Now comes the part that makes the 'belly bitter'...the living of these truths. -- Joel Goldsmith
Oh, how true that is. It seems whenever I come upon those words, I am smackdab in the middle of "bitter belly" time.
There are so many less-than-wonderful happenings in my life right now that I do know, if only from my eyebrows up, that this time is vital to my spiritual growth...this is of God time. This is focus, pay attention, pray thank you and mean it time.
To debitter, sweeten. To strip bare, resist not. To pay attention, hug the ugly.
Ah, but to do any of those, first we must upgrade our attention...away from the disgruntled "godblessit" to the spiritual "God bless It."
When our scared self-pitying bewilderment is consciously gentled, our angry thoughts and feelings are out in the open. Linger not...hug them, kiss them on the lips and let them go.
We'll know we have made the inner turn when we consign them not to the devil...but to God. What else needs God...the Power greater than ourself...more than angry, spiteful, put-upon feelings!
This is the rough and rutted road back to that higher Power: This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
Thank you.
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