There is a poem attributed to Teresa of Avila a 16th century Christian mystic and doctor of the Church:
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.” While Teresa may not have been the author, the message is clear. Our role in the world is to be the presence of the divine. We are the vessels through which the message of love, compassion, and forgiveness can be carried. What more profound responsibility do we have then to live out the calling of our soul? Within us is the capacity to love beyond our understanding. When we allow ourselves to be used by God for a loving purpose we find ourselves at peace with others and ourselves. The moment I think I need to figure it out and step in and take control I have gone off course. It does not mean we sit idly by and let life happen. In each situation, we can reach for hand of God and inquire how we might be used for the greater good. I cannot possibly conjure up in my mind all the possibilities. I need to be connected to God to be in the realm of possibility. In essence, it is easy to do so but we resist it because we think we will fade away. We latch on to the word use and think we are going to be thrown away when we are finished. In the moments when I pause from trying to make things go my way and release myself to be used by God, there is a fluidity and a joy I experience. The only moment is now. We have all had this experience, it is called being in the flow state. Scientists have discovered there is an actual phenomenon that occurs in the brain when we are in flow. Those moments when you lose time and space and are one with the experience is a flow state. When we let go of making it happen and surrender to being our truest self, we receive the benefit. I have never heard someone talk about being in a flow state and vowing never to go back. Most people want to know how to create more of it. When we allow ourselves to be used we step into God’s loving flow of light and life.
My prayer for us is the willingness to be used by God and experience the flow of love and light in our entire being today.
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