The message below came for Unity's Daily Word.
My mind and heart are like fertile soil as I turn to God in prayer. Relaxing into the silence, I open my awareness to divine ideas, which lead me to manifest wholeness and abundance in my life.
Just as I might plant a tiny seed that will someday grow into a mighty tree, I plant the seeds of divine ideas within my consciousness through my thoughts and words. I feed these ideas with wisdom and enthusiasm, and I nurture them with my actions and interactions.
Guided and inspired by God, I am alert to all the new possibilities life presents. Giving thanks for right outcomes, I respond to life with passion as I mature mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Freedom
Freedom from our negative thought system does not change overnight even though we have spiritual tools. We spent a lifetime developing the negative judgmental thoughts and it will take some practice to stop them.
My solution as soon as I realize I am judging a situation is to stop myself immediately and repeat “the Christ in me see’s the Christ in them." Developing spiritual tools give us freedom from the old way of thinking. I call it stinking thinking.
12 step programs have steps that help us trust God, Clean house, and work with others on a daily basis. Cleaning our own house through an inventory of our wrongs and the willingness to make amends brings us freedom.
Freedom from the negative or hurtful behavior we had in our past before we started living from a spiritual set of tools. This freedom is unlike anything I can describe except it is so worth cleaning up the past and being in the present with God doing his work. Freedom from shame and pain is awesome.
12 step programs have the most cleansing way cleaning up the wreckage of our past and helping us to realize our part. Making amends is a freedom that will last a lifetime.
I was able to let all the skeletons out of my closet and make amends for the ones God presented to me. Talk about freedom....They no longer hang out in my subconscious holding me back from connecting to God.
Today and everyday I will ask myself at the end of the day if I need to make amends for anything I did that might have hurt someone. Then I set out the next day whenever possible to make amends. I also pray that if I hurt anyone and did not know it they will come to me and let me make an amends.
I must stay open and not take their inventory when they come to me, I must apologize for my behavior, no matter what theirs was. Trying to make them own their part is controlling and that is no longer my job. That is between them and God. GO GOD...
My solution as soon as I realize I am judging a situation is to stop myself immediately and repeat “the Christ in me see’s the Christ in them." Developing spiritual tools give us freedom from the old way of thinking. I call it stinking thinking.
12 step programs have steps that help us trust God, Clean house, and work with others on a daily basis. Cleaning our own house through an inventory of our wrongs and the willingness to make amends brings us freedom.
Freedom from the negative or hurtful behavior we had in our past before we started living from a spiritual set of tools. This freedom is unlike anything I can describe except it is so worth cleaning up the past and being in the present with God doing his work. Freedom from shame and pain is awesome.
12 step programs have the most cleansing way cleaning up the wreckage of our past and helping us to realize our part. Making amends is a freedom that will last a lifetime.
I was able to let all the skeletons out of my closet and make amends for the ones God presented to me. Talk about freedom....They no longer hang out in my subconscious holding me back from connecting to God.
Today and everyday I will ask myself at the end of the day if I need to make amends for anything I did that might have hurt someone. Then I set out the next day whenever possible to make amends. I also pray that if I hurt anyone and did not know it they will come to me and let me make an amends.
I must stay open and not take their inventory when they come to me, I must apologize for my behavior, no matter what theirs was. Trying to make them own their part is controlling and that is no longer my job. That is between them and God. GO GOD...
Staying In The Moment
Stay in the moment, stay in the moment, stay in the moment. How many times a day do I stop the chatter in my head and remind myself to get back to this very moment. I find myself many times a day thinking about something in my past that has already happened or in my future where it may never happen. God is not there. Then I am living in ego(edging God out)
Staying in the moment is where I create my future. What I do right now, not tomorrow will effect the results of my tomorrow. I can get so overwhelmed with things to do at home, work with friends, family that I overlook the people, places and things God has given to me right now.
Everything in this moment adds to the tapestry of life I am weaving. You are a part of it. We did not find each other by accident. God orchestrated us on this journey. I was in the moment and so were you and here we are.
This is the hardest thing for me to do. Our world is set up to make you work hard for what you could have if only...The ego wants to put you on a guilt trip so you regret the past and stay stuck trying to redo things already done. It also wants you to worry about your future. This conditioning is from our upbringing. It is not God's will for us.
I always whine "How can I stay in the present with so many things going on in my life?" I have learned a very good statement to make me catch myself fading out of the moment. "God, I am sorry I left you, I see what is right in front of me and I am going to be patient right where I am. I am not rehashing the past or worrying about the future. I will suit up and show up and I will participate in your will."
Sure we need to plan things in advance, such as what you will get from the grocery store for the week. We still set short term and long term goals but we focus on the action steps daily. Just do not let these things take you away from this very moment.
I challenge you to live 1 day and every hour review where your mind was and what was in front of you. I was at the doctor the other and bought a bottle of water from the vending machine. I was sitting in the waiting room drinking my drink when a lady started talking to me. I put down my book (grudgingly at first) and listened intently to her. In the conversation I learned she lived on a fixed income and didn't even have money until the first of the month to buy herself a bottle of water. I got a $1.00 bill out of my purse and gave it to her. She went and bought a coke. God put her in front of me even though I wanted to read my book. That is what Jesus would do.
My daughter has taught me to be grateful when someone is holding up traffic and I can't get to where I am going at the speed I want to go. Several times this week there has been an accident ahead of me and it could have been me in that accident.
The next time you find yourself impatient just remember there is something in front of you right now that you may be able to share your hope and faith with. Don't miss the opportunity to do God's will. You will be blessed many times over. GO GOD...
Staying in the moment is where I create my future. What I do right now, not tomorrow will effect the results of my tomorrow. I can get so overwhelmed with things to do at home, work with friends, family that I overlook the people, places and things God has given to me right now.
Everything in this moment adds to the tapestry of life I am weaving. You are a part of it. We did not find each other by accident. God orchestrated us on this journey. I was in the moment and so were you and here we are.
This is the hardest thing for me to do. Our world is set up to make you work hard for what you could have if only...The ego wants to put you on a guilt trip so you regret the past and stay stuck trying to redo things already done. It also wants you to worry about your future. This conditioning is from our upbringing. It is not God's will for us.
I always whine "How can I stay in the present with so many things going on in my life?" I have learned a very good statement to make me catch myself fading out of the moment. "God, I am sorry I left you, I see what is right in front of me and I am going to be patient right where I am. I am not rehashing the past or worrying about the future. I will suit up and show up and I will participate in your will."
Sure we need to plan things in advance, such as what you will get from the grocery store for the week. We still set short term and long term goals but we focus on the action steps daily. Just do not let these things take you away from this very moment.
I challenge you to live 1 day and every hour review where your mind was and what was in front of you. I was at the doctor the other and bought a bottle of water from the vending machine. I was sitting in the waiting room drinking my drink when a lady started talking to me. I put down my book (grudgingly at first) and listened intently to her. In the conversation I learned she lived on a fixed income and didn't even have money until the first of the month to buy herself a bottle of water. I got a $1.00 bill out of my purse and gave it to her. She went and bought a coke. God put her in front of me even though I wanted to read my book. That is what Jesus would do.
My daughter has taught me to be grateful when someone is holding up traffic and I can't get to where I am going at the speed I want to go. Several times this week there has been an accident ahead of me and it could have been me in that accident.
The next time you find yourself impatient just remember there is something in front of you right now that you may be able to share your hope and faith with. Don't miss the opportunity to do God's will. You will be blessed many times over. GO GOD...
Choices
Today I always try to let God guide my choices. When I remember this simple step I find strength in everything I need to address. I am also aware that God answers all my prayers. When I make a choice that appears to be wrong I just make another choice and then know it was God’s choice for me.
Many times I can’t see God’s will and I ask for a CLEAR VISUAL AID. I need this and God knows it. I always get my clear visual aid. Sometimes it turns out nothing like I thought it would be. My visual aides have come from people put in my life, someone on TV, someone at a spiritual class, a 12 step meeting or even a book. They are always put in front of me as long as I stay in the moment and be present I will hear exactly what I need to hear.
Many times I do make the wrong choice. Choices should be effortlessly. When I am struggling with an issue I have chosen the wrong path. Thanks to all the spiritual tools I have in my life I recognize it sooner and stop butting my head against the wall to force my will onto a situation. I love the added version of the serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (people, places and things)
The courage to change the things I can (me and only me)
and the wisdom to know the difference (keep my mouth shut and stay out of other people’s business)
I love having choices today but I always want to choose God’s will. To do this I ask for a miracle every time a situation comes up. I get in my car everyday and say “Sable we need a miracle today.” God knows I am talking to him about Sable.(that is what I call my car)
Right choices give me freedom. Freedom to live every moment in God's will. It guarantee's peace in any situation.
Many times I can’t see God’s will and I ask for a CLEAR VISUAL AID. I need this and God knows it. I always get my clear visual aid. Sometimes it turns out nothing like I thought it would be. My visual aides have come from people put in my life, someone on TV, someone at a spiritual class, a 12 step meeting or even a book. They are always put in front of me as long as I stay in the moment and be present I will hear exactly what I need to hear.
Many times I do make the wrong choice. Choices should be effortlessly. When I am struggling with an issue I have chosen the wrong path. Thanks to all the spiritual tools I have in my life I recognize it sooner and stop butting my head against the wall to force my will onto a situation. I love the added version of the serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (people, places and things)
The courage to change the things I can (me and only me)
and the wisdom to know the difference (keep my mouth shut and stay out of other people’s business)
I love having choices today but I always want to choose God’s will. To do this I ask for a miracle every time a situation comes up. I get in my car everyday and say “Sable we need a miracle today.” God knows I am talking to him about Sable.(that is what I call my car)
Right choices give me freedom. Freedom to live every moment in God's will. It guarantee's peace in any situation.
Grace- God Loves Me Right Where I Am
God loves me right where I am. As humans we are taught to excel in school, work for approval of others, work hard to get that promotion and work, work, work. By the time I hit 50 I was exhausted from all the people pleasing efforts.
Grace teaches me I do not have to earn God’s love. Like any child, we love them as much as humanly possible. God loves us even more. I don’t have to do anything special to be loved by God. I just need to remember to invite him in to my life every second I breathe.
I learned this when I was worried about my son and his drug use. Someone told me that God could love and be with him more than I could. It pissed me off at first to think someone could love my son more than I could. Then I found peace in this statement. I was grateful there is a power greater than me because I learned I was powerless. My son now has 4 years clean and sober of all mind altering drugs.
When my daughter lost her baby I was grateful for God’s power. I knew he could heal her and I could not. He did just that. Now she can talk about Leyna with loving memories.
Grace is for everyone. No matter what we have done God is not punishing us. He wants us to do his will so strongly he is always there with his hand out ready to take ours.
Today when I feel along I recognize faster that I have dropped his hand and I reach out immediately to hold his again.
Without God in my life I am alone. God gave me free will and I choose his will for me today. Go God.
Grace teaches me I do not have to earn God’s love. Like any child, we love them as much as humanly possible. God loves us even more. I don’t have to do anything special to be loved by God. I just need to remember to invite him in to my life every second I breathe.
I learned this when I was worried about my son and his drug use. Someone told me that God could love and be with him more than I could. It pissed me off at first to think someone could love my son more than I could. Then I found peace in this statement. I was grateful there is a power greater than me because I learned I was powerless. My son now has 4 years clean and sober of all mind altering drugs.
When my daughter lost her baby I was grateful for God’s power. I knew he could heal her and I could not. He did just that. Now she can talk about Leyna with loving memories.
Grace is for everyone. No matter what we have done God is not punishing us. He wants us to do his will so strongly he is always there with his hand out ready to take ours.
Today when I feel along I recognize faster that I have dropped his hand and I reach out immediately to hold his again.
Without God in my life I am alone. God gave me free will and I choose his will for me today. Go God.
Sitting On The Curb
I am so stubborn sometimes I forget to give God all my problems and then thank him in advance for giving me the guidance. Sometimes I think they are too small to turn over. The truth is I am trying to control the situation because I am controlling. I forget the serenity prayer where I am suppose to have the wisdom to know the difference. I can't control me half the time what makes me think I can control people, places and things.
I can just see God sitting on the curb watching me butt my head up against a wall doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When it hurts bad enough I remember to ask for his help.
Do I always ask for his help now that I know what to do? No. With the spiritual tools I have today I have learned to butt my head less and ask for the miracle a lot sooner.
Today notice what you are in charge of and see if God is there with you. Many times we think we have things under control just to have them rear their ugly heads again. Then I remember to ask for God’s will and not mine to be done.
Then and only then can I begin to find peace. The moral of the story is when you find yourself butting your head against the wall or doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results remember to take God’s hand and return to peace. Go God
I can just see God sitting on the curb watching me butt my head up against a wall doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When it hurts bad enough I remember to ask for his help.
Do I always ask for his help now that I know what to do? No. With the spiritual tools I have today I have learned to butt my head less and ask for the miracle a lot sooner.
Today notice what you are in charge of and see if God is there with you. Many times we think we have things under control just to have them rear their ugly heads again. Then I remember to ask for God’s will and not mine to be done.
Then and only then can I begin to find peace. The moral of the story is when you find yourself butting your head against the wall or doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results remember to take God’s hand and return to peace. Go God
Gratitude
I could write about Gratitude every day. Yesterday my dad gave me a vehicle to drive while his mechanic worked on my car. Not only did they get my water pump put on but they found the short in my electrical system that runs my fan. I now have an air conditioner and a car that does not run hot.
Gratitude defined in the dictionary means to be thankful. Boy do I have a lot to be thankful for. I try to read and journal at least 5 out of 7 days a week. At the end of each reading and journal I list 5 things I am grateful for. I heard this on Oprah back in 1996 so I started to do it. I can tell no matter how hard the day, week, or year sounds gratitude for the things that are right makes you feel like life is not so hard.
Sometimes I struggle to find 5 things and I would list "I breathed today." I am grateful for everything from my car got me around today to my beautiful 3 month old grandchildren are fabulous. It doesn't matter how big or small, gratitude reminds me of how thankful I am to have what I have.
I challenge you to try it. Even if you don't make time to read and journal make time to make a list everyday of the 5 things you are grateful for. Life will feel a little better no matter what is going on around you. Go God
Gratitude defined in the dictionary means to be thankful. Boy do I have a lot to be thankful for. I try to read and journal at least 5 out of 7 days a week. At the end of each reading and journal I list 5 things I am grateful for. I heard this on Oprah back in 1996 so I started to do it. I can tell no matter how hard the day, week, or year sounds gratitude for the things that are right makes you feel like life is not so hard.
Sometimes I struggle to find 5 things and I would list "I breathed today." I am grateful for everything from my car got me around today to my beautiful 3 month old grandchildren are fabulous. It doesn't matter how big or small, gratitude reminds me of how thankful I am to have what I have.
I challenge you to try it. Even if you don't make time to read and journal make time to make a list everyday of the 5 things you are grateful for. Life will feel a little better no matter what is going on around you. Go God
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Life on Life's Terms
Many times things happen to make me ask why? It is usually something being taken away and I think I need it, or I am not getting something I think I need. Either way I am not in God’s will for me when I am wondering why? A better question is, "What is my part to do in this."
When I worry and judge I am in ego.(Edging God Out) God cannot reward me when I am judging his children or his creations.
Life on life’s terms are going to throw us curve balls. Remember God will not drop you. He didn’t bring you this far to drop you now. All he needs is an invite into your situation and he will hold your hand every step of the way.
Remember to go to your spiritual tool box when you come up against one of Life on Life's Terms situations. You have spiritual tools now that you didn’t before when dealing with life. With God’s help you can still find peace even when it feels like the house is falling down all around you. Grab God’s hand the next time you feel like you are falling and ask him for a miracle. He has an unlimited supply. He loves to give to his children.
Life on life's terms is not punishment, it is the opportunity to walk with God hand in hand and watch your growth in a situation. After you grow, people who need your faith and hope will be put into your life for you to share your experience with them. This is God in action. No matter how bad it seems now it WILL get easier. If it didn't none of us would stick around. Don't leave before the miracle happens. GO GOD
When I worry and judge I am in ego.(Edging God Out) God cannot reward me when I am judging his children or his creations.
Life on life’s terms are going to throw us curve balls. Remember God will not drop you. He didn’t bring you this far to drop you now. All he needs is an invite into your situation and he will hold your hand every step of the way.
Remember to go to your spiritual tool box when you come up against one of Life on Life's Terms situations. You have spiritual tools now that you didn’t before when dealing with life. With God’s help you can still find peace even when it feels like the house is falling down all around you. Grab God’s hand the next time you feel like you are falling and ask him for a miracle. He has an unlimited supply. He loves to give to his children.
Life on life's terms is not punishment, it is the opportunity to walk with God hand in hand and watch your growth in a situation. After you grow, people who need your faith and hope will be put into your life for you to share your experience with them. This is God in action. No matter how bad it seems now it WILL get easier. If it didn't none of us would stick around. Don't leave before the miracle happens. GO GOD
Where Is My Visual Aid
OK…I admit I don’t take hints very well. I never have. It must be the blonde in me. When I first started my spiritual journey I was only connected to God through prayer. I did all the talking. Then I started to notice answers to my prayers showed up in conversations with people, someone on TV, or reading from a book. I found it was to hard to get still and be quiet to listen to God.
Then I found meditation. Being the perfectionist that I am I went to the library to get all the tapes and books I could get my hands on to learn how to meditate. I learned meditation is when I listen to God. Prayer is when I talk to God. Very big difference. I didn’t get very good at it until I joined a group that practiced meditation on a weekly basis. I signed up.
Until meditation I wandered around asking God for visual aids and I got them. Today I ask for a clear visual aid from God because I still have the blonde syndrome. I would love to say I meditate everyday but I don’t. True in depth meditation only comes when I am in a lot of stress over a situation and want peace. Then I take time to stop and meditate properly. Most of the time I pray and just be still as I am going to sleep. I get answers in my sleep too. People ask sometime, how do you know it is an answer from God. I say, because if it was my answer I wouldn’t have needed to ask for help I would have known what to do.
I have many spiritual tools today to live my life from a place of peace and joy. No matter what the circumstances are around me. My job is to suit up and show up and do my part and sometimes that is as simple as turning it over. With my spiritual tool box there is always another tool to achieve this as long as I do the foot work.
I was told to not get attached to a certain answer or way of doing something as God would reveal to me the perfect answer. His will. Yes I still have my own free will and when I chose it God just sits on the curb waiting for me to take his hand and continue on my journey with him as my pilot. I try to hang on to that hand all day long and the more I practice the better I get at it.
When I feel alone or scared I just yell out Where is my clear visual aid? I always get it.
GO GOD
Then I found meditation. Being the perfectionist that I am I went to the library to get all the tapes and books I could get my hands on to learn how to meditate. I learned meditation is when I listen to God. Prayer is when I talk to God. Very big difference. I didn’t get very good at it until I joined a group that practiced meditation on a weekly basis. I signed up.
Until meditation I wandered around asking God for visual aids and I got them. Today I ask for a clear visual aid from God because I still have the blonde syndrome. I would love to say I meditate everyday but I don’t. True in depth meditation only comes when I am in a lot of stress over a situation and want peace. Then I take time to stop and meditate properly. Most of the time I pray and just be still as I am going to sleep. I get answers in my sleep too. People ask sometime, how do you know it is an answer from God. I say, because if it was my answer I wouldn’t have needed to ask for help I would have known what to do.
I have many spiritual tools today to live my life from a place of peace and joy. No matter what the circumstances are around me. My job is to suit up and show up and do my part and sometimes that is as simple as turning it over. With my spiritual tool box there is always another tool to achieve this as long as I do the foot work.
I was told to not get attached to a certain answer or way of doing something as God would reveal to me the perfect answer. His will. Yes I still have my own free will and when I chose it God just sits on the curb waiting for me to take his hand and continue on my journey with him as my pilot. I try to hang on to that hand all day long and the more I practice the better I get at it.
When I feel alone or scared I just yell out Where is my clear visual aid? I always get it.
GO GOD
Turning It Over
Turning it over for me means giving it to God. I have always heard if I am worrying about something turn it over to God. If it is too small to turn over to God then stop worrying. I discovered turning it over is harder than it sounds.
In human form I have this committee in my head that talks even when I am trying to do something else. It amazes me that I can read a paragraph word for word and not remember a word I read. This is because my multi tasking mind has left the present moment and is lost somewhere in conversation land; either in the past or the future. I am discussing things that have already been said or things that might happen in the future if I live that long. What A WASTE OF TIME.
God is in the here and now. So here are some of the ways I turn things over. I write down the problem and persons that are causing me distress and then light a match to the paper. It symbolizes me turning it over to God. Letting it go up in ashes. I have also tied it to a helium balloon and let it float up into the heavens. Does that make me forget about the problem? No, it still pops into my head. This is where my spiritual tools kick in. Now I just say, “Sorry God I took it back for a moment I am turning it back over to you…” Then I get to go about my day until it pops in my head again. So I just repeat. HA-LELUIA
I no longer have to let the person, place or thing ruin my day. I don’t want to stray out of the moment and miss the opportunities God has put in my path. God is only in the moment so when I check out I am living from ego. (edging God Out)
The bad news is this turning it over stuff can be hard. The good news is, it is only as hard as I make it. How much pain or anger do I want to be in today? Oh, that’s right. I have a choice. I think I will choose peace and love. God has that amazing way of turning darkness to light which changes fear into love. Unconditional love is the only way to peace. I choose love in all my situations today. No matter what the behavior of the other person might be.
That spiritual toolbox of mine is just loaded with great tools.
In human form I have this committee in my head that talks even when I am trying to do something else. It amazes me that I can read a paragraph word for word and not remember a word I read. This is because my multi tasking mind has left the present moment and is lost somewhere in conversation land; either in the past or the future. I am discussing things that have already been said or things that might happen in the future if I live that long. What A WASTE OF TIME.
God is in the here and now. So here are some of the ways I turn things over. I write down the problem and persons that are causing me distress and then light a match to the paper. It symbolizes me turning it over to God. Letting it go up in ashes. I have also tied it to a helium balloon and let it float up into the heavens. Does that make me forget about the problem? No, it still pops into my head. This is where my spiritual tools kick in. Now I just say, “Sorry God I took it back for a moment I am turning it back over to you…” Then I get to go about my day until it pops in my head again. So I just repeat. HA-LELUIA
I no longer have to let the person, place or thing ruin my day. I don’t want to stray out of the moment and miss the opportunities God has put in my path. God is only in the moment so when I check out I am living from ego. (edging God Out)
The bad news is this turning it over stuff can be hard. The good news is, it is only as hard as I make it. How much pain or anger do I want to be in today? Oh, that’s right. I have a choice. I think I will choose peace and love. God has that amazing way of turning darkness to light which changes fear into love. Unconditional love is the only way to peace. I choose love in all my situations today. No matter what the behavior of the other person might be.
That spiritual toolbox of mine is just loaded with great tools.
Communication
Well today was definitely a lesson in communication. At work the office was full of chaos because people who needed to be in the know were not informed. We looked very unorganized to our customers because we were. A little prayer "God help me do my best today" came in handy.
I communicated to my dad that my car was leaking water consistently even when it is not running. He gave me a van to use until they could look at it. He discovered the water pump had gone bad. That was a relief that it wasn't something bigger. He gave me transportation which was a gift. I have no driving options when my car goes down.
Later in the day, since I had a reliable vehicle, I went to IRS to try and get things figured out with them. My prayer there was simply, Thank you God for hooking me up with the best customer service rep. Talk about good communication, I had the sweetest customer service rep. She went over all the documentation I had from the IRS explaining what they did and what I needed to do to correct it. Wow, that was easy. I learned something valuable. If you work with them they will work with you. They want their records to be correct. I was so dreading it. I think I put them on a pedestal and thought they may hurt me. They don't bite. The only requirement to work at IRS is to fill out an application. They are not God. Ok, that tradition relaxed me.
While I was at IRS I had to turn my phone off and I forgot to turn it back on. The shop tried to locate me to make deliveries Wednesday night. Thank goodness I contacted them when I realized what time it was. Boy did they have a lot of delivery's for me. I had to drive to Kennesaw and Mableton. I was to deliver dies at 3 places and pick up dies at two places. When I got to both pick up places no one there new which dies I was suppose to get. My guy just said you are picking up. I learned next time to ask, what am I picking up and who do I see. When I called our guy back he did not have answers to these questions so we wandered around plants trying to guess what I was suppose to do.
Communication was definitely my lesson for today. Part of the day it went great, part of it was off the mark. At least I was able to realize this and instead of getting mad at the incompetent people I was dealing with I just tried to communicate clearer so they understood what I needed. People are not mind readers. If I don't communicate what I need they can't give it to me. This does not mean I expect everyone to give me what I want but at least I communicated to them and did not expect them to read my mind.
What a good day. I got to practice my spiritual tools a lot today. I am so grateful to have them in my life today. GO GOD....
I communicated to my dad that my car was leaking water consistently even when it is not running. He gave me a van to use until they could look at it. He discovered the water pump had gone bad. That was a relief that it wasn't something bigger. He gave me transportation which was a gift. I have no driving options when my car goes down.
Later in the day, since I had a reliable vehicle, I went to IRS to try and get things figured out with them. My prayer there was simply, Thank you God for hooking me up with the best customer service rep. Talk about good communication, I had the sweetest customer service rep. She went over all the documentation I had from the IRS explaining what they did and what I needed to do to correct it. Wow, that was easy. I learned something valuable. If you work with them they will work with you. They want their records to be correct. I was so dreading it. I think I put them on a pedestal and thought they may hurt me. They don't bite. The only requirement to work at IRS is to fill out an application. They are not God. Ok, that tradition relaxed me.
While I was at IRS I had to turn my phone off and I forgot to turn it back on. The shop tried to locate me to make deliveries Wednesday night. Thank goodness I contacted them when I realized what time it was. Boy did they have a lot of delivery's for me. I had to drive to Kennesaw and Mableton. I was to deliver dies at 3 places and pick up dies at two places. When I got to both pick up places no one there new which dies I was suppose to get. My guy just said you are picking up. I learned next time to ask, what am I picking up and who do I see. When I called our guy back he did not have answers to these questions so we wandered around plants trying to guess what I was suppose to do.
Communication was definitely my lesson for today. Part of the day it went great, part of it was off the mark. At least I was able to realize this and instead of getting mad at the incompetent people I was dealing with I just tried to communicate clearer so they understood what I needed. People are not mind readers. If I don't communicate what I need they can't give it to me. This does not mean I expect everyone to give me what I want but at least I communicated to them and did not expect them to read my mind.
What a good day. I got to practice my spiritual tools a lot today. I am so grateful to have them in my life today. GO GOD....
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Patience Donya... Spiritual Patience
Webster says patience is an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. Yep that describes where I need to be. I am not.
My most nonspiritual moments are in the car when people are just in my way. By law they are not suppose to be in the lane they are in driving as slow as they are driving. Maybe I should buy a blue light and a pad of tickets to issue. What good is passing a law if the law is not going to enforce it. That is my nonspiritual patience.
My daughter has reminded me on occasion that maybe I am missing being in an accident up ahead when the car I am fussing about is in my way.
Another concept is I have left God. God is not in frustration. He is only in unconditional love. I shift to a nicer person when I see it is an older person. I think oh, it is just a grandma or grandpa that is afraid to drive to fast. I show them unconditional love but no one else.
This leaving God concept is what bothers me. I am spiritually practicing turning any frustrations, anger or fear over to God just as soon as I experience it. I no longer like to stay in the drama that goes along with using my ego self. I am starting to catch myself before I let the negative emotion take me over and ruin my hour, my day or my week. That is progress.
It burns more calories to be happy and laugh than it does to be mad and rant and rave or hold it in. Holding it in causes disease because the damaged cells in my body are released. This is not how God intended me to be. He wants me to be happy, joyous and at peace. Happiness creates endorphins that release good cells and they reginerate healthier in your body.
The only way this is going to happen is continuing to practice patience when in a situation confronted with what I PERCEIVE as frustration or delay.
God is only in the moment and the rest is all ego... Today I will practice staying in the moment and loving all the opportunities of people, places and things that God has put in my life. I have something to give to them and they do to me also. GO GOD....
My most nonspiritual moments are in the car when people are just in my way. By law they are not suppose to be in the lane they are in driving as slow as they are driving. Maybe I should buy a blue light and a pad of tickets to issue. What good is passing a law if the law is not going to enforce it. That is my nonspiritual patience.
My daughter has reminded me on occasion that maybe I am missing being in an accident up ahead when the car I am fussing about is in my way.
Another concept is I have left God. God is not in frustration. He is only in unconditional love. I shift to a nicer person when I see it is an older person. I think oh, it is just a grandma or grandpa that is afraid to drive to fast. I show them unconditional love but no one else.
This leaving God concept is what bothers me. I am spiritually practicing turning any frustrations, anger or fear over to God just as soon as I experience it. I no longer like to stay in the drama that goes along with using my ego self. I am starting to catch myself before I let the negative emotion take me over and ruin my hour, my day or my week. That is progress.
It burns more calories to be happy and laugh than it does to be mad and rant and rave or hold it in. Holding it in causes disease because the damaged cells in my body are released. This is not how God intended me to be. He wants me to be happy, joyous and at peace. Happiness creates endorphins that release good cells and they reginerate healthier in your body.
The only way this is going to happen is continuing to practice patience when in a situation confronted with what I PERCEIVE as frustration or delay.
God is only in the moment and the rest is all ego... Today I will practice staying in the moment and loving all the opportunities of people, places and things that God has put in my life. I have something to give to them and they do to me also. GO GOD....
Monday, April 26, 2010
What Is Spirituality To Me
What is spirituality to me? To me, it is a close relationship with a power greater than me and everyone else I know. It happens when I take the time out of my day to stop and do something to add to my spiritual bank account. It can be a simple prayer, meditation where I get quiet and let God speak through me, I can attend a spiritual event where everyone is sharing their relationship with God or I can just be in the very moment enjoying the people, places and things God has put in front of me.
Spirituality is when the energy of my soul connects with its real father, God. When I am out of patience and the message I get is "Donya, how would Jesus handle this situation?" It certainly was not the way I was handling it. Impatience, frustration, aggravation, judgment are just a few of the things that take me away from my spiritual being.
When I get this way I realize I have split off from God and have wandered into ego (edging God out). Some people refer to that part of us as evil or the devil. I prefer ego because that is exactly what I am doing. Edging God Out.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a spiritual being having a human experience. I am not a human being having a spiritual experience. I was a spiritual being way before I ever manifested into human form.
I chose the family I was born into so I would have the experiences that I had to be where I am today. I love where I am. I know beyond a shadow of doubt that God is with me all the time. When I let him. He is my father and fathers only want the best for their children.
Sometimes when life on life's terms hit you in the face it is hard to see God in the moment. That is because my fear sets in and ego has taken over. God has not brought me this far to drop me now. GO GOD....
Today I am grateful to have such a wonderful father who I know will always take care of my needs and many of my wants.
Spirituality is when the energy of my soul connects with its real father, God. When I am out of patience and the message I get is "Donya, how would Jesus handle this situation?" It certainly was not the way I was handling it. Impatience, frustration, aggravation, judgment are just a few of the things that take me away from my spiritual being.
When I get this way I realize I have split off from God and have wandered into ego (edging God out). Some people refer to that part of us as evil or the devil. I prefer ego because that is exactly what I am doing. Edging God Out.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a spiritual being having a human experience. I am not a human being having a spiritual experience. I was a spiritual being way before I ever manifested into human form.
I chose the family I was born into so I would have the experiences that I had to be where I am today. I love where I am. I know beyond a shadow of doubt that God is with me all the time. When I let him. He is my father and fathers only want the best for their children.
Sometimes when life on life's terms hit you in the face it is hard to see God in the moment. That is because my fear sets in and ego has taken over. God has not brought me this far to drop me now. GO GOD....
Today I am grateful to have such a wonderful father who I know will always take care of my needs and many of my wants.
Friday, April 23, 2010
What Happened to My Fear
While in the midst of several crises I am at peace. Wow, that is a different place to be. I have heard that when I grow spiritually, fear of financial insecurity will leave me but now I am experiencing it. My heart is not racing and there is no committee of people having conversations in my head of what I woulda, shoulda, coulda done to stop this.
Where did this peace come from? I have been growing spiritually since 1993. This was when I started building a personal relationship with a higher power I call God. I have been religious all my life but I was missing something. It turned out to be a spiritual connection. The path that lead to this started in September of 1992 when Oprah had a person named Marianne Williams on her show talking about a book that was #1 on the New York Sellers list called "Return to Love." I immediately bought the book and started reading it. I couldn't put it down. It spoke of a loving God not a punishing God. That is what resonated with my soul. That is what Iwas missing in my life.
I soon met others that were on a similar quest as me. They kept telling me to meditate. I wasn't sure how that worked so I went to the library and got every tape they had on the subject. I was on a mission now. I didn't have a clue what the mission was but I was opening up from my soul like I never experienced before. I now know that prayer is when I talk to God but meditation is when I get still, quiet my mind and listen to God. This has opened up a way to have a direct relationship with God and learn his will for me on a daily basis.
I have learned he does not want me to live in fear. I have been working on that one for years. Today I have an old car that is causing me to be unable to drive far distances. It is now running hot and I suspect it is about to blow an engine. Instead of fear I have a towing service phone number and $65 to have it towed should it decided to die. That is just dealing with life on life's terms.
I also have IRS wanting me to pay taxes on income I didn't earn. Try to get them to change their records. That is like cutting out your teeth with sissors. Ouch...What can I do here. Borrow a car that will let me drive in traffic and go visit them armed with all my records. Look out IRS here I come.
I have learned that my job is to suit up and show and God is in charge of the results. Did I have fear when these things popped up in my life. Of course. I would love to say I always go straight from fear to faith but I am just not there yet, all of the time. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
What I have learned to do is get quiet and pray to God to show me my part. When I get quiet I can get answers that come from God. How do I know it is from God? Usually it is not anything I would have thought of. It can't be my idea, I don't think that sanely. Once I have an answer I am ready to do my part of the action.
This is just a few examples of the ways I deal with life on life's terms today. It is a very peaceful place to be. When I am at peace, I can stay in the moment and see all the joy God has put right in front of me. This very moment is where God is and as long as I am there I have all the help I need to deal with any problem. Go GOD!!!
Where did this peace come from? I have been growing spiritually since 1993. This was when I started building a personal relationship with a higher power I call God. I have been religious all my life but I was missing something. It turned out to be a spiritual connection. The path that lead to this started in September of 1992 when Oprah had a person named Marianne Williams on her show talking about a book that was #1 on the New York Sellers list called "Return to Love." I immediately bought the book and started reading it. I couldn't put it down. It spoke of a loving God not a punishing God. That is what resonated with my soul. That is what Iwas missing in my life.
I soon met others that were on a similar quest as me. They kept telling me to meditate. I wasn't sure how that worked so I went to the library and got every tape they had on the subject. I was on a mission now. I didn't have a clue what the mission was but I was opening up from my soul like I never experienced before. I now know that prayer is when I talk to God but meditation is when I get still, quiet my mind and listen to God. This has opened up a way to have a direct relationship with God and learn his will for me on a daily basis.
I have learned he does not want me to live in fear. I have been working on that one for years. Today I have an old car that is causing me to be unable to drive far distances. It is now running hot and I suspect it is about to blow an engine. Instead of fear I have a towing service phone number and $65 to have it towed should it decided to die. That is just dealing with life on life's terms.
I also have IRS wanting me to pay taxes on income I didn't earn. Try to get them to change their records. That is like cutting out your teeth with sissors. Ouch...What can I do here. Borrow a car that will let me drive in traffic and go visit them armed with all my records. Look out IRS here I come.
I have learned that my job is to suit up and show and God is in charge of the results. Did I have fear when these things popped up in my life. Of course. I would love to say I always go straight from fear to faith but I am just not there yet, all of the time. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
What I have learned to do is get quiet and pray to God to show me my part. When I get quiet I can get answers that come from God. How do I know it is from God? Usually it is not anything I would have thought of. It can't be my idea, I don't think that sanely. Once I have an answer I am ready to do my part of the action.
This is just a few examples of the ways I deal with life on life's terms today. It is a very peaceful place to be. When I am at peace, I can stay in the moment and see all the joy God has put right in front of me. This very moment is where God is and as long as I am there I have all the help I need to deal with any problem. Go GOD!!!
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This is simply an outlet for sharing my spiritual growth with God as I go through my journey as a human on this earth. I hope you too will consider blogging and invite me to grow with you on your journey.
Buckle your seat belts, here we go...
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