dailydatewithgod

When we show interest in something we are invigorated.  The verve that is generated by being able to focus our energy in a direction that we feel is drawing us in can be electric.  We notice the verve when it comes to getting a new thing whether it is a car, a smart phone, a relationship, a job, or an award.  How long does the verve last?  Often not as long as we would like.  It is interesting that when the verve dies down we look to the next way we can get an enthusiasm hit, but the car, the phone, the relationship, and the job do not go away.  What do we do when the newness is not enough to sustain the verve?  Do we not focus on it?  Do we wish it would go away?  Do we just bide our time until it can be replaced?  Given that most of our life is lived in the spaces between new things and experiences, at least the obvious ones, it sounds like a terrible way to live.  It puts us constantly at the mercy of outside forces.  My daily prayer and meditation date with God each day has helped to cultivate a verve for life I never knew was there.  By connecting to myself and my Creator, I am always in the flow of the verve of living.  Gratitude practices for small things builds the capacity for verve. If I have a reason to be grateful for something, it is a similar feeling to seeing it new again and the verve is reignited.  If I look through the eyes of my heart and ask God to help me connect to the verve of what it is that I am witnessing I become one with it.