They do not believe who do not live by their belief. --Anonymous
When you seek to follow Me in all, it means a complete reversion of the way of the world you have hitherto followed. -- "God Calling," January 28
It seems to be the human condition that when we find ourself less-than-happy in our life, we seek a new way...a "fix." Then, when we get our self-determined "fix," we fight it tooth and toenail.
The key is in those two words "human condition." The human condition is the ego's Motel 6 with its leaky roof, lumpy mattress and day-old coffee, but what the hey, it's home...or our hidey-hole.
We stumble-bumble again into possibly the hardest thing life is ever going to ask of us...that we change our mind. The life that is asking this is our own! We, our very own self, know that "something ain't right"...we're walking around feeling like our skin's on crooked, that can't be right.
All the while, the secret to peace of mind is sealed up within us...all the happiness there is is already ours. That sense of security we gained sometime back...well, it split. Without even a buh-bye.
The great and glorious news is that false sense of security had to split, had to leave us. It was built on self-determination, luck and love...as we understood it at the time.
Now we are at decision time...that place of "complete reversion" for which we unknowingly dread and pray. Our reasoning mind could never be a party to this...ah, but God can.
We are in the process of proving that God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf.
All we need do is crash-and-burn, have nowhere to go, no one to turn to...feel unloved unwanted, unneeded and unappreciated...completely powerless and completely unplanned.
It is only in looking back at our life, at the precious gift of our life, that we can recognize, realize, I am Now and ever was a beloved child of God.
Now we do believe. Now we do live by that belief. And imperfectly if we're doing it right.
Thank you.
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