Life Changing Decisions

Sometimes I feel almost overwhelmed with the changes taking place in my life. I feel as though my life is changing on an exponential level... like there's a momentum that's been building and has a life of its own now and I'm just along for the ride. I made the decision almost 17 months ago that every day I would do something that would influence my heart level beliefs about who God is, how He felt about me and my identity in Him. Then last May I decided to actively pursue living in peace and to confront whatever beliefs or habits I had that prevented me from abiding in a peaceful state on a daily basis. I can say hands down that those two decisions would be two of the most significant decisions I've ever made for many reasons, but especially because my life is really working now! The way I want it to!

The first decision has involved a lot of meditation and active reflection on what God says about me. When I say meditation, I mean quieting my outer world down and tuning into my inner world and what's really going on inside and also actively visualizing what my life looks like 'in Him' and what it would look like if all His promises were actually working right now in my life. After all, as He is NOW, so are we in this world. Why don't we see more people living like this? Christians especially seem to get up in arms if you talk too much about meditation as they often assume you've gone all 'New Age' on them or something. They seem to forget that first of all, Christianity started as an Eastern religion and second, the Bible repeatedly speaks of meditating on the Word of God day and night and writing His truth on your heart because we ALL live unconsciously out of the beliefs of our hearts. I've heard a lot of teaching on this subject so I realize if it's new to you, you may not fully understand where I'm coming from. We live out of our hearts, not our minds. The beliefs we've adopted throughout our lives are what are currently keeping us in the state we're in. Like Einstein said, 'The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.' I see things in my life that I want to change and although it has been a somewhat painful experience at times, I believe wholeheartedly that changing my beliefs at a heart level (not mental assent) is the key to walking in the fullness of life at which I desire to live.

I also believe the Buddhist proverb that says 'When the student is ready, the teacher appears.' The amount of resources and material that have just 'happened to come across my path' is amazing in itself. Just 10 days or so ago, someone literally dropped a book into my lap and said they thought I might enjoy it and it was the exact material I needed for the next step I needed to take... oh, how I love serendipity!

Well, I could go on and on about the 'coincidences' that keep occurring in my life but I need to get my little boy out of bed so I will write more later. 'Til then, may your eyes be opened to the boundless opportunities that surround you every day and may you have the courage to grab them before they pass you by!