dailydatewithgod

The essence of a spiritual life grows in our willingness to be guided by something other than our own minds.  It is opening our perception to include that which cannot foresee or understand.  It is a staunch contradiction to the rational world that demands an explanation for everything.  God cannot always be explained through human logic.  Yet there are times we get the sense we are being guided in a direction for which there is no map, no bread crumbs left by another person, or it is a seemingly completely different direction than most people go.  God’s guidance is always the space of greatest growth in love.  Perhaps the reason we cannot see the direction of the guidance as the most logical is because it is pulling us from our hearts.  The resistance we experience is not to the guidance itself but the resistance within ourselves because of the lack of connection between our minds and our hearts.  Often the guidance is to bridge the gap within ourselves so we can move more powerfully into the action of love in our lives that is called for in the moment.  The interesting thing I have found when following what I sense is guidance from God or Spirit, or whatever you call it, is my initial resistance to it.  I find myself demanding an explanation of how it is possible to get where I need to go through that route.  I cannot see it and therefore determine it to not be possible.  I imagine God laughs with loving delight at my naiveté sometimes and reminds me gently that just because I do not believe in my mind that it is possible, does not mean my heart does not see the possibility.  Following the guidance of God requires courage and faith.  Courage comes from the heart and faith is lived in action.