GOD'S "PROOF OF PURCHASE"

I have experienced this morning the essence of a two-track mind; i.e., the material mind and the spiritual mind running at the same time...duking it out, so to speak.

Naturally, Ruckus is involved...walking Ruckus and finding a "parking" space for him in all the snow. I found a cleared patch out on the front lawn, shot a thank you, and when he'd done his duty, I began to clean up. And fell over in the snow. Since I wasn't hurt, I started playing with Ruckus in the snow...with both of us loving it.

And here comes my two-track mind.

God in me was gleeful; I could sense the "Hallelujah Chorus" full-throat within me. My ego, however, had to enter in and was appalled...just sure that all the people in the surrounding buildings were standing at their windows watching me and judging that crazy old grey-haired lady out there wallowing in the snow...at 6:00 AM yet. God told my ego to hush already, my ego shot back, "Make me." My ego knows no deference.

Interestingly, Ruckus got tired before I did so we came on in.

Even more interesting, to me at any rate, I can still feel the pull from one side to the other. I focus on the free feeling of God in me playing in the snow, and it brings tears to my eyes. Then I think how I must've looked like a fool, what "they" must've thought, and I can feel my face getting hot.

Here's my gold...since Ruckus got tired before I did, I can be sure it wasn't my ego that won...and sent me inside. That's what I call God's "proof of purchase."  I love when I'm gifted with one.

Thank you.