dailydatewithgod

As we walk the path of spirituality through whatever means we use we come across elements of our lives that no longer serve the purpose and direction we are walking. When we invite God into our lives fully we recognize areas that no longer need to be there.  We can serve ourselves by excluding them from our realm of possibilities.  We recognize them for the purpose they served in our development at the time and thank them for their service.  We ask God for the courage to not fall into thinking they are still options and ways of coping with life.  When we make the choice to exclude certain things, we open the doors to include more of love’s ways of being.  When I choose to exclude fear as an option to act from I open the space for courage.  It does not mean it is bad for me to fear or that I cannot listen to its lesson, but excluding it is an option for action means I can see other options.  Options like not doing it on my own, asking God for courage, a willingness to try to make mistakes.  If I included fear as an option from which to act, I would be in familiar territory that has served me well in the past, but I would not grow from it.