Mirrors

A dear friend of mine came to visit me the last few days. We share a common experience in life when it comes to the demise of our marriages. Tho there are of course a few differences of circumstance, the basic dynamics are the same as I am sure are the feelings we both have had about it.

The way in which we have dealt with it are polar opposite however and his coming here has been a tremendous gift to me. I have retreated to God and asked Him for His healing, comfort and guidance. My friend has become embittered and regressive. He is waiting around for a change in the winds of circumstance to make him happy again, and has been such an amazing example of the fact that if the right thought does not accompany the wish for better things, they aren't likely to arrive. In fact, carrying the attitudes he is at the moment, he is clearly receiving the exact things he does not want in life.

He is a beautiful mirror for me to look at myself. I can clearly see that this is how I have lived my entire life. Negative and fearful that I wont be happy and have what I think I want. Grateful beyond measure that today I can look at this without harsh condemnation of my fried, but rather an opportunity to receive wisdom and pray that God reveal the knowledge of His will for him and give him the power to carry it out, the same thing I pray for myself, and you too who may be reading this!

Its Sunday morning, Easter actually, tho that is irrelevant to me personally at this stage of my life. I say irrelevant because I am not in a place where I am watching the calendar right now. Even as I type this I am being inspired. God will constantly disclose more to us if we see to it that our relationship with Him is right, and perhaps this Easter Sunday really is a significant day for me. I believe that Jesus did raise from the dead. I believe that He did it to show us that every day in this walk of life that we have the opportunity to do the same thing, tho it is spiritually speaking and not in the sense that our human bodies are resurrected. I awoke this morning quite early as usual, without a plan for the day. Having been awake for three hours now, I have already accomplished much, the first hour having been spent in quiet with Our Creator and then following along the path of inspiration which led me here to write these words.

I am inspired and energized. My mind is clean and clear of wrong motives this day, not at all by coincidence. Eleven months have passed where there has not been a single day that I have failed to start out by asking God to divorce my thinking from self pity and dishonest or self seeking motives. As I gradually began to notice that this was actually happening, I was surprised. Now that surprise has more and more been replaced with gratitude and faith to Him for delivering on the promise He has made to every one of that if we ask, we shall receive. Today, my spirit has been raised from the dead and this is not at all an over statement. Thank you Jesus for showing me the way!

One last important componenet of the mirror experience with my friend is that I am noticing that its a pitfall to dwell on it. It seems to be coming clearer to me to receive the lesson, or gift if you will, and move on mentally. At this moment, I am seeing that the only thing that I am to dwell on in my mind is a connection with Him who has all power. This seems to be the propoer use of my mind, or my will. I like it!

Till next time.

Peace,

Kevin