Wednesday, August 26, 2009

It is what it is. It's all good

It's hard for me to accept what I know is a truth sometimes.

It's all good.

It doesn't always look that way from here.

When I find myself trying to "make life better" for someone I have to be very careful to just take care of the right things and leave them to chose their own way through life. Whatever they are doing in life, it's what they are needed as here. What they are is not just what we percieve them as, but perfect for the need that they will fill in this life.

We don't often see the perfection of ourselves. We almost never see the perfection in another. Trained to look for the "lacks", we neglect the fine qualities in each other and ourselves.

Each of us choses how to live while we are here within the circumstances we find ourselves in. Hard times make for hard choices. But we keep walking through life. We get up from adversity over and over. We presever. Even when we just hide under the covers from life for a time, we are preserving ourselves for the time we will be needed. Humans are amazing survivors.

Every one of us, as we are, are alive. Some of us are living and some of us are just existing until we can find the strength to live again. But we are making it - with a little help from our friends.

We can make things better for one another. A phone call, a cup of sugar, a ride - all small things. But they show we care and the one we touch knows they are not alone. Maybe sometimes all we can do is love each other where we stand and offer our tears. But we care and we share. People are good.

Accept people as they are. Love them as they are. Don't expect them to be what YOU think they should be. They are what they are and it is all good.

Give lovingly, but walk your own path and do them the great respect of letting them walk theirs.

The hearts are his to heal. The spirits are His to waken. Our only task is to love 'em while we've got 'em.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

You're not lost

Where you are is where you belong right now. It's not easy to see the point in where we are standing when it's hard, hurtful, lonely or depressing to us. But it is where we are needed.

When we are true to ourselves we are walking for him. Truth is love. Love is God. God is Love. We may feel our response to a situation is harsh, over the top, or even hurtful to another. He will always use the truth of us to show His truth to the world.

Your heart is known and treasured just as it is today. The power of His love does not need physical strength or communication skills to show His love is real here; It only needs a heart that loves and cares, like His heart loves and cares.

He knows what we see as our imperfections. He knows what we see as our negative feelings and thoughts. He knows each heart that He brings in touch with another heart and will guide you to where you are needed and what He needs from you He will show you in a way you will understand.

Where ever it is that you are today, all He asks is that you love the ones he brings you. Show them loving care and kindness He has shared with you, and that is all you are asked to do.

Sometimes that loving care requires harsh words of truth. Other times it only needs the touch of a hand to a shoulder. Words are unneeded. However you express your care and love to another, JUST the way you express it, is why He has brought you to where you are.

You are never where He is not there. You are never blind to His call if He needs you to see and hear Him. He will open your heart and give you the inspiration you need to share that love.

When you are hurt and confused, stop. Look around you. Listen to your heart. When you find what you really want to do, it will be what He has put in your heart. Then do it, knowing He has it all covered and that you are just the right heart to do what He sees is needed. Trust Him to always know more than you do, see further than you can and love all the hearts involved.

You can be in the middle of nowhere, with nothing at hand and no one there and there will be a reason you are standing there. You are not lost. He needed you there, for just that length of time for a reason.

You are not lost. You are not forgotten. You are not ever out of His heart. We can't always see it from here, but the love is always holding you. Cling to that love and walk your days in peace.