dailydatewithgod

For most of my life I believed in the idea of God rescuing me.  Most of my prayers were me pleading God to get me through this or show me what to do all in an effort to exit the experience I was having.  After many years of daily dates with God I realized my perception of God had shifted.  I no longer was seeking God to rescue me but to remind me I was not alone in whatever circumstance I was in.  I was willing to trust that the peace of God’s presence would provide the refuge needed to connect with the spirit of truth within me.  Through that cleared connection and the support of God, I would be able to discern what my role was in whatever situation I was in.  God is the refuge under which the truth of me cannot be maimed, scarred, broken, or destroyed.  It is kept in sacredness by the truth of who God is.  As long as I am able to connect in some way to that truth I do not need to exit out of situations.  I can be with feelings, I can be with discomfort, and I can be with my stinking thinking without needing someone or something to rescue me. In the refuge of the power of God in my heart I can expand it beyond what I think it is capable of.  I can grow and learn to bring my heart and the love within it fully to people and situations I previously had nothing but contempt for.  That goes for those within me and outside of me.  My faith in God is not as a rescuer but as refuge when I cannot of myself manage to be where I am in the moment.  God is always in the moment and is happy to have my company when I so choose.