God creates. As expressions of God we also create. As manifestations of God we are the creator’s creations creating out of love. When we find ourselves having the same experience over and over again we can become frustrated. This frustration stems from the lack of creativity in our lives. There are not just certain people in the world who are creative. Certainly there are career paths or interests that are obvious demonstrations of creativity but generating a new attitude is a form of creativity. Being willing to see something from a different angle is formulating creativity. In the same way God does not limit what is created from the power of All That Is, we do not need to limit what we view as creativity. Living out of love and generating love is a formulation of creativity. Having new eyes or looking at something a second time can formulate creativity. We stagnate when we box ourselves into thinking this is all there is. We get stuck when we decide there is no other way to handle a situation. Relationships help formulate creativity. Interacting with others who have different ideas and perceptions enable us to open our minds and formulate together what we could not do alone. This is love.
Be Of Formulation!
My prayer for us is the openness to believing we can formulate creativity wherever love is present by remembering love is everywhere today.
If God has formulated us out of love, where in your life could you use a reminder that you have the capacity to formulate creativity from the love you are today? Share in the comments.
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Be Of Loveliness!
God is beauty. Stepping into who we are at our core calls on us to own all of the magnificence from which we were created. We each have an exquisite natural beauty that exudes from our hearts and connects with the hearts of others. We know we are in this lovely way of being when we are able to see the inherent beauty in others. It is like our hearts have our eyes and they override the ones in our heads. This exquisite beauty is more than a physical manifestation. It is the kind experienced when we are in a place of peace and acceptance of ourselves and the world around us. There are times when I feel this loveliness so definitively and it is beyond words. The choice is always there whether to see through the eyes of my heart while seeing through the eyes in my head or just the limited view from the eyes in my head. It seems to be dependent upon the strength of my connection to God in the moment. I do notice that after all these years of daily meditation dates with God my heart hurts when I am not able to use the eyes within it to see the loveliness I know is there. It is in those times that God takes my hand and places it on my own heart and encourages me to breathe.
My prayer for us is the willingness to reach for the hand of God when the loveliness of existence seems to have escaped our vision.
If God has placed the eyes of love within our hearts ready to be chosen, how can God assist you in accessing those eyes and witnessing the loveliness in yourself and others today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Seeking!
God is open. We can witness the same world and understanding of love if we open our eyes. We will not have far to search but it helpful to have the intention of seeking that which we want to see. Our focus determines our reality. We focus what we are seeking. Being in the seeking does not mean that we have a blind eye to the reality of what is actually happening. Seeking means being present to what is happening and finding that which we desire to see in the present moment. If we only seek determined that we will not find what we are looking for right here or are certain that it must show up in a certain way we will miss it all together. “Sometimes the very thing we are looking for is the one thing we don’t see.” V.Williams
My prayer for us is the courage to seek love and be open to how it will show up so we can be present to it in this moment.
If God is open to sharing love in all forms and all fashions, how can God assist you in courageously seeking to see the love that you are and are experiencing today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Affection!
God embraces. The level at which we are loved has no comparison. The depth of our recognition of that love is entirely us. Often we are in the midst of love and experiencing it but it doesn’t match a preconceived notion and so we think it is not present. We have expectations of how love will show up and from whom. What if we are experiencing it constantly and are just not aware of it? What if God is expressing affection towards us but it is in a way we do not look for and consequently don’t see? In a world of definitions and categories we become so wedded to things matching our previous experience and understanding. God by definition is something more than our understanding, why wouldn’t God’s affection for us also be beyond our understanding? Perhaps the smile from the stranger, the laughter from our child, the car that let us in front of them on the freeway, the person who picked up the trash on the sidewalk, the breeze that gave us chills on our skin are all expressions of affection from God.
My prayer for us is the willingness to let our hearts see affection expressed by God in ways our eyes are closed to today.
If God is constantly expressing affection and expressions of love towards us, how might you be willing to open the eyes of your heart to it today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Wanting!
God wants you. Do you want you? The funny thing about love is it does not stay where it is not wanted. True love does not cajole or compromise your free will. It comes in when invited. There are as many ideas about what love is as there are ideas. We read stories as children about fairy tale love. We go to churches and services and hear stories of love. We read scriptures and are fascinated by tales of love. We decide what love is and we want it. The world we live in is about wanting, having, doing, and deserving. God wants us to experience the love that we are at our core. This often means letting go of the wanting, having, doing and deserving. It means stepping into the being. God wants us to experience love in its truest form and recognize it is not something to be earned. God knows it is our being.
My prayer for us is the letting go of what we want and embracing of what God wants for our lives.
If God wants us to experience love in its truest form, what elements of wanting, having, doing or deserving are you willing to let go of today and just be God’s wanting? Share in the comments.
Be Of Reception!
God signals. God sends love flowing through the universe so it operates as designed. In its nature, its is free-flowing. Love requires both giving and receiving to function. In the world a high prize is given to the giving of love. Obviously this is important and an outpouring of who we are as embodiments of love’s creation. But if there is no reception of the love that we send it does not flow. Love is to be freely given and freely received. So much of what we conceive of love is not this kind of love. What we experience is a slight distortion that inevitably happens as human beings strive to become their true nature. It is kind of like we are in the stages of learning to walk. We will fall and get back up and fall again and get back up again. Learning to love is like that. Yet when we look for love in the world we expect it to come in perfected form. When it doesn’t and we are hurt we get confused and think it means not to give or receive love. The love of God is the perfection of love and this is what we want to learn to be receptive of.
My prayer for us is the willingness to explore our understanding of love by hosting a reception in our heart today for the love of God.
If God is giving love all the time in our every breath, what is standing in the way of your reception of this love today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Brinking!
God edges. Love is limitless. God surrounds us on all sides. We can experience love no matter how far we take things. No place or experience we have lays outside the boundaries of God because love is the boundary. Before I deepened my relationship with God I had some sense of certainty that as long as I was a good girl, nothing to terrible would happen. I was not aware of what I had already lived through because my denial was so thick which it had to be at the time. There were things in my life that were not optimal, but I was getting by okay. I didn’t realize how disconnected I had become from my own sense of self and well-being. Addiction is a convenient way to not be in reality. When I made the decision to turn my life around and face the hard stuff I only had an inkling of my faith was tested. Reacquainting myself with feelings like anger and sadness I thought for certain would take me to the edge. Being present in an uncomfortable and growing experience I just knew would take me back into denial. Yet none of these things have. Instead I have created a level of depth of living beyond my imagination. I have had the opportunity to experience the power of love, joy, grace and know a beauty of heart beyond comprehension. God has led me gently to a place where I have no certainty of what is around the corner. The only certainty I have is that no matter what God has my back. Whatever the experience, no matter how much it brings me to the brink of sanity or comfort, God will be there. I have learned it is not about doing all the right things as though I need to earn God’s love. It is about walking a path on the brink of life taking a chance that love will be there too. So far, I am still standing, thank God.
My prayer for us is the courage to take our lives to the brink and experience the power of love in a profound way in our lives today.
If God stands ready at the brink to be the force of love that will not abandon us, how can God assist you in being willing to stand with the power of love residing in your heart today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Keenness!
God is sight. The vision of God surpasses our own because it is not limited. The perception of God encourages us to see beyond our human eyes. God invites us to view with our hearts. To do this we must spend time learning the language of our heart. It is hard when so many of us have experienced a breaking of our hearts from hurt feelings and experiences. In those moments we often decide to close our hearts to avoid getting hurt again. This may work for a time but eventually it keeps us from being able to connect with our own hearts. God has a keen perception of what kind of healing is needed in our hearts but will not enter unless invited. Taking the chance that God can renew hearts takes courage. I slowly built up the courage to trust in the keenness of God’s mind to repair my heart one daily meditation date at a time.
My prayer for us is the willingness to rely on God’s keen ability to restore our hearts to its purest form today.
If God is keenly aware of what we each need to be restored to love, how can God show you it safe to trust in God’s keenness and restore your heart today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Potency!
God is powerful. The presence of the Almighty overshadows all other elements of existence. Connecting with God is a remembering of who I am. There is a gentleness of power that resides in sensing all is just as it is meant to be. It doesn’t have to be the way I want it and in most cases it is not, but the trust I have in God assures me that God’s potency will never lose power. We are witnesses by our very being of the power of God. We get lost in the thinking of the world which is constantly reminding us of our inadequacies. The world is not enough and it was never meant to be enough. Letting go of being a part of the system that perpetuates this mindset, has brought about a lot of tears. As a child all I wanted was to fit in. Heck, as an adult all I want is to feel a part of. I can no longer deny the potency of God’s love and acceptance which fills my heart in a way that the world never has. It is what carries me one breath at a time.
My prayer for us is the curiosity to try leaning on the potency of God’s power to carry our hearts to a place of acceptance that the world cannot provide today.
If God’s love is more potent than all other elements in existence, what power of the world are you holding on to that you might be willing to exchange for some God potency today? Share in the comments.
Be Of Illumination!
God is colorful! Love illuminates the world. The force beyond recognition sheds light on all things. There is no nook or cranny that can hide from the light of love. It isn’t necessarily about dispelling the darkness but of having the opportunity to see it for what it really is. It is about not hiding in the darkness pretending that its familiarity brings safety. The comfort that embodies the light of love far surpasses any comfort we experience in the darkness. When I want to stay in a dark place simply because it is what I know and am comfortable, I have lost sight of the beauty that illuminates my life. It is a beauty that when embraced shines the light of love to the very situation that I think lacks love. God looks me in the eye and reminds me that at my core, there is light, there is love, and there is life. I believe my experiences of this world. I think my circumstances tell me who I am or who I am to be. I need the illumination of love to remind me to whom I am beholden. I find it frustrating how easily I forget but God never tires in reminding me. For God it is the dance of relationship and the opportunity to be sparked in a special way this day as I wake up to the illumination of love’s light in my heart this moment.
My prayer for us is the courage to receive the gentle illumination God shows us when we are willing to let go of the comfort of the darkness we know today.
If God does not begrudge us the number of times we forget the illuminated love that lives in our hearts, what do you get out of continuing to begrudge yourself? Share in the comments.
