dailydatewithgod

God is clear.  God is purposeful!  God is specific.  God calls us to embrace these same characteristics to the best of our ability.  The path that leads us to commence this way of life starts in our relationship with the Divine.  In my date time with God I often wondered why it became so important to me after we started that it be first thing in the morning.  Why not have a date at night?  That seems more fitting.  My relationship and interaction with God goes on all day long why is it important to me to have the most concentrated contact shortly after waking?  For me I realized that I wanted the first connection of my day to be with the One who sees me most clearly as my true self.  I desired to reach out and grab the hand of the Spirit that is excited that I have opened my eyes and taken my first breaths.  In the quiet hours of the early morning I am better able to concentrate on my time with just the two of us.  I am less cluttered in my mind with ideas and concerns.  Once in a while it is hard to get centered because of something on my mind, but I attribute that to my practice of nightly gratitude when my head hits the pillow. Also the self-examination which allows me to assert if through the course of my day I stuck close to God and if I did my work well as a messenger of love. When I have not, I place that in the hands of God while I sleep and wake up ready to try again the next day.  There is no right way to create a relationship with the Divine but I know that it is important to know exactly when the main connection time will occur.  My prayer for us today is that we value the exactness of God’s love in ourselves by honoring a time to be with the One who knows us all and loves us still.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

The Ultimate Creator took great care in designing you and all your faculties.  Detailed intelligence was used to set up the blueprint that lives within every one of your cells.  Not even a hair on your head was placed there carelessly.  With so much intention placed on every element that is you, is it possible that you are meant to have the same attention towards developing yourself?  It is up to us to continue the work begun by God.  Once we are given breath, we choose what movement follows.  God calls us to carry out with curiosity the fruition of our design.  God invites us to explore what it means to be present in this world with all the faculties at our disposal. God encourages us to embrace our lives with childlike wonder.  We are not supposed to know how to do everything or have it all figured out. We can take on an attitude of ingenuousness when we are willing to explore being present in our lives.  God wants to share in the joy of living.  If we think we already know what it is or what is in store then on some level we have stopped being present. God is in the present.  God calls us to relationship with the Divine at every present moment.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to carry out our ingenuous nature as we go through the day and discover the gift of being fully present with our Creator.  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen

God is transparent.  God is clear.  God sees through.  God is not dismayed by our attempts to act in smoke and mirrors but knows that we are.  God is not changed by our desire to hide or run.  God does not change who God is when we act contrary to our god-given nature.  We have the capability to face up to our stories, our realities of being in this world and our god-given nature.  The other day I read and laughed at loud at the truth of what I read: “If it is true that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, clearly God thinks I am more of a badass than I do.”  We are given the opportunity to face the truths of our life, good and bad, when we are ready.  We can choose not to and they will wait for us.  Our life is our life.  No one else is going to do it for us.  All the lessons in love are here for our growth and opportunity to draw closer to our maker.  When we face them we can clearly distinguish those elements that are truly ourselves and those that are a facade that have no true resonance in our hearts.  Until we face them we will not know the truth.  We will not be free.  I have spent much energy fighting the truth of my experience as an incest survivor because I didn’t want it to be true.  It was an experience that I had but it is not something that it is happening now.  It is something that I went through for a time and there are thinking repercussions but it does not define who I am because I am facing it.  I can see that it is the spiritual path through which I have come to know acceptance, freedom, forgiveness, compassion, and grace.  I used food to run from my body, I used sugar to escape my reality, and it started with facing those pieces first.  This is my path. It is a similar path to a lot of men and women but it does not define me.  It is about facing the circumstances of our lives and coming to know that we are not those circumstances.  We are so much greater than them.  The story is the smoke and mirrors. The reality is the transparency and clarity of love through which God sees us.  Every body has something that is their path and it is usually the one thing that they are fighting because in our physical world it is expected that we hide the parts of ourselves that are considered less than desirable.  But what if the circumstance of your life that you do not want to face is your ticket to freedom and fuller experience of love?  What if the thing you want to run from about yourself is your love lesson here on this planet?  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to be present to what we are asked to face in the moment of the day and ask God what we can learn about love from it.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God of All Knowing endures all unknowing.  God of all understanding endures all misunderstanding.  God of all magnificence endures all smallness. The duality of the world we live and exist in physically is not one that ruffles God’s feathers.  We might have a difficult time because we think we have to choose between one or the other.  We may struggle because we feel stuck in between two extremes.  We may define ourselves by identifying with one end of the spectrum versus the other.  God does not see it that way.  God sees wholeness.  God sees a rainbow of choices. God invites us to endure and see past the illusion of duality.  God asks us to see not with our mind that focuses on one or the other but with the heart that beats for it all.  We often don’t think we even have the strength to endure. That is when God takes our hand and says you are not alone, I AM here.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to trust that God’s power to endure surpasses our own and is freely offered through God’s inclusion in our lives.  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen

God is seamless!  God is unbounding!  God is irrefutable!  When we remember that we come from the place of honesty, truth, and authenticity we are able to engage more fully in love.  So much of the energy that we expend needlessly in this world is in pretending to be something we are not.  We do it in big and small ways.  The biggest way this has shown up for me is in how I edit myself so that I fit in with what I think are other’s expectations.  I learned as a little girl what was acceptable and got positive attention and what did not.  Others clearly didn’t care what kind of attention they got, but I wanted either positive or none at all.  I would rather be invisible than disliked.  Perhaps I already was carrying around too many messages of being wrong and at fault that I couldn’t handle any more confirmation.  This defense of character has served me very well in my life until it hasn’t.  The reason why isn’t so important anymore. If I truly believe that God created me to be me and not who I think or others think I should be, then what am I doing?  Why am I busy making myself or other people my God when I know in my heart of hearts who my One true beloved is?  I don’t go on a date every day with anyone else.  I don’t see anyone else showing up over and over in a so many ways I can never keep track.  I don’t experience the mercy in my heart coming from anyone than the One who created me.  Spirit has shown me on many levels that the greatest return I can give for the gift of my life is to live it authentically as me from my heart.  I think that is what BEING on a spiritual path is about.  We are all manifestations of God in our own unique fashion.  Why would I deprive the world of love in the only way that I can sincerely give it?  My prayer for us today is that we embrace the sincerity of who we are as a message of love to one another and ourselves.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God holds closely the hearts of his creation.  Within God’s hands lies the fullness and the sanctity that our souls crave. The restlessness that exists in our hearts can only be brought to a place of peace by the One who created our hearts.  We try valiantly to fill our hearts with what the world offers-affection, accolades, relationships, jobs, possessions, spiritual titles, and more.  These things may fill our cups for a while but only the love of Our Creator allows us to overflow with so much love that we cannot help but be who we are called to be.  Being filled with God’s love allows us the freedom to operate without fear.  It grants us the courage to share that of which we are made because we know nothing else is real.  My prayer for us today is that we be turn to God to fill our hearts so that we may live from the place of fullness of love.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God is the beauty of an exhale after a hard work out.  God is the grace of rain drops from steaming monsoon clouds hovering over a city.  God is the bounty of a field of dandelions that sing in the swing of the wind.  These subtle elements of being alive are what make God the grandest of all grand energies.  In a world that is always looking to the biggest, brightest, most outlandish demonstrations of greatness, the simplicity of God can be eluding.  God is the Greatest of All Greatness.  God is All There Is to Be.  God’s greatness is not in question, so there is the freedom to express the greatness in the subtlest forms.  Those subtle forms speak to the energy of our hearts.  The subtlety of a breath, a drop, and a swing in the wind can mean the world to those who are in most need of them.  God’s expressions of love knows no limit.  God’s demonstrations of truth and peace cannot be measured through comparison.  God’s work is exactly what is needed, when it is needed by those who look to God for their heart’s completion.  There is no mistake that when I am stuck in my head about something while driving home in traffic that the next car I am behind has a bumper sticker that says “Smile”, “Believe” or something that makes me smile.  It is not a mistake when I am not certain if I am where I am supposed to be that when I get there, I come across someone whose presence reminds me of God.  There are numerous “coincidences” and happenstance occurrences where God remains anonymous.  Our work is to begin to notice these God-incidences and trust that we are not alone.  It is not easy to believe in the subtlety of God, but it is a choice we can make.  My prayer for us today is that as we look back over our day and reflect on the subtleties, we can begin to recognize just how many God-incidences were present.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God is the beginning and the end.  God is the constant one.  God is not found anywhere but here in this moment and within our very hearts.  Sometimes it seems as though God is hard to find.  We see evidence of God’s absence all over the place. But is it truly God that is absent or us not being in our God-nature that is absent?  We like to blame God for things but as I have grown in my relationship with God I can see that those are simply manifestations of the work of humans because does not infringe upon our free will.  God is always offering a new beginning and we can commence on the path in either our ego-mind or in our hearts.  It sounds easy to choose our hearts and the mind of God but it is the surrender of our will (the certainty that we know what we know) that we fight.  Our head speaks the loudest and first. We are so used to listening without questioning.  This causes us to mistake the will of God for our own.  God speaks in the still soft voice.  To hear it we have to slow down and listen in the stillness.  Just like our heart beating.  We know it is happening but to actually hear it we need to get quiet and still.  When we do, we notice the rhythm and the flow that is happening inside of us.  It reassures us that no matter what life is presenting to us on the outside, the constancy of God’s love is alive and well within us.  In that moment we don’t need to know anything else and the ego that thrives off of knowing is lost.  My prayer for us today is that we be open to spending a few moments in the stillness within our hearts and be reminded of the eternal and constant love of God.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God of All Creation is present in all things.  The lover of life is poised to share that love which is why you are here reading this message.  We are all called to do the same.  As the creation of the Creator we posses the same confidence to share with all of humanity.  Everything we need is already inside of our very being.  In our hearts is the burning desire to connect with our creator.  In our souls is the writing of our design=LOVE. To live the expression of our desire and our design we need to poise ourselves and claim our birth right.  To be present and in our Godpoise means living from the truth of who we know ourselves to be in our hearts.  We are powerful because of our capacity to love.  We have this power because it was given to us by our Creator who is LOVE.  Sometimes it seems to me like the easiest or quickest fix is to separate, to see the difference, and to push away. At least that is what my ego-mind tells me. It is usually the first thought that comes into my head.  In my date time with God I learned the importance of the pause.  The pause allows me to notice the first couple of thoughts without acting on them.  To have this poise of mind gives me the freedom to act from my heart which sees only connection, similarities, and how to bring love in closer.  The more time I spend being and acting from my Godpoise, the more it seems the natural one.  It is like our date time is partly spent in mind-training by God.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to pause and step into our Godpoise and act from there.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God is the Power Center of all things in all directions.  God is present every where in every thing at every time.  There is no place we can go and not find God.  God is the direction that we need in our lives.  God is the compass through which we can direct our attention.  More than any message I get clearly from God over and over is Keep your eyes on Me Colleen.  No matter the situation or the circumstance it always comes back to where is God in this?  It says in the Christian Scriptures:  “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. ”  According to Jesus the only true direction I need in life is the direction that God has laid before me.  So why do we struggle so much to find our way?  It comes down to trust.  Either I believe God is everything or He isn’t.  It is a relationship that I have invested my time in. On date at a time has allowed me to trust the way I do.  It is knowing that when I show up each day for our date, God is there waiting with bated breath and very excited to see me.  One day at a time has encouraged me to be willing to trust that the direction I need will come from my relationship with God.  It is what gives me the courage to focus on God.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to look to God for the directions in our lives in the smallest of ways.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen