dailydatewithgod

God awakens.  In our hearts stirs and energy ready to enliven our spirits.  When we are moved to investigate this fire within us we find ourselves amidst unfamiliar territory.  Some of us have led our lives in such a way that we have tuned out the kindling energy.  We forget that it is there until something breaks open our hearts and we are made aware of it.  We tend to look upon this occurrence as devastating because we cannot go back to pretending it is not there, yet we are not sure how to operate with this enlivened part of ourselves.  God gently takes us by the hand, if we are willing, and shows us it is not difficult to live with this kindling as long as we don’t think we have to do it alone.  Our spirit is rejoicing at this moment but our mind may be throbbing in pain.  The ego thinks it is out of the picture.  But God does not ask us to be in touch with our ego or in touch with the kindling of our hearts.  God embraces both and gave us both.  It is our life long task to create a coherent relationship that is mutually beneficial and allows us to live wholly.  It is okay that we are afraid, that is why God is ready to take our hand.  God begins by showing us how to place that hand on our hearts and breathe in the kindling fire one breath at a time.

God is intrinsic.  The essence of our true selves is built-in by our Creator.  Nothing we can do, say or experience can unearth the quintessential capacity of love always present.  When I find myself forgetting that I am connected to the intrinsic nature of love I am battling myself.  It shows up in small ways.  An irritation, lack of patience, angry for no reason, or even a subtle sense that something isn’t right seems to cloud my thinking. Sometimes it lasts long and sometimes it is just in between a few breaths.  The key for me is noticing it instead of reacting to it.  That seems to be what God does.  I am not condemned I am invited to notice the disconnection that I am feeling in my heart.  God seems to know that my thoughts and feelings of disconnection have become so uncomfortable to me.  I do need to be harped on because the staying of the uncomfortable space is discomfort at its worst.  Because of my daily meditation dates with God, I can recognize the miracle of my noticing the discomfort before I get so down the path I don’t know to even reach for God’s hand.  This is the quintessence of being in relationship with the intrinsic nature of love.  As someone who is committed to learning and growing as God would have me grow, I have learned to talk to myself differently and let go of my black and white thinking little by little.  The quintessence of relationship with God means seeing the gift in everything even the discomfort.

God is sanity! It is in the quiet spaces of our mind, when our hearts are beating through our ears that we hear the message love that resides in us at all times.  If we are constantly processing information from outside of ourselves there is little time and space for connecting with what is within us.  Our rhythm of being longs to be heard.  The sound of our nature that echoes quietly through the us in the small spaces has the guidance of the drum of our connected heart.  The sounding beat of love going with each breath in and out allows for a coherence of being that cannot be found from any outside force.  God calls us to take our stride with the resonance of our true being and create the sound of music that is us.  We flow easier and freer with this sound guiding our path.  It is the one that our heart beats to and our soul dances to.  This soundness is the rhythm of life at its fullest.  When I have my daily meditation date with God, I have the chance to start my day in the space of love’s sound because God and I are present together in the moment.