dailydatewithgod

Practice makes perfect. At least that is the tag line a number of us heard growing up.  I have come to believe that practice makes permanent or practice makes progress.  If in God’s eyes we are already perfect what would be the point of practice?  Practicing is about discovering what is in God’s eyes for ourselves. Practicing becomes our living adventure in love.  We are growing and changing all the time.  Our hearts are calling us to be the bearers of love for ourselves and the world.  We do not know when we walk into a situation what is the best way to be the love we are until we are present in the moment. But we can all practice love wherever we are. Our hearts long to be practicing their nature in all situations.  Sometimes we have a grasp on that but we cannot rely on what we already know.  Practicing is the compassionate opportunity to be as we are meant to be and not worry about messing it up.  The world does not need perfection.  It needs realness.  Practicing makes room for reality.  God is in reality.  I do not know how to love the parts of myself I do not like.  I do not know how to love the person who professes to believe the opposite of what I do. I do not know how to love and forgive the person who has hurt me. Being honest about it gives me the chance to step into practicing surrender and openness. II do not need to know how. I only have to be willing.  Willing to surrender my lack of power to God and ask God to show me what practicing love looks like in this situation with this person or circumstance.  I am practicing what it means to be love in a way that is unfamiliar to me when I take the action.  It is simple but not easy. The act of practicing allows my heart to grow, expand.  I grow by learning about the breadth, depth, and power of love.