dailydatewithgod

God is functional! The beauty of the Great I AM is God’s presence in everything and everyone.  God is extremely practical. God’s presence at all times means whatever is happening it can be used for the function of love. No matter what is happening, I can learn about love by being fully present in the moment.  My mind scoffs at this idea on several levels.  One argument it makes is for the impossibility of love truly being available in every situation and every being.  Another argument of my mind is that God would even bother to be present in certain places especially the darker ones. Lastly, my mind is certain that it knows all the potential outcomes and the surprising nature of God is just beyond its perception. Thankfully God does not operate the way my mind does. I do not have to operate within the limitations of my mind either.  My function can be the one God has for me.  When I choose God’s idea of function for me, I grow in love from situations and circumstances where I thought for certain love did not exist.  It is though it is God’s function to remind me there is no place where God who is love cannot and will not be

My prayer for us is the willingness to surrender our ideas of our purpose in this world as defined by our minds and open up to the functioning that God has for us.

If God is intensely practical, how could God guide you in being your best functional self today?  Share in the comments.

God is elusive! We seem to grasp the idea that we cannot hold all things at all times, in our minds, in our hands, nor in our perspective.  We are not meant to be present to more than one moment at a time.  The irony is that when we are fully present we are simultaneously aware of life at multiple levels.  There is a heightened sense of being when we let go of our agenda of how things should be.  When we let go of what has previously occurred and what we are concerned about for the future, we have a greater capacity to fully take in the now.  We exchange a preset idea for a possibility.  We exchange a control disposition for a trusting one.  Who we are being in this moment is an exchange of priorities.  Opting for the priorities of spirit versus priorities of the world.  And while at the beginning it seems like we will miss out, it actually ends up being the very experience by which we can wholly appreciate all life has to offer.

My prayer for us is the willingness to exchange our thinking for God’s and fully experience the now moment we are in.

What focus on the past or future keeping you from the now are you willing to exchange for a fuller experience of life with God in this moment?  Share in the comments.

God is grounding!  I know that when I feel like life is throwing me about and I am at the effect of life I feel unsafe and unsure.  In those moments I need God to be more than just there for me.  I need God to be the anchor of life and love.  I need God to be the resounding voice of assurance that even though I am not feeling connected to the core of who I am, God only sees the connection.  It is not about being saved from my experience, it is about knowing that I can weather the storm. It is about having faith in a power that is never swayed to see me differently because of my experiences.  It is about trusting that God’s vision of my true self is grounded in the fundamentals and truth of love eternal.  God knows it is only a matter of time before I remember the same.  God is willing to be by my side as I make my way back to  being rooted in the wholeness of myself and others.

My prayer for us is the courage to trust that God is rooted in the truth of who we are in love at all times even today.

If God is rooted in the truth of love and  sees only our wholeness, who are we rooted in when we only see our brokenness?  Share in the comments.

God is the oomph.  The incredible experience that we seek in our heart to be connected to the Power of All That Is guides us in ways that we don’t even realize.  God is calling to us through so many different avenues in our lives.  We get stuck thinking God is nowhere to be found because God is not playing by our thinking.  There is an underlying oomph of love in the universe that keeps the flow of life ever constant.  God is this flow. You hear performers and athletes talk about being in the flow when they are on the field or stage.  Artists finds themselves caught up in their work, almost swept away by a sense that a spirit is moving through them.  Even in our every day we encounter moments when time is lost.  This flow and movement of life is the strength of God’s power that sweeps us away in moments that never seem to end.  These are accessible to us any time we want.  The oomph of life moves through us all the time.

My prayer for us is the willingness to stop and connect with the oomph of life that is happening for each of us multiple times each day.

If God’s powerful flow of life is with you at all times, how would you want to be present with your oomph today?  Share in the comments.

God is here.  The beauty of the majesty of God is in God’s willingness to meet us where we are.  God does not require us to attain a certain spiritual level or becomes some sort of guru before God will work with us.  God senses our willingness to work in cooperation with God.  We are the ones who place specific demands or demonstrations of power before we think God wants anything to do with us.  Thankfully God does not see things as we do.  Take a cursory look at the characters in any sacred scripture from various religions and you will see that those who are in service to whatever God they write about are not the most outstanding people.  They are usually the people who show up.  God wants us ready to go today.  God can use where we are and who we are if we are ready to be used for the growth of love.  It only requires a willingness and an openness to the idea that where we are is enough.  The key for us is not placing our judgment of ourselves ahead of our readiness.

My prayer for us is the courage to step up in our readiness and show God through it that we want to grow in love today.

If God is ready for you today exactly as you are, how can you be ready for God exactly as God is today?  Share in the comments.

God is.  Whatever happens in life.  One thing can be counted upon above all else-God is.  The being of love from which we all stem will never cease to be.  We can do all kinds of things and live through multiple experiences and none of those will undo the Beingness of Being.  As an adult woman incest survivor the pieces that I grapple with today are the leftover stories that I took on to save my sanity as a child.  Stories of confusion and shame, darkness and a needing to hide.  They show up in the most random of places these days.  Sometimes coming face to face with them feels like I am being yanked back in time and in the throes of my past experience. Everyone has these kind of experiences but maybe a different flavor.  We all have some unhealed wounds from our childhood that eventually call out to the light.  I find it reassuring when I hit one of these bumps to know that the Great Light stays lit even when I think I have fallen into darkness.  All I need to do is reach out for God’s hand and get my heart-light relit so I can endure through to the remembrance of myself as also a being of light and love.

My prayer for us is the courage to find ways to continue to endure no matter the outside circumstances or internal strifes by reaching out to the Light that never goes out.

If God’s light is always lit, what can you do today to connect with that light so that you might endure and be able to shine your light from within you again?  Share in the comments.

God is the Creator of all.  We are who God created us to be. We are not the stories we tell ourselves about who we are.  Nothing we say or do can undo what God has created.  The love within you has not disappeared.  The joy in you has not been taken away.  The peace in you is not hiding.  When we measure who we are by the world we begin to buy into ideas that are not of God.  You would not look at a flower that has wilted and declare that it messed up.  You would acknowledge that it must be moving through a cycle of creation.  The same goes for us.  We have not failed as human beings because we make mistakes. We are learning.  Learning to remember the love from which we were created.  Learning to connect with the Creator who fashioned us out of love for love.  Releasing the stories that we have piled on top of our hearts is a process.  Each day, each breath is an opportunity to accept the reality of who we are according to God’s creation.

My prayer for us is the openness to acknowledge that God created us and we are forever at our core God’s creation and nothing else.

If you were to accept that you are a creation of God, what might you be able to view differently about yourself today?  Share in the comments.

My prayer for us is the willingness to let go of the idea that we are supposed to do it on our own and surrender to the power of the strength of God moving through us at any given moment.

Where in your day today could you use some help remembering the strength of God being able to move you and thus move the hearts of those around you?  Share in the comments.

God is brightness!  The balance of light and dark is what epitomizes the duality of the universe in which we live.  It is always darkest just before the dawn. God shares the creativity of life through the light.  The luster of our imagination is what carries us in the creative experience of our lives.  When we are shrouded in darkness we lose sight of the luster of our lives.  We think that the light will not return.  We think that we did something to keep the luster from being present in our lives.  What if it were just part of the natural cycle?  What if there is nothing wrong with lack luster?  What if it was the very thing that would catapult us into experiencing a brighter light within?  It doesn’t make sense but I have known it to be true.  Whenever I experience times of darkness it is always followed up by times of greater light.  The key for me has been recognizing that I am not alone in the dark.  God never leaves my side even when I cannot see God.

My prayer for us is the courage to trust that the luster will return after a time of lack.

If light always comes after dark, what might allow you to believe that God is with you in your lack luster and not get lost in the darkness today?  Share in the comments.

God lives.  Our understanding of ourselves and our world comes from the multiple levels of senses through which we perceive our reality.  Physically, emotionally, intellectually, energetically, and spiritually are all ways in which we sense life.  Our decisions about what is happening in our reality come through the lens of our perceived reality.  How we understand “out there” has less to do with what is going on “out there” and  more to do with what is going on “in here.”  This is why two people can be present at the same event and see and hear two different things.  Have you ever noticed that when you are having a bad day that certain people seem to be annoying and when you are having a good day those same people don’t bother you? Our good and bad days are decisions we make within and color what we take in from the outside.  Our awareness of this sensitizes us to the filter through which we experience life in this moment.  The beauty of this sensitivity is the key to freedom. It provides us with the ability to decide to change our experience.  And when we have no idea how to change it, we can ask for help.  God wants us to experience all of life.  When we are sensitive to the energies present inside of ourselves, we can powerfully choose to direct them in a way that creates a world in which God thrives.

My prayer for us today is the willingness to be sensitive to how we are experiencing our lives in this moment and choose if we want to use our power to change it or keep it the same.

If we have the power to change our experience or ask for God’s help in changing what we are sensitive to in the moment, what would you like to change today?  Share in the comments.