Lord, I heard You gentle admonishing me about focusing too much lately on the mechanics, and thereby losing inspiration, and creativity, and my heart in the process. Yes, I know I have. Oh, and You started to say something when I first woke up, about teaching.
I said you have started thinking of our conversations primarily as “teachable moments;” that I would speak only when I have something to teach you. It is true that Teacher is one of My Names, one facet of Who I Am to you–but only one.
Sometimes I just want to hear your voice–and your laughter, your joy–and sometimes I just want to share this experience of our union. As mystical and mysterious as this is for you, it is also wondrous for Me. I created the world and set everything in motion for Love. Love Gives and Love Shares. Mostly I just want to Be, with you. With all of you–meaning, all you are, and also, every single one of you. I don’t want to be with you just as a brilliant professor, or a training officer, but as a loving parent–and best friend–and your SuperPowerHero all rolled into one.
When you eat a candy bar, what do you taste? The chocolate? The caramel? The coconut? The nuts? What about a pot of soup or stew? Each ingredient adds to the complexity of flavor, and in the case of the stew, each contributes to the overall nutritional value. Yes, I want to enlighten your mind. But I also want to delight your senses, expand your capacity to give and receive love, and surprise you with wonders you never imagined. I want to spark creative ideas and outpourings that bless you and the larger world. I want to play with you in the sandbox you call earth, and the larger playground you call universe. I want to reveal more and more of Who I Am. Don’t obsess on one ingredient, one flavor. Let Me be fully God, for you and in you and through you–and watch your world change as a result.