dailydatewithgod

ON my daily dates with God I set my anchor for the day.  By making the time to connect with the Source of all creation I am choosing the direction of love to proceed me in all I do that day.  This does not mean I do it perfectly.  When I get off course, which I always do, I can quickly assess how far off course by reaching for God’s hand and taking a breath.  Through the pause I get a sense of which direction to move in from there.  Do I go back, do I move forward, do I come back around later . . .?  Unless I check in with my source I am liable to continue in a direction that does not serve me or anyone else.  It is not about being some perfect example of love and hospitality or never allowing for veering in an unfulfilled direction.  It is about how I choose to handle it when I go off course.  Do I berate myself?  Do I choose to learn from it?  Sometimes the point is to notice that going in a particular direction leads me to close my heart  versus cause it to open.  I can ask where else in my life this same pattern is happening.  I can inquire with God how God sees it.  I can investigate with God’s kind eyes what I am to learn about the facets of love from going in this particular direction.

Our mind’s eye focuses on what is physically in front of or around us.  God’s eye looks past what is physically present to what is beyond.  Seeing with one’s heart expands the horizon of viewpoint past what is capable for our mind to grasp.  It is within our capabilities to engage our hearts in looking beyond what our physical eyes can see.  We experience it when we let go of our expectations of what we think we know will appear and allow space for what might be.  It is a risk of our heart to open up beyond what we can guarantee as present with our minds.  It is a risk that we do not take alone.  God is readily encouraging us to open ourselves up to the multitude of possibilities that lay beyond the sight of our human eyes.  God knows because it is in our design that enlisting the energy of our hearts is the quickest way to go beyond our limitations and experience a fuller understanding of life and what it means to be human.  When we perceive a lack of safety we close off our hearts and rely solely on what we can see with our eyes.  This is a survival mechanism allowing us to maintain focus on making sure we can continue to grow and thrive.  God is the force behind us, reminding us that no perceived outside influence can actually cause damage to our hearts.  It only looks or feels that way.  On our daily dates, God is the consistent and often persistent reinforcement of the untainted nature of my heart.  God speaks gently in my ear of the remembrance of the true nature of my heart so I may be willing to see the love existing beyond any perceived lack I am experiencing in the moment.

I remember hearing once that the sometimes the thing that causes our wounds can also end up being the very thing that heals it.  One thing I have some understanding from God about is the lack of common sense when it comes to healing.  Based on how medicine works it should be straight forward.  More and more the medical profession is realizing there are multiple elements and layers upon which pain is alleviated.  It would appear that we just take a pill and it will get better.  But what if the pill we need is a conversation between friends to clear the air or some time in nature?  What if the pill is being given permission to acknowledge the pain instead of just pushing through it or medicating it?  God’s levels of healing and alleviation of our wounds is as individual as our experiences of love.  There are multiple possibilities in any given situation. I often don’t know what will alleviate my back pain or my wounded heart, sometimes they are the same.  It has been said that love heals all wounds.  Just like love comes in many shapes and size so can the thing that will alleviate our wounds today.