My pen stroke is light and sweeps across the tablet of your life, – outlining your path, forming your words, sketching your beauty. Picture Me, your Great Creator, adoring My design: YOU. Do you not see and marvel at the intricacy of My creation? Your physical self, your mind, your dreams….they are tightly interwoven with Me. You and I are part of each other. I am not distant, nor do I frown upon you. I delight in My Creation. My hope is for you to recognize the Greatness within. Don’t try to bury the Light or tuck it away in misguided shyness or self-consciousness. Beam with our united presence in every step you take today, lighting the rooms you enter.
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Down Time
How you define usefulness and how I judge are not always the same thing. You are prone and programmed to measure by volume of tasks completed and number of goals achieved. I may only ask for minimal things, wanting instead for you to spend loving, quality time with Me or with others. It’s okay to slow your pace down for a while. When I give you opportunities for space like this, take advantage of it. I designed “down time” to help restore and replenish your soul. Take a right turn on Easy Street for a pleasant detour, and stop driving yourself so hard for a change. Delight in My Presence and in your surroundings. Acknowledge Me as your vision and appreciation for the little things opens up, widening your perspective. Take it easy, storing up treasures of energy for another day when it will be needed.
Allow Me to Take Over
You don’t need to seek some sort of ‘magical formula’ from Me to experience joy or goodness. Light is all around you, and accessible to you at any time. Perhaps you need to set aside your troubles for a while. Take a break from all the worry and stress by placing these cares into My capable hands. Allow yourself to take in a deep breath. Release. Soak in the comfort I offer you by lifting those burdens, even if you can only imagine this as a temporal thing. Try it now. Breath in deeply, embracing and packaging up all that burdens you and weighs you down. Hold that breath as you gather multiple items of concern and place it in a package to deliver directly to Me. Then release that breath, sending every item on for Me to unpack and address for you. As you relax and breath more and more easily, focus intently on the LIGHT infusing all around you. This is My Presence. Allow Me to take over. Ask Me to be in charge. Invite Me to show you how much I care about your every concern. As you do this, see how you become the Light you so long for by allowing Me in.
I Remain
I have been calling to you, – singing to you! Sometimes you hear Me so clearly, and other times I am distant background music covered by the noise and busy-ness going on in your head. I don’t fault you for that. It’s human nature to be so preoccupied that you become unaware of Me, and distant from My reassuring voice. Still, I remain. Remain faithful, holy, omnipotent. PRESENT. Loving. Patient. I wait for you, yearning to communicate as One.
Listen for My still, small voice.
You are important to me! Yes, you. I need you in this world to be My hands and feet. I need you to be the voice of tenderness and compassion. I need you to reason with the unreasonable, pardon the unpardonable, and love the unlovable. I also sing to you a love song, greater than any you have ever known or heard. Bring Me your darkest concerns, your ugliest thoughts – allow Me to shed light on them and wash you clean. Let Me bathe you in Grace. Stop striving so hard on your own. You are not alone in this world. Stop, and listen for My song to you. I have never left your side.
The Hike
Remember, – you have Me already with you. Remember, – I am your guide. In difficult encounters today, stop. Calm yourself inside, and gather My thoughts on what to say, when and where to move, how to act. I lead you down the high road. I’ll show you ways to climb over or go around barriers. It might involve saying less, – being less reactive or defensive, – and electing to be more submissive for a change. Like a child who is too small to complete this hike alone, I can pull you up over the hard and seemingly impassible boulders. I can also put you on My shoulders so that you can enjoy the expansive view. Take it in. I will feed you all that is needed to sustain you until we reach our destination together, safely. What wonders you will see and experience with Me!
More than Presentable
You must take courage to admit your failings to Me. I watch you trying so hard to “do things right” all the time. I appreciate and value your attempts, because I know you do so out of love and honor for Me. But I long to do different works in you – ones that can only be accomplished in your frailty. Come to Me in all your brokenness. Release your WHOLE life to My care, not just offering what you feel is “presentable”. I will help pick up the pieces. Not one speck of dust from the acts and experiences that have crushed your spirit goes unnoticed or unattended by Me. I love you as you are. I never expect perfection. Your vulnerability, aches, annoyances, and disappointments matter greatly to Me. Release them to My hands, and be confident that I can restore you to a new wholeness. See how I make all things NEW.
Striving
My child, – your busy-ness concerns Me. I designed you for a balance between activity, service, and replenishment. Are you as devoted to Me as you’d like to be when you are over-run with your To-Do list? Taking time out for rest and simple, pure enjoyment of your surroundings is of equal value in My eyes. Stop all your striving for a change. If you could only see and trust how deep My love runs for you…and rest in the comfort of this Goodness…you would hear My voice again. Hear it in the bird’s song. See it in the quiet light of morning. Be comforted. Strip away all the clamor in your head trying to convince you of the tasks beckoning for your attention. It’s okay to do LESS sometimes, especially if you exchange that for time with Me. Come to the well; dip your cup in and drink of Me. Know that this is enough. You don’t have to be constantly accomplishing something in order to be loved by Me. Drink in the Goodness, and know that you are part of it. Soak in My Presence, and see how this quiet sensitivity to My Presence in your environment calms you and perfects the moment.
Seek My Vision
I have spoken clearly to you for a reason. Hear Me, child of Mine: My words are written and spoken not just for your comfort and guidance, but also for your protection. It is easy to become side-tracked and annoyed with life’s irritations, or the race of tasks you have deemed as ‘important’ to accomplish. I have designed you for so much more than all of that. Be bold when I need you to be. Be humbled in your attitude when it comes to service toward others. Self-righteousness is an ugly property, – be cautious whenever you are contemplating judgement of others and their ways. Leave the judging up to Me. Seek My Vision – and know that when you do so we walk in partnership as you carry it out.
Not Elusive
Take time daily just to listen. I crave speaking to you as much as you crave hearing Me. My words are simple; don’t try to make complex interpretations as if I am a scheming Lord trying to trick or elude you. You do not need to pass tests to find My Love for you. Each day I will guide your steps and show you the way to walk. Greet others along the way with Holy Love. Stop pressuring yourself with perfection. Attentive listening to others is enough. Show kindness in that. Measure kindness in full back to yourself, as well. Forgive, love, and bear with one another. This is enough.
Interwoven
Grip My hand. Talk to Me constantly. Feel the Power of My Presence surge through that grip and into your innermost being, strengthening you: moment by moment…task by task…conversation after conversation. You and I, – tightly interwoven (regardless of how you look, think, or feel). When pain surges through your body, squeeze My hand tightly. When irritations threaten to take over, whisper to Me. I’m already there, seeing it and experiencing it with you. When it feels like too much, lean on Me and I will take over the rest. Always enough for you. Always there for you. Never alone. My kingdom come, My will be done on earth as in heaven. You and I are a powerful duo, – making that happen. Purpose in every day. Tight grips.
Spoken to Me 