dailydatewithgod

 Who we are and what we do is based on how we see ourselves. Fine-tuning our lives is less about changing the behaviors and the actions and more about looking at what beliefs are driving them.  The beliefs we embody we took on from circumstances and those around us who taught us through their behaviors at a young age are what need some dispelling.  Most of those circumstances do not exist today.  We are not children anymore. It may be painful to look at the ideas about ourselves that we think we cannot be who we are without, but doing so with the courage of our heart is a way to alleviate the burden we carry.  We have gotten so used to being with parts of who we are as a result of our beliefs which were simply passed down to us without question.  These beliefs are cultural, familial, societal, and run through every area of our lives.  If we are living from it, it is a belief about who we are.  God invites us to be open to dispelling our beliefs about ourselves that do not work for us.  If dispelling them means I can be at peace with who I am, I will walk through fire.  When I was deep in the throws of self-hatred and addiction, I had no clue that I could question what I thought about myself, let alone dispel them.  I was addicted to my thinking about me. On my daily dates with God, step by step I get the chance to stop, breathe and look at all sides of each of the ideas about myself and the world.  I get to ask if they work for me.  I have the opportunity to invite my heart to show me what it takes to dispel these ideas so I can make room for the truth of who I am at my core to emerge.  Dispelling beliefs about anything sounds messy and sometimes it is, but how much is freedom worth to you?