dailydatewithgod

Sharing my experiences and understandings of the Great I AM.

Jun 23

Be From Nourishment!

by Colleen
God sustains us in body, mind, and spirit.  The nourishment provided is always available to us if we are willing to receive it.  We know how to prepare and consume the food needed as fuel for our body.  We trust that we are educating our minds through learning new information.  We take time to live in between in the moments of the undone and unseen and leave space for our souls to breathe.  What makes us think these are the things providing nourishment in our lives?  God invites us to engage him in the process of determining the things outside of the obvious that provides nourishment.  She also encourages us to look within to find what we already have providing nourishment.  Our intentions and perspectives have a tremendous impact on the quality of the nourishment from outside of ourselves as well as the nourishment within.   What do we allow to grow and flourish within us and does it match with what comes from outside of us? When we pay attention to how we see the various kinds of nourishment we are impacted to a greater or lesser extent by that which we intend to ingest and that we do not.  We cannot prevent things from impacting us but we can decide what elements of it can nourish our souls.
My prayer for us is the courage to pause and take a look at what we allow to provide nourishment and fuel our internal and external perspective today. 

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Jun 22

Be From Assistance!

by Colleen
God created us full of possibility.  The opportunities for our lives has no boundary.  We get stuck because we can only see so far.  We are confined by the limits of our imagination.  Our imagination can grow if we allow ourselves the chance to stop editing it while it wanders.  While we may engage our imagination in the process of life, we quickly talk it down from our mind because of our perceived limits. We need assistance to step outside our boundaries of what is possible.  We need a willing partner to  assist us in letting ourselves wonder just for the sake of wondering.  It is not about living in some fantasy land.  We can be fully grounded in reality and still create space for imagination.  God’s assistance is given to us in the capability to question.   Questioning our thinking is the first step to expanding our horizons.  A spiritual teacher of mine once pointed out that Jesus often asked questions.  If Jesus is the embodiment of the Almighty, why would he ask questions?  The questions were not for him, they were for his followers.  He was assisting them in dealing with situations by inviting them to step outside of what they thought they already knew was possible.  We can engage our imagination and open up to what is possible if we utilize God’s assistance and question what we think we know.  I struggle with using my imagination as I grew up believing it had to have the right answer.  And then God comes to my assistance and asks, “Is it a struggle or just unfamiliar?“
My prayer for us is the courage to utilize the assistance we have in our own minds and question what it is limiting our imagination today.

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Jun 21

Be From Returning!

by Colleen
One gift of the wisdom God places within us our ability to turn back to it over and over again.  Because it is inherent within us we do not have to seek outside of ourselves to find it.  We need only return to the space within our hearts where it originates.  Returning over and over again provides the twists and turns in our dance of life.  Unless we are enlightened masters, we are not going to maintain the stasis of movement from the wisdom of our hearts.  I am grateful that I do remember I have a choice.  God is generous enough to provide little hints and clues when I veer off course and forget how to connect to my wisdom.  It shows up in the form of annoying situations or people, disappointments, kind people, a gusty wind, a random occurrence  strong emotions, and moments of laughter.  No situation lacks the capability to return me to the wisdom of my heart if I let it.  The returning may come because I  am disconnected from wisdom of my heart or an invitation to express gratitude for the presence of  peace it brings me and those around me.
My prayer for us is the courage to trust we will be guided to returning to our wisdom through anything and everything if we let life lead us today.

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Jun 20

Be From Consideration!

by Colleen
A valuable outcome of my daily prayer and mediation practice where God and I meet for our dates is the pause button.  Not something occurring on our date specifically but a growth of learning to breathe and create space that I am able to take into my day.  Just as I make time to connect at the beginning of my day with the Eternal Source of life and love when I pause and take a breath I reinitiate the experience.  I am allowing for consideration of my heart by taking the pause. I have instinctively found myself drawing my hand to my heart drawing my attention there an allowing understanding to speak from within me.  The pause engages my attention to what I want to be taken into consideration as I make a decision.  God has taught me the presence of God and therefore love in all things.  When I am not aware of it I know it is because I have not gotten to a place of considering with my heart.  The more pauses I take, the more my heart engages in all areas of my life.  Whether to say hello to someone, finish one more thing before I leave, buy something, flirt with someone, turn left or right, or take more time on our date.  It does not matter the decision.  The more consideration I give to the view of my heart, the more whole and complete my life is.
My prayer for us is the courage to develop the muscle of consideration of the heart with every choice we are given today.

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Jun 19

Be From Grace!

by Colleen
The Great Giver bestows upon us a love without boundaries.  Within this experience of love from which we were created, we have the opportunity to embrace the fullness of life.  God is the way God is because of who God is.  God does not withhold love or keep us from the truth of who we are because of what we have done or not done. This is the essence of Grace.  It is freely given because it is how God operates.  It is one of the most profound lessons I have learned on my daily dates with God.  God shows up as the fullness of love each morning.  Sometimes it takes a gargantuan amount of effort to stay present on our dates. I want to go back to bed. I can’t seem to stay awake my mind is spinning or worrying about some future possibility.  God has taught me to bring all that on our date and gently he shows me how to hand it over to him.  She will gladly take what I bring and infuse it with a love I have never seen. The gift of acceptance is the grace which is of God and can only be received if I am open to it.  This grace which He bestows upon us is not deserved it simply is the way she operates.  It removes the scales from our eyes and empowers the connection to the eyes of the heart.
My prayer for us is the courage to embrace the gift of grace from God because it is who She is and how He operates not because of what we have done or not done today.

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Jun 18

Be From Heritage!

by Colleen

As children of God we posses the heritage of love and creation.  It is written on our DNA.  Our design facilitates the opportunity to be the presence love without effort.  Staying connected to our heritage means making room for acknowledgment of our origins.  How many of us have ever really looked at the line of people and circumstances that came before us? We are influenced by it in subtle ways beyond our imagination. Depending on our perspective this can be a good or bad thing.  God invites us to come to a place of peace in our hearts with whatever heritage we are a part of in the physical world.  She also reminds us that we have a spiritual heritage.  Recognition of all of our heritages enables us to move forward with strength as the people God has called us to be.  We cannot change our heritage but we can choose to take what works and leave the rest. If laying claim to our spiritual heritage stronger than our human heritage enables us to live the life we are called by our spirits to live who is to stop us?

My prayer for us is the courage to recognize our spiritual heritage of love and creation endowed in the very essence of ourselves today.

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Jun 17

Be From Engendering!

by Colleen
God invites us to be the invitation of love in any situation we find ourselves.  It is a unique opportunity present at each breath.  We have the capability to engender love or fear in everything we encounter.  We can carry out the message of the world which is based in fear and lack or we can align ourselves with the core of who we are and be the carriers of the message of God.  She has gifted us with the power of choice.  He had endowed us with a connection to wisdom.  We can choose to use the wisdom within us as we decided what to engender for ourselves and those around us.  Paying attention to what it creates energetically within us will give us an inclination as to which is more powerful.  I can tell when I am in a mindset of fear and lack I breathe more shallow.  I tend to be suspect of others and I am no longer present with what is happening in the moment.  I sense it physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally.  I feel a lack of power and sovereignty in my own life.  In the moments of engendering love I see possibility, I walk with my head held high. I can look people in the eye and my body is less tense. This experience opens the door for more options.  The sight of my eyes widens instead of shortening and I feel a subtle power move from my heart throughout my body in synchronicity with my breath.
My prayer for us is the curiosity to notice what happens to us on a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level when we engender love or fear today.

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Jun 16

Be From Softness!

by Colleen
Engaging ourselves in the vision of God allows for an experience of relaxation of our minds.  When I pray asking God to change my thinking I am requesting a soft and gentle resting place for my head so it can be opened up to a new ideas.  If I am willing to let go to of my hard-headed perspective of needing to figure it out, I can allow for a soft landing of God’s perspective. The possibilities open to me when I am in the thick of my figuring it out become more and more closed.  I am less open to stepping outside my comfort zone.  I find myself quickly leaning into a default mode of shame and blame the longer the I spend in my hard-headedness.  For many years I was convinced it was entirely my responsibility to know things I did not know.  Sometimes I go into thinking this way again.  With a soft whisper God lets me know I am not alone and invites me to cast my burdens onto her.  He can transform my thinking and return it to me through my heart.  The possibilities of love emanating from my heart come to me when I take God up on the offer to place my head in the softness of her chest.
My prayer for us is the willingness to take God up on the offer of a soft space to lay our thinking aside and be opened to seeing things through our hearts today.

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Jun 15

Be From Unfolding!

by Colleen
Letting go what we see with our eyes and opening ourselves up to what can be seen with our hearts is our gift from God.  We cannot imagine in our minds that what we see with our eyes is only part of the picture or not even the whole truth of what is happening.  It takes courage to step away from our dependence upon it and allow for the unfolding of love which invites us to see from our hearts.  There is a lack of categories and rationalizations in our hearts.  There is greater acceptance and peace in our hearts but we tend to rely on upon that with which we are familiar.  Yet we all know the feeling and sense of knowing something we cannot see with our eyes.  Why is it that some situations or people bring a sense of uneasiness yet there is nothing visibly wrong?  How is it that seemingly distressful situations open our hearts to extending love in ways we did not think were possible?  When we open ourselves to the unfolding reality of our hearts God is able to be fully present in us and through us. Our living becomes a gift to ourselves and to the world in unexpected and unseen ways.
My prayer for us is the courage to let go of our reliance solely upon the eyes of our mind and open ourselves to the unfolding nature of love coming from the eyes of our hearts today.

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Jun 14

Be From Epitome!

by Colleen

With each breath we are given the opportunity to be an example of our core design.  God graces us with the chance to live and be fruitful but it is up to us how we want to express that life and fruitfulness.  We can be the epitome of light and love or we can be the embodiment of darkness and fear.  A lifetime full of breaths means we will get the chance to do it all.  Living in a dual dimension we cannot have one without the other.  Over time if we are paying attention we can notice which epitome serves our greatest good and those of others.  It is not black and white and perfection is something to work towards but while we are present in a human body with a human ego, it will evade us. Instead we get to engage the dance and make room for all facets of ourselves.  The acceptance that one does not erase the other or overcome it.  No matter how dark or fearful things become, God’s design of light and love in us will never fade completely.  We will always be capable of choosing to be the epitome of God’s great design.  Sometimes it may feel like we do not have a choice or we are too tired to choose.  Other times it may seem as though there are multiple forces fighting against us.  Each of those times with that same breath we can reconnect to our hearts and feel the strength of God deep within us.  God please help me remember I am not alone in this.  God, let me not lose sight of your design in me and those around me.  God, I can’t see the light anymore, open the eyes of my heart. Those are my simple prayers when I cannot muster up the energy to epitomize the light of love I know is still alive in me.

My prayer for us is the courage to notice how what we choose to epitomize serves us and others today.

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