dailydatewithgod

The funny thing about life is we do not know how much of it we are capable of living until we test our limits.  We may think based on the labels that we fit within a particular caliber of any character traits from intelligence to physical strength.  In that case, we are allowing the experience of others to determine our caliber. God invites us to investigate the labels we carry around regardless of how well they work for us and see what our true caliber is. We do that by participating in the life that is right in front of us.  Our minds’ voice of fear will come with all kinds of reasons as to why we cannot handle particular things.  The simplest reasons are that is not our job, not our role, not what we are here to do, outside the norm, not what is expected, and so on.  The voice of fear is full of so many nots it ties our system into knots. When we pause and take a deep breath, we invite the energy of the heart into the conversation. Our hearts contain the courage to discover our caliber in any arena of life. We may find out that we lack the caliber of whatever is most needed in a given situation, but by involving our whole being in the experience we are provided evidence of the truth outside our ideas and labels.  The voice of fear which can take up lots of space in our minds is useful when it comes to determining our caliber to survive but rarely are its arguments against testing our caliber are about anything more than the survival of ideas.  When we practice inviting the courage of our hearts into the fear conversation our mind is having, we invoke the spirit of life which will show us what our caliber is.