Coming into my fiftieth year of seeking still more spiritual growth, I ponder some of the mind-changers I've been gifted with. Without doubt, the single most important thing, the life-changer, I got was the permission to build the God of my own understanding.
From the day I realized that permission, I began listening for Him. (And He remains male purely for my convenience...it proved too much for me to remember, attempting to change gender in the midst of simply coming to believe.)
A few messages I flashed on or heard or read:
- If the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you, that would suffice.
- We don't get to God by doing it right, we get to God by doing it wrong.
- Resist not evil.
- Try not to be as nasty as you want to be.
- Fear is God in camouflage...nothing turns me to God faster than fear.
- Spiritual truth must be proved.
- We must go beyond reason to love.
- If we're feeling stuck, we are not standing still...we are moving backward.
- What we see is always ourself.
- God is not available on demand.
There are so many more, but the one from our personal big book that relieves the 3:00 AM rues, regrets and remorses is my gold: Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession we have...the key to life and happiness for others.
There it is. The secret to a happy, joyous and free life in two words...for others.
Thank you.
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