dailydatewithgod

We make a multitude of decisions in the course of a day or even an hour.  Most of them we do not recognize as decisions because we do not believe we are making decisions.  We tell ourselves we have to do something, it needs to get done, or we do not have a say in the matter.  None of these are true.  We always have a choice.  We may not like the choice but we still have it.  Except for dying just about everything else we have some choice in the matter.  The real question is what is sanctioning our choice?  Is it our head or our heart or both? Is it us or something or someone we are giving the power to choose for us?  It can be difficult to decipher whether our heads or our hearts sanction the decisions.  Mostly they are made by both but may be more head than heart or vice versa.  We like to think we are so logical that our heart does not get involved but we underestimate the integrated design of our being.  The truer question is what state of presence are our hearts and heads in when they sanction the decisions we make.  In fact, where are they when it comes to getting us believe we are not making decisions.  The only way I know to stay in touch with what is sanctioning the decisions in my life is to get quiet.  I also watch my language.  Anytime I find myself saying I have to do something and it catches in my ear, I stop and reflect on what or why I have chosen to give my sanctioning power over to an expectation.  Is it an expectation that is of value in my heart or in my mind?  Is it sanctioned because I am more concerned with who I look like to someone else or because my soul is calling on me to step up and I am not sure I can do it?  So much goes into what we sanction in our lives. God encourages us to make a practice of pausing, notice what is sanctioning our decisions, and ask if we are beholden only to our best selves, would we still sanction the same choice?