SEEK GOD, SEE GOD

Blinding flash of the obvious: Gertrude's wrong is not what rides me, it is my thoughts about Gertrude's wrong that live as a bramble bush in my head. She is not responsible for my thoughts...I am.

This is for all of us who have been wronged, starting at birth and moving forward, at anytime or ever...and, unconsciously or consciously, live in resentment about that wrong: His wrong is not what rides us, it is our thoughts about her wrong that live as a bramble bush in our head. They are not responsible for our thoughts and/or feelings...we are.

It is in taking responsibility for our own thoughts and feelings that we invite our higher power into our thoughts, our feelings, our doings, our very being. We have long since learned that we, on our own, are powerless to upgrade them...we can only downgrade them. Even though we know downgrading leads to our own misery, we venture there...yet again and repeatedly.

There! Hear the trumpets blare! For there's the good news...misery is not optional. It is staying in misery that is optional. It is through crash and burn that we realize: Your very deep sense of failure is a sure sign that you are growing nearer to Me. ("God Calling," March 3)

With still more spiritual growth as our goal, we learn from each and every crash and burn that we are powerless, but God is not. Seek God, see God...in everything. Piles of dollars or cow piles...neither are of any significance all alone. It is God in our viewing that changes all.

Again we are reminded:  Upgrade our attitude, upgrade our problem.

Thank you.