dailydatewithgod

Sharing my experiences and understandings of the Great I AM.

Be Of Accordance!

God harmonizes.  If I choose this day to believe God is working in and through me for the greatest good, I am able to take a step back from the battle of life.  There is something inherent in the trust of God that allows me to not feel like I have to do everything myself.  I can be in accordance with the process.  When I am experiencing trial or discomfort I don’t have to struggle to get out of it as soon as possible.  I can breathe.  I can choose to not go down the trail of my stinking thinking that tells me that I did something wrong or need to push away the feelings I am experiencing. Then my whole body aligns in accordance with this trust and I don’t have to stress or close off my heart.
My prayer for us is the willingness to try being in accordance with the process of life and trust that God has got it.
If God is calling us to trust in the process of life, what would you need to live in accordance with the love of God offered to you today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Authenticity!

God is real.  The examples we can look to for evidence of authenticity is in sacred scripture.  Have you ever noticed that the lives of the people in many sacred texts is a mess?  Yet they are held out as examples of how to follow God.  How about the lives of saints?  When you look closely you see people who did not fit the status quo and in some cases were very eccentric.  So if being in relationship with God is about being ourselves we are in luck.  As Oscar Wilde would say, “be yourself, everyone else is taken.”  We were not created to be someone else.  We were created in the image and likeness of God.  This means God has many variations, expressions, feelings, insights, actions, dreams, characteristics, habits, and ideas.  We are raised in a family, a culture, a society, a religion, a particular thought system and they influence us.  These origins shape us and define us.  But our true authentic self was formed long before we were influenced and shaped by those outside elements.  More than anything I find in my daily relationship with God I am invited to examine if what I took on from other sources resides as true in my own heart.  It can be difficult to let go of ideas and ways of being that saved my life or made me feel accepted.  Honestly, it can be downright painful and severely uncomfortable.  But at the end of the day, it’s just me and God.  This is my freedom. When I pass on from this world the only thing that goes with me is me and God and I want to do so freely.  Each day on my daily meditation date with God as I am called to step into my heart and hear God whispering yet again the truth of who I am at my core.  Some days I am open and available and even desire to hear it.  Those are beautiful days and they encourage me to show up as authentically as possible. I hope today is one of those days.
My prayer for us is the courage to step into the true authentic place in our hearts where God speaks love in every language imaginable.
If God desires for us to live from an authentic heart and express it the many unique ways we can, how might God reassure and encourage you it is enough to be your authentic self today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Gathering!

God unites. In our beautiful universe all things designed by our Creator have a place.  The blueprints of creation cannot be unwritten.  All things have the signature of God and their existence means we either are present to it or called to find it.  Just because I cannot see the hand of God in the experience I am having does not mean God is not there.  My eyes are blinded, especially when I am relying only on the physical ones.  Even my physical eyes have blind spots and are not able to see things that are there. Imagine the unseen forces with which God creates.  When we join together and acknowledge the presence of God we ignite an experience in our hearts that opens us up to being able to see God without limits.  The gathering of our mind and our heart is a start.  My daily meditation dates are where  I have learned to lay my head on my Creator’s chest and take a look downward at my heart.  Slowly as my mind calms down the doors of communication for my mind and heart to gather together begin to occur. I thought because my brain was telling my heart to pump it meant they were gathered together.  In time I learned it is about the gathering of the mind to witness to the vibrations and the echoes of my heart.  Those then influence the lens through which I see my life and the world around me and together they become a cohesive experience of love.

My prayer for us is the courage to embark on the journey to gather your mind with your heart and begin to see the world anew today.
If God invites us to gather our minds and our hearts to work in communion, how can you play a role in opening this gathering in your world view today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Rule!

God rules.  We have an opportunity with the capacities given to us to rule our own world. In our minds we allow a lot of thoughts to roam free unchecked.  We can call upon our hearts to keep our minds in check and steer them in the direction of love and service.  We tend to default to allowing ourselves to believe everything we think.  We like the sound of our own thoughts and jump on them like they are a train passing by and if we don’t catch it we will miss out.  Our power comes when we decide to pause and examine our thoughts.  Taking a moment to check in with our hearts about where the train of thought is leading us puts the power of rule back in our true essence.  There is nothing wrong with our thoughts.  They are just thoughts but before we take action we can choose the rule of our hearts by checking the thoughts with the space of great love within us.
My prayer for us is the courage to decide what we want ruling our lives by choosing to pause and check in with the love in our hearts today.  
If God gifted us with our hearts and minds, how might you utilize the two in harmony to decide what will rule your life today?  Share in the comments.

 

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Be Of Unification!

God envelopes.  There is no time, space, situation or way of being that lacks God’s presence in some way.  We who rely so heavily on our physical senses as the only reliable evidence cannot conceive of God’s presence in the places where we do not see God as we expect to see God.  Unfortunately this limits our understanding of God and thus God in our minds.  Just because we cannot imagine what or how God would be present in our dark times or awkward moments or people who seems to be completely incapable of love does not mean God is not there.  Just because we feel separate from God does not mean it is true.  God is the unifying presence.  God is the assurance that anything cannot possibly erase its source.  The unification of love is present when a circumstance shows itself as love or reveals itself to be in need of love.  I remembering hearing in a song once that love isn’t love until you give it away.  I have come to see the greatest benefit of my daily meditation date with God comes when the unified presence of love comes through me in a situation where I cannot see or experience love.  The reason it is lacking love, the reason it feels separate from God, is because I am not allowing God to work through me.  I am stepping in and deciding in my mind that this person, situation, or way of being is not Godly in the way I imagine it to be. Who died and made me God?
My prayer for us is the courage to trust in the unification of love that resides in our hearts and can come out through us if we get out of our heads about how love is supposed to show up.
If God is the unifying love force of the universe, what mind trap has you thinking it is not possible for God to be in an experience of your life simply because it is not showing up the way you want today? Share in the comments.
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Be Of Conferment!

God bestows.  While it seems outside of the box to conceive of a God that is constantly giving to us, not believing it does not make it so.  The reality in God’s eyes is the whole reason we are here is because God decided to share the love that is the wholeness of God.  It began with our creation and it continues.  This is why we are called to continually renew our relationship with God.  The more we grow in love the closer we draw to the reality of God.  God then confers upon us more of the gifts of love.  As we expand our awareness of the purpose of our being and what we are here to do, we need greater capacity to be love and share love.  The conferment allows for an expansion of the eyes of hearts through which we see our world.  The conferment is the little bits of encouragement from God that we are not alone.  The conferment is available to us when we bring God into every situation in our lives.  It has been my experience that I do not see love or want to grow in an area where I believe there is too much darkness.  However when I have the courage to open my hands to show God the darkness, God smiles and immediately confers light so that I may begin to see it for what it is and deal with its reality.
My prayer for us is the willingness to trust that God will confer upon us little gifts of light to guide our path towards love each day.
If God is ready to confer upon us the light of love, what darkness might you be willing to open up to God and experience the light of love today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Tenderness!

God cares.  The unfathomable nature of God’s mercy is the tenderness in which is presents itself in our own nature.  All that God is resides in our own hearts.  Being in relationship with the divine means connecting with that tenderness.  My daily meditation dates remind me of the softness with which God creates life.  When life seems hard and harsh it is easy for me to think God is the same way.  This is the benefit of meeting God in the quiet of the morning before I have connected with the outside world through my phone, computer, or TV.  During our date time of meditative stillness and authentic sharing I have the confidence to pour out my heart and share.  God is there with tenderness and a presence.  I can place my hand and rest it in God’s and hope to reconnect with this same tenderness as I go through my day.
My prayer for us is the courage to believe that God embodies a tenderness that is always present in the body of our hearts.
If God is tenderness, then we also must have tenderness within us.  How can God encourage you to open up your heart and experience the tenderness within yourself today?  Share in comments.
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Be Of Confusion!

God understands.  In our minds we think that knowledge and certainty are the answer.  We live in a wold full of reasons and reasonings for why things happen the way they do.  What happens when we come across something for which there is no explanation?  What about the times when all the standard explanations leave holes of mysteries still yet unsolved?  One of the elements of a relationship with a power greater than oneself is surrender.  I do not have all the answers.  I cannot comprehend all the possible reasons why someone acts a certain why (and sometimes neither do they) or why something happens.  Then I reach for the hand of God and say, What do you want me to do with this?  I cannot figure it out. I am lost.  Show me the way.  My mind will rebuff because it thinks if I just try harder or longer I will eventually be able to figure it out.  What if it is not my job to figure it out?  What if the purpose is to let go and let God figure it out?  My ego is called to surrender and I can either fight it or capitulate.  My greatest times of peace are when I remember that as long as I can rely on a power greater than myself that cares about me, I can surrender, be confused, and know I will be okay.

My prayer for us is the willingness to try out our ability to surrender to God by allowing ourselves to be in the confusion of something small in our lives today.
If we believe that God understands all that is needed in any given situation, how can you allow yourself to rest in the confusion of what you haven’t figured out about your life today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Foundation!

God creates.  If we are made in the image and likeness of God then within us is all we need to be our true selves.  The foundation on which we were designed embodies every element for a life in alignment with love.  This is our greatest peace, being who were are created to be.  It is what settles our heart and soothes our wandering mind.  Waking each day to connect with my foundation is what draws me into my daily meditation date with God. I cannot recreate my foundation but I can turn to the one who designed it.  I can take the hand of God first thing and ask to be shown the blueprints again.  In them I see joy, peace, abundance, power, and love.
My prayer for us is the willingness to follow our desire to be connected to our foundation and go on a date with God today.
If God desires for us to be our fullest selves, how can connecting with the foundation of who you are in your heart assist you in living from your heart today?  Share in the comments.
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Be Of Consecration!

God is whole.  Our whole being is always complete. We were designed from the beginning to have within our reach everything that we might need to grow and be in life as our full potential.  The key for me is to remember what my source is.  If I start looking to people or experiences outside of myself for validation and verification of my existence, I may find a temporary piece but never the whole picture.  The full sacred and consecrated experience of life comes from my relationship with God.  The Great Designer made certain that within my heart of hearts are the tools to enlighten all experiences as demonstrations or calls for love.  The viewpoint from which I see the world is no longer limited by my physical eyes.  My daily meditation dates with God have created a heart muscle that sees and experiences the world around me in a wholly different way than just my physical eyes.  I do not perceive anything as sacred unless I am able to see it through the eyes of love.  This includes others and myself.  As long as I am left to judge what is happening by the world’s standards there is a broken element.  It is only in God that consecrated wholeness is reality.

My prayer for us is the courage to develop the connection to our consecrated selves by opening up our hearts to the love God placed within us from the beginning.
If God desires for us to be connected to our wholeness and be the love we are designed to be, how can God encourage you to find the consecrated nature of your heart in the experience where you only are seeing the lack of love today?  Share in the comments.
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