dailydatewithgod

One of my all time favorite songs is “I Still Haven’t Found What I Am Looking For” by U2.  I think our hearts are designed to search for love and our souls are designed to search for freedom.  Our minds are designed to search for information, yet sometimes it seems that mine searches for fear potential.  I have often described my brain as one of those beachcomber machines that search below the sand for metal instead my brain is searching for what is wrong here.  Our minds are designed to keep us alive, thank God!  Because of this it defaults to an operation based on noticing what could potentially cause us harm. This is a very good thing. However, given how we are less often faced with death the way our ancestors were it seems to be an overactive mechanism. The power of mindfulness and meditation is shifting the focus of your brain when it does not need to be focused on death prevention.  No matter how much you train your brain, we will not be able to remove the survival mechanism.  At least scientists have not yet figured it out.  Again, more good news.  During my daily prayer and meditation dates with God I have the freedom and opportunity to bring my survival focused brain spitting out a million things to be afraid of to check in with my heart.  I can take a deep breath and ask if part of what my mind is searching for aligns with a search for love. I can also ask God what she would be searching for in this situation as he guides me through the breath into my heart space.  Sometimes I find myself asking God if there is anything to be searching for at all or if it is just a matter of seeing things differently. After years of practice, I find I am more easily inclined to search for what is going well as well as being aware of what is going wrong in any given situation. This allows for more breath and a taste of the peace and freedom of which my soul shows up searching for.

My prayer for us is the willingness to take what our mind is searching for and see if it matches up with the searching of our hearts and souls today.