Stir up those gifts, reach out again for your destiny without fear and with full assurance of faith, knowing that God’s Spirit will grant the power, love, and self-discipline to accomplish it. You cannot stand off from a fire that has died down and command it to flame up....stir it up. -- Rev. Yvette Flunder, Daily Meditation, January 11, 2025
Hmmm...what active participation do I plan for me to do today? I'll Zoom into my 11:00 AM meeting, but how "active" is that? "Zoom" answers that.
I am realizing yet again the depth of the gift of learning to know myself, who I am and what I am all about. Self-acceptance is one of the many pearls beyond price that we earn yet find so hard to use.
My question to me was what active participation I plan for me today, and my thoughts immediately went to what I haven't done, don't do, should do, could do...with nary a glimmer of acceptance of me just as I am.
Well, here's me today: I give prayer time to California in their time of need, to the United States in our time of need; to the world in its time of need. I am available...when asked, I help others find the good they seek. I am blessed with the acceptance of the God of my understanding alive in my life. I do not think of that...no more than I think of the fact that I breathe...it is mine same as my breath.
As to my plan of action for today...I plan to call and congratulate my friend again on her 51st anniversary after which I'll throw a load of clothes in the wash, then watch football on TV. Hopefully, it'll be the Washington Commanders (is that their name now?), and they'll win their game.
Throughout my day, with and/or without conscious thought, I will invite news and views from friends and neighbors...phone, email, text. In a word, I'll make contact with other(s) as the spirit moves us.
See? Just as I was feeling less than wonderful about me and my day, I find I have a full day just being me. That's close enough to perfect for me and the God of my understanding.
Thank you.
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