dailydatewithgod

Too often we get tripped up by life because it doesn’t happen the way we expect it.  We spend our time disgruntled by what is happening in contrast to our expectations and wonder why we are exhausted.  I have learned through my daily dates with God that things just are the way they are.  I get to choose how I view them.  This includes what meaning I assign and the way I define them.  The longer I am in a relationship with God and the deeper I am called to grow into the fullest expression of who I am at my core, I am able to see life with a greater sense of clarity. As much as I have great ideas about how things should be, it is best to take a posture of humility.  I cannot possibly know all the angles of perspective or ingredients which will present themselves in any given situation.  Given how much I could be potentially missing, it doesn’t make sense that I would come up with the best scenario possible.  This does not mean I take a victim-like posture, but instead, approach life by allowing the truest expression of myself to emerge no matter what happens.  I cannot do this alone and my truest expression will not look the same each day or even in different moments of the same day. When I fail to rise to my own truth, I can learn from it and keep showing up.  It is not about perfection or getting it right, it is about growing and learning.  It is about connecting to the moments even the little ones that I can string together to show myself that I am growing despite how it may look.  It is about having an internal heart measurement of courage instead of seeking external validation for a triumphant victory.  God has called us each to grow in our learning of the truth of who we are at our core and how the courage to love is ready to ride alongside us and champion our cause.  There are times we forget who we are and we falter.  Those are the moments when the courage to love always ready within our hearts calls on us to take a deep breath and reconnect so we can stand back up and try again.