“Where there is great love there are always miracles.” – Willa Cather
And, where there are miracles, there is God. A miracle is a change in perception – God and love are instrumental in effecting that.
Dear Spirit of the Most High –
Enfold me in Your Love and Your Grace so that I may perceive and be transformed by the countless miracles that abound. Thank You, thank You, thank You.
Daily Thoughts from Guideposts, December 16, 2009
A Time to Think
“This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.” – Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), English novelist.
To Act
“Whenever disappointment or anxiety come, repeat: “I am not alone.””
My tag line for my business as The Computer Therapist and more recently for The Computer Spirit has always been “You are not alone.” This statement has great meaning for me…
Before I walked into the 12 Step community almost 20 years ago, I often felt alone in this vast world. With no belief in God, trying to manage my life and my relationships with my limited (if any) power, there were times when I felt so alone that I imagined that I could drop dead in my studio apartment in NYC, and no one would noticed until I didn’t show up for work for several days. Quite a sorry situation.
But – when I met the loving, caring, honest, service-oriented folks in OA, and came to believe in a Power greater than myself, such a sad, desperate outlook shifted in a huge way. With a changed perspective on people and the world and Spirit with me 24/7, I came to believe that I am never alone.
At Christmas, I am never alone, for the Light that was born two thousand years ago still shines throughout the world and in each and every one of us. And, when I am disappointed or anxious, I can always make contact with Spirit.
Indeed I am never alone for Spirit is always with me – for that I will be forever grateful.
“Great joy and satisfaction come from expressing love, compassion and generosity. Since I cannot fully express these qualities while holding resentment against another, I strengthen my spiritual practice through forgiveness.” – Daily Word, Sunday, December 13, 2009
I cannot fully express the qualities of love, compassion and generosity while holding resentment against myself either! And, I can forgive and start anew at any time.
Thank You, God, for Your healing of me – body, mind, and spirit. I go out into the world expressing love, compassion, and generosity… expressing the qualities of You.
I was surprised to read Dr. Norman Vincent Peale talking about energy. He writes:
“You can actually make worry work for you. If worry attacks you, you may as well make use of it. Instead of letting worry be destructive turn it into a constructive use. Worry is an energy, a form of energy. When you worry you are using energy destructively. When you are practicing faith you are using energy constructively. So make worry work for you. Make it work for you by letting it make you think straight.”
– Set Worry Straight, with Faith
Dr. Peale says that when we worry our mind is thrown off balance. It is hot and it needs to be cool so we can use the power that God gave us.
I know that worry and faith cannot coexist and I opt to be in faith and not in fear.
Dear Spirit –
When I fall into fear and worry, please give me the comfort of Your presence and the confidence to trust You. May I convert negative energy into positive energy to help me live in this world of illusion, knowing that Your goodness, love, and abundance are always with me regardless of appearances. Please calm my mind, bring peace to my heart, and strengthen my spirit so that I may live in joy. Show me Your way and help me to follow it. So it is. Thank You.
It seems that as soon as I start looking at the monthly financials, my ego’s energy is boosted and fear moves right into my mind. It’s so easy for me to forget the true Source of all my wealth, to give power to a number, to believe in the illusion. I’m so sick of this game of my ego easing God out.
Dear Spirit of the Most High –
Please remain grounded in my heart and give me the strength to turn off the voice of the ego and hear the voice of love – Your Voice, Your Love. That is truly all there is. I am grateful.
Dear God-
Thank You for this day, thank You for this life.
As I go about this day, may all flow with ease and grace. In addressing projects that are not particularly appealing, may I complete them quickly and joyfully. And, with the work that I find enriching, fun, and creative, may I feel joy in greater abundance. In either case, I know You are with me – may I exult in that.
Regardless of the weather outside and even the lovely house in which my physical body calls home, may I pay attention to my inner world. May I know You and feel Your Presence throughout this day and all its happenings. May I know peace.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. And so it is.
“Your Heart and God’s Heart are One and the Same.
Listen to your Heart and you will surely hear the Voice of God.”
– www.thevoiceforlove.com
When I go not to my intellect, but to my heart, there is where I find my hunches and my connection to Spirit.
After a recent discussion with Rog, I’ve been realizing that when ideas come to me, they’re coming not from me. Rather, God is communicating with me – I’m hearing God – something I’ve thought wasn’t happening and I was bemoaning. I get it: this is my intuition coming through – what fun! And, I feel closer to Spirit when I pause and make this realization.
God is closer than my breath. God is in my heart. I am so grateful.
“Always let your prayer take the form of thanksgiving, on the assumption that God is giving you great and wonderful things.” – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
My prayers are not to be about what I want, but about realizing that God is Source and that all that I receive from Spirit is a blessing and worthy of thanks. And so I start my prayers off acknowledging Source and Its greatness, then expressing gratitude. When I am in fit condition, I am ready to be of service to Spirit.
After all, isn’t that what life is truly about – being the hands and voice of God so that I can help others?
“Face every situation with faith in your heart.” – Daily Guideposts, December 9, 2009
It’s interesting that this uplifting, affirmative quote made me think of a contrary, but remarkably related one: “F–k Everything And Run” and its more gentler companion, “False Evidence Appearing Real”, the word fear being the acronym for each.
Faith and fear are opposites, and these expressions convey that. When I’m in faith, believing in Spirit, I truly can face every situation. Without faith in my heart, fear can easily set in and my willingness and ability to face any situation becomes dubious. Faith and fear cannot exist simultaneously and so I’m always at choice.
My spiritual practice strives to strengthen the faith in my heart and thereby weaken fear, along with ego.
Dear Spirit-
I thank You that the prescription for fear is faith.
What a delight to start my day (after meditation) reading an interview of Martha Williamson, the Executive Producer and Head Writer of the long-running TV show “Touched By An Angel.”
I loved watching that show and am grateful that I “came to believe” (four years before) in time to do so. It amazed me that such a subject matter would be broadcasted on a major network, and the message repeatedly offered one that resonated with my own philosophy. It did not preach and it was about faith and spirituality, not religion.
Beliefnet.com asked Ms. Williamson “What was the most important message of the show?” Her reply was “: God exists, God loves you, God wants to be part of your life, and He is there to have a personal relationship with if you seek Him.”
The aforementioned is a mighty powerful message, just like the Great Mystery Itself. And, the idea of having a personal relationship with God is one that I hadn’t often hear people talking about. However, it is a cornerstone of 12 Step philosophy, and has proved to be the truth for me.
It is through a personal relationship that I am touched and that I am at peace. It is through this that my soul grows and is strengthened in love, joy, and faith.
It is because of this personal relationship with God that I never need to feel alone. For at any time, I can be touched directly by Spirit, or by one of Its many angels. How cool is that?!
