth: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. Paul was helping the people of Corinth remember how God works.  We forget that God does not think as we do.  Therefore, love cannot only be what we think it is.  We are not only who we think we are because our core is something of God’s conception. If I am operating out of any of the above, I can stop, acknowledge I have forgotten who I am and ask God to guide me to remembrance.