dailydatewithgod

God affirms.  There is no question or even doubt in God’s mind that we are the manifestation of love.  God does not deny what God creates.  God doesnt’ explain why or what God creates.  God’s creation simply is.  This is how we know that we are the truth of love at our core. It is not as though we need to believe it in order for it to be true.  The ratification that we require is for the acceptance in our minds.  Our hearts know who we are.  Our hearts live in the expression of God at all times.  It is the breakdown in the communication between our hearts and our minds that is calling for restoration.  God is willing to help us with the ratification of our minds to the reality of our hearts.  It is up to us to admit the need for ratification.  We are invited with each breath to begin this process multiple times per day.  We think it is complicated because our minds tell us it must be.  When I rest in the quiet of my heart as I do in my daily meditation date with God, I am shown how simple and seamless the process of ratification of the  mind to the way of the heart can be.

My prayer for us is the courage to admit the need of the mind to be ratified to the truth of our hearts today.

If God knows the path of connection between our mind and our hearts, how might God assist you in the ratification of the mind to the reality of your heart today?  Share in the comments.

God moves.  In our connection to Our Creator we experience an activation in our hearts that moves us.  It moves us in a way we are sometimes unaware.  We often notice this when we recognize our behavior as loving beyond what we thought we could do.  We find our very hearts activated and expanded,  allowing for more forgiveness and understanding than we can comprehend.   I experienced this grace in my relationship with my father.  This power showed up in a space in my heart and profoundly activated an experience of love and grace that I had never known was possible.  After years of praying for him out of a desire to be free of the anger and fear inside of my own heart, I was released. This forgiveness experience not only activated an expanded capacity for love in my heart but it opened my mind to the possibility and power of love beyond which I thought was possible.  It ignited a hope in me that if it could happen in this difficult situation, it could happen with anything.  My reliance upon God was activated to a new level and our daily meditation dates reached a deeper connection within my heart.

My prayer for us is the courage to be open to an activation in our hearts that surpasses our mind’s idea of possibility.

If God is interested in the activation our hearts past their capacity of love as we see it, where would you like God to help you experience this today?  Share in the comments.

God is a sure thing.  Embracing our relationship with God is admitting that we are a part of something bigger than ourselves.  We are fueled by our connection to the Divine.  This line of thinking allows us the courage to experience life with a sense of playfulness.  If there is nothing that we can do to undo the Ultimate Divine Presence because we are completely connected to it, then we are free to believe in the probability of life being okay after all. I am someone who lived a large part of her life so afraid to make a mistake because I thought it meant I was a mistake..  It is like God tells me in our daily meditation date, it is probable that you will shine today because you are remembering right now that we are connected.  Then as I go through my day when the thoughts of not being enough or of messing up pop into my brain, I remember it is not probable that any mistake could undo my core nature.

My prayer for us is the willingness to embrace the idea of the probability of us shining because of our connection to All That Is than the opposite today.

If God has created at our core a design for love and wholeness, what is the probability that something you do could cause that to shine through your being today?  Share in the comments.

My prayer for us is the courage to notice where our hearts might develop beyond the capacity of what our minds think are possible today.

If God believes that our hearts have a love capacity far exceeding our thinking, how might God encourage you to develop your heart with fullness today? Share in the comments.

God is here. The mystifying awareness of my daily meditations with God is that God is not only full present but there is  nowhere else God would rather me than with me.  God is aware of the righteousness of this moment and the perfection of it cannot be surpassed.  I wish I could say the same for myself.  Sometimes being present in my own skin can feel alarming and uncomfortable.  After spending so many years ignoring my body and escaping into another place in my mind, choosing to be right here, right now takes courage and strength.  As an incest survivor those tactics were most essential for survival and I am grateful for them, but I am not that little girl anymore and I desire to be fully present in my life today.  I want to appreciate the gifts of the moment. I want to rectify my experience of the present moment by seeing it through God’s eyes.  Little by little in my daily process of recovery I reach for the rectitude of being present in this moment.  God gives me the power to be right here, right now by being with me.  God is always ready to show me the preciousness of this moment where love is fully expressed.  If God is willing, then I can be willing too. Right now is where time and space are irrelevant so there is no past and no future for which to concern myself.  I am free to sit in the rectitude of the moment with God by my side.

My prayer for us is the gift of rectitude in reclaiming the power of being present to love in whatever form in our lives right here right now.

If God is willing to show you the rectification of gifts of love in this moment, what might you be willing to let go of from the past or future to meet God where you are physically right now?  Share in the comments.

God is one.  We have been created out of one love.  When we are separated from that great love that intertwines with everything in our lives, we feel the disconnection. We may not recognize it as such.  We may just feel off or think we are missing out on something.  We may think we need someone or something else in order to not feel this way.  But none of those outside things will create the sense of unity in our hearts that we long for most. We long for it because it is inherent in our hearts to be united with All That Is.  Our souls know of our connection to Spirit. Our minds are calmed by the coherency created by heart connection. God always sees us as united with God and united in wholeness. The most comforting thing for me experienced on my daily meditation date with God is the sense that I am united with a power greater than me even for just 20 minutes in a way that surpasses the understanding of my mind but is music to my heart. God reminds me, “I AM.  I AM WITH YOU.  I AM WITHIN YOU.”

My prayer for us is the courage to admit that the source of our anxiety or discord comes from our perceived disconnection from the United force of love.

If God is united to us and with always, what might you feel connected to in your next breath?  Share in the comments.

God heals.  We are reflections and imitations of God.  As we align ourselves with our full purpose in life we see that we are ministers of love.  We are given the tools we need through our own inclinations to spread the love we are.  God places in our hearts particular inclinations that reveal to us the desires of the kind of life we want to live.  We are given those inclinations so we can be guided to the arena where we can minister most effectively.  God needs us everywhere.  God has no eyes or ears nor hands or feet.  We can be the ministers of love through our eyes and ears, our feet and hands and carry the message of love through who we are being in that realm.

My prayer for us is the courage to recognize our interests and inclinations and trust that God will give us what we need to be a part of that realm of life so we can minister to all to whom we encounter today.

If God is calling us to minister in a particular arena of life, what can God do to encourage you to trust that you will have what you need to be the message of love in the area you are interested in today? Share in the comments.

God’s unattached.  We are encouraged day by day to walk with God.  To be complete in God.  To remember that we are whole in God.  Our creator did not design us with pieces missing or broken.  We are whole and complete.  God never sees us as anything less than whole and complete.  We live in a world that searches out dangers and wrongs in order to ensure our survival.  God says, I AM your survival and you are whole.  We are not wrongs that need to be made right.  Yes, we can take missteps and cause injury, but it does not change who we are at our core.  The reason they are mistakes or injuries is because at the time we made them we were not coming from a place of recognition of our wholeness.  If we want to be in alignment with our creator we must be willing to relinquish the idea that we are in our essence flawed.  Relinquish the notion that we are here to fix ourselves.  This is a hard one for me who was certain my whole life that it was my fault and deep down there was something sick and wrong inside of me that no one wanted to see. It wasn’t until I was willing to relinquish in the slightest bit and take a look deep down that I discovered God there.  God then said, “Good, you are here, now we can get rid of these misperceptions and you can see the light and love you are underneath all that.”  Each day I choose to relinquish my old ideas about being broken is a day God can show me the brightness of my heart.

My prayer for us is the courage to relinquish the idea we are broken and need to be fixed even if fixing ourselves has become a full-time job.

If God doesn’t think we need to be fixed, what other ideas that stand in opposition to your wholeness are you willing to relinquish today?  Share in the comments.

God is joy.  Life is meant to be celebrated.  You just took a breath . . . yay!  And another one, yay!  It seems too simple to find joy in something as benign as our breath. Yet how many of us are cognizant of all the benefits our breath.  Fresh oxygen, heightened awareness in the body, ability to move, brain wake up, heart pumping, and cell growth are all effects of our breath. It is our very life and yet we take little joy in it.  The reward of our breath is instantaneous.  We need not wait long for its effects.  It is the quickest instant gratification experience we can have.  If there is so much reward from our breath which is a common every day presence, what other rewards might God have in store for us?  What other fixed ideas do we have about every day simple things that keep us from recognizing the vast rewards of living?

My prayer for us is the willingness to change our perception to one of recognition of the rewards of life and find a reason to celebrate today.

If God gifts us with moments of joy in simple things, what rewards might you be open to seeing in your life today that you had previously not perceived as rewards?  Share in the comments.

God is holy.  An encounter with God is one that touches in a deep place.  We know it when we cannot define it.  We think it is meant to be some big event and it can be.  Most of the time, it is a quiet moment in which we are filled with a sense of peace.  We find there is breathing room in our hearts and we are a little less burdened by our perception of life.  It is a moment in which there exists a resonance between our hearts and minds. The sanctity we experience is not a fleeting.  Once it takes hold of our heart it remains there forever.  We simply need to be reminded of it because it has always been there.  We do not need to go searching for our sanctity.  God made sure it was installed as part of the original packaging.

My prayer for us is the willingness to believe God’s holiness lies in the recognition of our own sanctity because we are part of God today.

If God placed our sanctity within our hearts from the very beginning, how can God assist you in connecting with it today?  Share in the comments.