May 2008 – Windmills in Moonlight

Christ Bears Responsibility

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Christ bears the responsibility of causing my image to conform to His. He brings me to the fullness of each choice to establish His purpose in me. Seeing Him in all things is pushing the ego out of my way. I’m free to know myself now not only on mountain tops, but in valleys, cracks, and crevices. Pressure sheds light on me, desperation too. I emerge through both clarity and cloud-cover. There is no path I can take or seeming mistake I can make that is not coordinated in Christ. I dance with God; His consummate lead creates graceful response. I am kept in perfect step and time with my being; the wind whispers and I am carried to port.

Barbed Twins

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Post category:Being Ourselves Letting Go
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How I see someone (including my own self-view) determines response. If I consider a person inferior or unreceptive, then that person is closed to me and to my input. They may be starving for the truth I could impart, but people just cannot receive from someone who doesn’t believe in who they are. Judgment and comparison are barbed twins. If I use comparison to pit one against another, directly or indirectly, that person will feel judged either consciously or unconsciously. Removing judgment’s disguise is a step toward the love that accepts others and allows them the grace (and space) needed to see their own reality in Christ.

Acceptance vs Expectation

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The expectations I quietly put on others is the reason they clam up. Acceptance opens them back up. My life just feels better when people no longer disappoint me. How does this happen? Do they suddenly stop being imperfect? No! It happens as I learn to accept rather than expect. Acceptance liberates the mirroring of Christ; expectation limits us to what others expect from us…it is the mirroring of false projections resulting from performance pressure.

Giving Birth is Letting Go

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You know, giving birth is just letting go, or releasing that which I’ve carried. Forgiveness then is simply letting go. I am letting go of my egotistical expectations (and the offenses they can cause). It is a delivery, a way of bearing fruit. Forgiveness is the key to moving forward. To forgive is also the key to self-acceptance and to the joy of accepting and valuing others. Where there are generous levels of acceptance there is little need for forgiveness. Offenses occur where expectations run rampant.

Free to Be Nothing

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I keep reminding myself that this blog is free to be nothing. I am not here to try to impress, or to prove anything. I am not writing to validate my right to write, or to justify my entitlement to breath in air. I have felt that way before…like I must defend my existence by being above average in some way. I don’t have to quantify my days with accomplishment, and the value of my actions is not confirmed by whether or not my outcomes are stellar. Life has given me permission to just be…to live and laugh and to take all the space I need for being me. The purity of my innate sense of purpose is no longer tainted by the poison of performance, proficiency, utility, or function. I am far more than what I can or can’t do, and who I am is more important than any skill set. To accept who I am is to unleash the potency of Christ in me as me. I am perfectly equipped to be me…and being me is the most profound act of service I will ever fulfill.