dailydatewithgod

Sharing my experiences and understandings of the Great I AM.

Apr 22

Be Of Inkling!

by Colleen
God is subtle.  The magnificence of God is evident all around us but it is the subtle movements and creations of love that we sometimes miss.  God does not need to make grand overtures to grab our attention but we think God does.  We tend to look for the big gestures and movements.  We think those are the one that counts.  What about the beauty of taking hold of someone’s hand to support them, looking someone in the eye, picking up a piece of trash, drawing a smiley face on a piece of paper, or looking up at the sky?  These simple experiences of being alive and being present allow us to witness an inkling of the profound nature of love that is within us and all around us.  Recently, I have been in a great deal of physical pain.  Anyone who has dealt with back pain or any nagging pain that limits your mobility knows that it takes all your focus and energy to get through the day with some sense of peace.  It is hard to see outside of it and be grateful.  I think that God should remove this as soon as possible.  This time it is slow going as I return to wellness and in the meantime the only thing that saves me is being able to notice the inkling of love’s presence.  My meditation date time with God has taught me to be aware of the subtle inkling that God makes present in my life to remind me that I am beloved.  After years of paying attention I don’t have to search so hard to find them. In times of discomfort love;s inkling are my greatest comfort.
My prayer for us is the courage to look for the inkling of love present in our day today.
If God can do the grand gestures of love, what little inkling might you like God to make present for you today so that you know you are beloved?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 21

Be Of Rest!

by Colleen
God breathes.  God breathes life in and out of everything.  So in those moments between breaths there is a rest.  In the spaces that are not occupied by thought or action there is rest.  Our world focuses constantly on results and action and doing. This is a wonderful thing.  We are great doers, we get results, action needs to take place.  I know I love it when I can get a lot done and when in action in my life I feel alive.  God calls us to find life in all spaces and times.  God calls us to experience life in the rest moments.  Those are sometimes my favorite though it is not easy to admit it.  The space of rest allows me to just be.  I fight it because I think I have to justify it.  I resist it because you cannot measure its worth. Then I remember that God does not measure worth, it is a given. If we do not rest from time to time we cannot continue on our journey of action.  I think the most profound element of rest for me is the reminder that God is in charge.  As much as I think I make things happen and how things might fall apart if I don’t do something, in time of resting I am faced with the reality of how things seem to keep flowing anyway.  Our presence in this world is powerful, otherwise God would not have us here, but it is our being present which carries our power.  Therein lies the rest space between where God flows through.
My prayer for us is the willingness to acknowledge and support each other in the courageous embracing of rest today.
If God has it all taken care of, in a time of rest, how can God help you to witness the value of your presence for you and others today?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 20

Be Of Fitness!

by Colleen
God fits.  The only realness in our lives comes from the truth of who we are.  Who we are at our core originates from our design for being.  God made sure that every element that encompasses who we are is a living and vital presence of love.  The idea that we are somehow lacking or not enough simply does not fit with God’s design.  God is not incomplete nor are God’s designs.  It is clear that God wants us to recognize our wholeness so we are reminded again and again.  It is the subtle nudges or senses of things that we so easily ignore that are meant to wake us up to our fitness. The fitness of being all that is needed right here, right now. The world is always ready in a loud voice to tell us how we are not measuring up. We need to do more, study more, prepare more, change more and more. We believe it because it mirrors the same story we hear in our heads.  When we listen from the stillness of our hearts and our breath, we are present to our complete fitness to this moment.  God is present in this moment. We are fit for the here and now.  Our head likes to go forward and back and sometimes we get dragged along.  To  come back to our fitness all we have to do is take a breath.
My prayer for us is the courage to use our breath to remind us of our fitness for this moment that God has created for us today.
If God’s fit is enough, how could what you be seeing be a lack of fitness for the moment you are in?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 19

Be Of Truthfulness!

by Colleen
God is Truth.  To be full of truth is to be full of God.  Truth is the recognition of love at the origin of all things.  When we strip away the exterior appearance, love is there.  When we look behind the curtain, love is there.  When we let go of what we think it is supposed to be like, love is there.  Living in truthfulness means we can no longer deny the presence of love in everyone and everything.  We have given up on trying to determine ulterior motives.  We have conceded that there is nothing more powerful or pervasive than God. We are willing to look at what seems like darkness, evil, and dislike and find the grain of truth that exists even in the slightest form.  I have never been able to hate my way through to acceptance.  I have not yet mastered the ability to anger my way to peace.  Love is the way.  Love is the path.  Remembering the existence of love in all things is my freedom.  Recognizing this enables me to ask the Creator of Love for help when I don’t know how to live in truthfulness.
My prayer for us is the willingness to live in the truthfulness of love even in the places inside and outside of ourselves where love seems absent.
If God created all things and God is love, how can God enable you to live in the truthfulness of love where you do not believe it to be present today?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 18

Be Of Notice!

by Colleen
God pays attention.  The detail that threads through life is no mistake. God makes sure that every nuance and detail is taken care of.  No stone is left unturned.  Nothing is left out of the equation of life.  All is interconnected.  There is a wholeness of the universe and we are a part of it.  It is in us and through us.  Our very being is notice of the wholeness of life.  The way we breathe and connect with our bodies and with nature is the most basic sign of this interconnection.  It is subtle until we learn to notice it.  God notices it all the time and provides multiple opportunities to reconnect. Our hearts remind us in their subtle shift and tug at us to reconnect. God stands ready to receive us when we choose to notice our wholeness.
My prayer for us is the willingness to notice the desire to be connected to our wholeness today.
If God is ready to help us reconnect to our wholeness at any moment, how might you want to notice heart wishes for connection today?  Share in the comments.

 

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Apr 17

Be Of Hearing!

by Colleen
God is listening.  To embrace the idea of God present at every moment of our lives requires an acknowledgment that something other than us is actually interested in being present in our lives.  We have convinced ourselves of our unworthiness because we measure ourselves by the world’s view.  Given the world operates on fear and lack no one measures up.  If no one measures up, why are we continuing to only hear the voices of the world that remind us we are not enough.  Why not hear the voice of God who says: you are enough because I made you enough?  Why not hear the message of wholeness that comes from the One who created us whole?  Perhaps because God’s voice doesn’t come at us screaming or on a shiny billboard. God is the still small voice that we hear when we quiet down long enough to listen.  The practice of meeting God for my meditation dates in the quiet of each morning allows me the opportunity to hear God before I have let the noise of the world in.  Then as I go through my day I can hear God’s voice or at least remember to stop and listen for it.
My prayer for us is the willingness to develop our hearing in such a way that we are attuned to the still small quiet voice of God and love today.
If God hears you with love and wants you to hear you with love, how could God assist you in being able to quiet the other sounds you are hearing today?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 16

Be Of Receiving!

by Colleen
God gives endlessly.  It is up to us if we want to receive the gifts of this life and this day.  God is ready and willing to give at all times.  We get stuck in fixed ideas of what the gifts are supposed to be or look like that we often miss them.  If we don’t recognize them, how can we receive them?  There is a vulnerability in receiving.  I know I have often thought that I was not worthy.  But gift giving is not about worthiness.  Any time I have had the opportunity or desire to give a gift in thought, word, or deed, it is not because I deem the other person worthy.  I do it because I am in a giving space.  We give gifts because of who we are being not because someone else deserves to get a gift from us.  There is such joy that comes from giving, it is almost selfish.  God is the same way only greater.  God showers us with gifts because God is love and giving is an expression of love.  When we receive we keep the flow of love going.  When we reject the gift we stop the flow of love.  Just like our breath comes in and goes out. I recently celebrated a birthday and I remember on my meditation date with God that morning I was reminded gently that my only job that day was to receive.  I wasn’t going to be acknowledged or celebrated by others because I was a certain way or did something perfectly, it was simply because people wanted an opportunity to express love and care.  I asked God that morning for the courage to just receive, let go of expectations, fear of being vulnerable, and needing to do something in order to receive.  I did it as imperfectly as I was meant to and found myself taking lots of deep breaths, but I did it and that is what counts.
My prayer for us is the courage to receive the little gifts that God places on our path throughout the day today.
God is constantly giving us little gifts to let us know we are loved and cared for, how could God assist you today in being able to receive those gifts? Share in the comments.

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Apr 15

Be Of Patience!

by Colleen
God is enduring.  Whenever I think I cannot go on God reminds me that God can.  The power of enduring love is its amazing capability to be present even in the seeming lack of love.  It blows my mind that God is not phased by the thinking that throws me into a tizzy.  Clearly, God is greater than I.  In my daily meditation date time with God I am greeted with an excitement and expectancy of goodness.  God sees this in me even when my head is clouded with a lack of gentleness, a dark perspective, or a chatter that will not end. God’s willingness to be with me patiently and lovingly through to the other side of whatever it is that I am experiencing that is not God’s reality. God does not push me to quickly abandon that which is blocking me from seeing the love that I am.  God sits with me in patient acceptance and let’s me know that I will make it through this.  I need that. I need the power of patience that surpasses all understanding.
My prayer for us is the courage to trust that God has greater patience with us than we have with ourselves.
If God is willing to be patient with our darkness and distress, how could God show you how to be equally patient today?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 14

Be Of Revelation!

by Colleen

God is transparent.  We are given this great gift of life.  We did not ask for it.  We hardly know what to do with it most of the time. What if the design for our lives is already written out for us?  What if our experiences are the designed to show us the power of love?  What if we are equipped to handle anything that comes our way?  If God in infinite wisdom saw fit to design everything that exists with such intricacy, would God really leave us to figure it out on our own?  Maybe it isn’t a question of figuring out whether or not we are meant to be here or what our purpose is?  Maybe it is about letting go of the things we made up about who we are while we were in the process of figuring it all out?  God is love beyond understanding and wants for us to awaken to the love with which we were created.  When we connect with this realization for ourselves we are revealed to the world.  God has designed such a varied universe that nothing can be excluded from love or the definition of love.  These variations that exist physically, emotionally, spiritually and in all ways as waves of love’s presence.  We are the ones who have chosen to place labels of separation and distinction amongst the varying entities.  God sees no separation.  My suffering is tied to my lack of ability to see God’s presence in a person, place or thing.  I have learned through my meditation dates that one of the most powerful things I can do is lay my thought before God and say, “Can you show me how you see this?  I want to recognize the presence of love in this person, situation, personal characteristic, experience or whatever it may be.”  Then I am open to experience the revelation of love where I only see darkness or separation.

My prayer for us is the willingness to present to God who or what is keeping us from witnessing the revelation of love for ourselves and others today.
In the quiet moments of your heart, you know that you are love and connected to all that is love.  How can God assist you today is this revelation?  Share in the comments.

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Apr 13

Be Of Exploration!

by Colleen
God is The Image.  We create our understanding of God from the images that are passed down to us.  We develop a feeling of God by knowing God’s presence in our hearts.  We are invited continually to evaluate our understanding of God by exploring the dwellings of our hearts.  God is present in the world in a very real and concrete way through the human experience.  God also transcends the world by being present in a non-physical experience.  We get a chance to form our own perception of God by spending time in the quiet space of love.  This perception is personal and universal.  This developed understanding is what allows us to form a mature relationship with God.  God is looking to meet us eye to eye, heart to heart, and hand to hand.  A daily gift of my daily prayer and meditation date time with God has been when I am open to seeing God anew by exploring the limitlessness of my own heart.
My prayer for us is the courage to explore the realms and undefinable presence of God by searching first within our own hearts.
If God can be a presence of our own understanding and not just someone else’s perception passed down to us, what area of your heart would you want to explore and discover God in today?  Share in the comments.

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