A good day

There is only one world, and this world is good, powerful, strong. No dualism. Just one. Life is truly all, because God is all. And there is only one "we". And this "we" is in the middle of it - whereever: Under a tree, in the middle of a crowd, in an elevator, in school, at home, at the university, in the office. Can you put this love for God ahead of anything else and find Him/Her everywhere? And work out from God's point of view - being a force for good for others?

"A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else!" writes the psalmist (Psalm 84), and The Message translates this passage and a little more thus: "One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches. I’d rather scrub floors in the house of my God than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin. All sunshine and sovereign is God, generous in gifts and glory. He doesn’t scrimp with his traveling companions. It’s smooth sailing all the way with God-of-the-Angel-Armies."

This week I found the deepest peace and my way out of discouragement and a sense of feeling overwhelmed with the empowering bible lesson on "Reality". In it, I found the encouraging words to "walk in God's truth" (see Psalm 86:11). This is what I committed myself to. Life in God's truth, and this truth alone. Be available to see God everywhere. Forgetting self. Be alert to thought. Spend the day in God's presence. Don't leave. Stay in God's house, spend your day upright as God's expression in His/Her presence.

This prayer transformed itself into deep inner peace and joy and the empowerment to let go, to put my own needs behind the needs of others --- and see them met as well. Possibilities to help unfolded, healings happened in the practice, constructive ideas presented themselves effortlessly, tasks weren't so heavy anymore, opinions evaporated and peace was restored. Joy, joy, joy!

I plan to spend another day with God, because truly:
"A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else!" What an interesting, deeply enriching, productive life we all can lead - and are leading in the presence of Love. Can you say in the evening: What a good day this was, I spent it selflessly in the courts of the Lord. Where we all truly are, always. So why leave?

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