To surrender to that divine will, that clear loving intention, to put aside your own version of it, that calls for your trust and faith. That calls for your acceptance. It\u2019s like high-wire walking without a net. Although you may not realize it, you\u2019re choosing to cooperate and trust in that One who is the God in you.<\/p>\n
You can make the loving choice because your heart knows what that is. It knows what it feels like. So when you don\u2019t do it, you\u2019ll get an immediate experience that says, \u201cThat\u2019s not loving.\u201d It hurts. It bothers. It shuts down. It moves into separation. It moves into some kind of a darkness. You may lose track of the loving. If you do, it doesn\u2019t matter because the loving is still present now. You can choose the loving in each moment. So choose the loving that appears to you right here and now.<\/p>\n
Remember that love goes through you. So if you want to love, there\u2019s no way to do that without going through you to source it from within. To get the loving from you to someone or someplace else, you have to love yourself first. Otherwise, you are in conditioned love which has something like a price in it. It isn\u2019t free and clear loving. Conditioned loved, in a sense, is not true loving.<\/p>\n
When you love through the Christ, you have compassion towards yourself. You can move into a place of acceptance and understanding about your experience and reaction to it. You can say to yourself, \u201cI\u2019m doing the best I can.\u201d That applies to right here and now. So let go and forget about whatever just happened that may be troubling you. Redirect yourself into what\u2019s happening here and now. Apply your loving to whatever is in need of loving or even as a way of joining in the loving which is present. The loving of the Christ is always present and available to you and whoever chooses to be loving.<\/p>\n
If you find you get over your head so you\u2019re out of balance and you know it, then consider stopping and holding. If you\u2019re way off track from your loving, it\u2019s amazing that if you take a pause, you\u2019ll find there\u2019s still a loving flow. It\u2019s a flow you can\u2019t stop. You can\u2019t hold it back. So remember to breathe and tune in to the divine loving source within which is always alive and moving towards greater loving.<\/p>\n
When you stop or pause your individual personal process, you may also choose to let go and surrender to the divine will and become part of that inner movement. It\u2019s amazing how it knows exactly what to do for you, with you and through you. You may notice that suddenly things are working out and you\u2019re not really doing anything. You just let go. You stop trying to do what you thought you should do. You stop trying to determine what should be happening. You let go of your agenda. You give up. You surrender to the greater loving.<\/p>\n
You may be amazed with how things start happening that actually work and serve. It is a sense of, \u201cI\u2019m not really doing anything. It\u2019s doing it. I\u2019m just letting it do it through me even to the point that it speaks through me. It\u2019s in my hands. It\u2019s in my ears. It\u2019s listening for me. I\u2019m just cooperating at a highest state or as clear a way as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s kind of a coup — a spiritual coup, if you will. It does a take-over. You do surrender, but it\u2019s not here to imprison you or spite you. It\u2019s here to lift you up.<\/p>\n
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Tests and Patience<\/strong> <\/i><\/p>\n Regardless of however the world is to you, it can test you. It\u2019s like with the biblical story of Job in which the negative power comes to the Lord God and says, \u201cI want to test your servant, this guy Job.\u201d The world could test Job. The world is entitled to do that. But the world couldn\u2019t force Job in his relationship to the Lord God. And you can\u2019t force yourself either. The relationship is what it is.<\/p>\n The negative power can tempt you, just at it tempted Job. The negativity can bring things to you that are of the world. What happens in the world as negativity can be brought to you. But you can\u2019t be forced by the negativity to abandon or become separate from God. You always have choice in your response to the negativity.<\/p>\n We might call that having the patience of Job. It\u2019s understanding the world does what it does. It may even take your body because it\u2019s entitled to, because of the karma, the flow or whatever it is. It may be there\u2019s a window, and it\u2019s time to close the window. So you\u2019re done with this lifetime in whatever form that takes.<\/p>\n Remember that when you\u2019re in your body it\u2019s temporary. It\u2019s like you have temporary occupancy. One day comes a notice, \u201cGet out.\u201d You may say, \u201cBut you don\u2019t understand, I had all these great plans. I\u2019ve got all these involvements. I\u2019m not done.\u201d It won\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the time for you to get out. Then you\u2019ll get above it and realize, \u201cI didn\u2019t understand what the opportunity was beyond the body. I was caught up and stuck in speaking from the body.\u201d<\/p>\n You may return to this world because you exercised your choices. You related and identified with the body circumstances. You forgot yourself spiritually. So you\u2019re coming back. It\u2019s not punishment. It\u2019s just a simple circumstance of your learning and growth as a Soul. You need to realize you\u2019re more than your body.<\/p>\n You\u2019re more than this physical world. You need to become aware of that truth. Eventually the realization happens. It will happen because you will have the life experience to lighten and brighten your view so you realize this world is not your home. You\u2019ll know, \u201cI don\u2019t belong here. I\u2019m just visiting, and I have a job to do while I\u2019m here that is to clear myself, release myself, complete myself so I am done with this place. If I\u2019ve done that and I\u2019m still here, then I\u2019m being used as a servant of God like Job.\u201d<\/p>\n Job had the understanding that he was more than his body, and he was still here. Job was used as an example and to teach. In fact, Job\u2019s story is still teaching us thousands of years later.<\/p>\n Your choices are very important. They will demonstrate your commitment, your dedication, and your follow-through as one who loves regardless. You may say, \u201cI don\u2019t have that kind of patience — the patience of Job.\u201d Your Soul has the patience of Job. So why not you let your Soul take charge of your involvement with the world?<\/p>\n When you choose the patience that serves God, there\u2019s a quality of peace and integrity that integrates your beingness so there\u2019s no real conflict between who you are spiritually and who you are physically. They line up. That\u2019s you. And that takes great spiritual dedication.<\/p>\n You might want to do something to make sure that you relate to your life as, \u201cI choose this. I am choosing this.\u201d Then you can see your progression. You see that it\u2019s not one choice. It\u2019s choosing. You can track your movement because your choices demonstrate your commitment and your intention.<\/p>\n I know we all want some rest. So you may ask, \u201cCan I choose to rest?\u201d It\u2019s like an experience when you leave the body and there\u2019s a kind of a clap, like applause. Understand it\u2019s more of a chorus or a celebration. It\u2019s applause for a job well done. So choose to rest by tuning into the silence within. Resource yourself in the ever-loving Christ that applauds your devotion to your soul.<\/p>\n When the Lord is well-pleased, the Lord who\u2019s God and the Father and Mother of all the heavens rises up. Do you understand how majestic that is? See if you can get a glimpse of it, some sense of it inside of yourself. When you get that glimpse, start understanding that the glory of God is present now. It\u2019s actually happening right here in this moment. Then what\u2019s going on? You\u2019re catching the Spirit of God. You\u2019re bringing your body more present in the Spirit. And at one point, the physical awareness drops off because it\u2019s designed to do that. There\u2019s other psychic encasements that drop off because they\u2019re designed to do that. But who I am, who you are, is in one accord with the glory of the Lord always.<\/p>\n![\"mattcrowd\"](\"https:\/\/msia.scdn2.secure.raxcdn.com\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/mattcrowd.jpg\")
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