I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.
(194) I place the future in the Hands of God.
Some lessons really make me laugh out loud. I burst out laughing (and am still laughing!) when I read this one this morning. It’s so funny to me. I place the future in the Hands of God.
For those of you following along this blog, my life has been turned upside down this week. Or maybe it’s right-side up? I’m riding the wave. It’s not good or bad … it just is what it is. There’s no accidents. I’m on the adventure of a lifetime – trusting in the unknown and following Jesus.
He knows the way and I’m allowing myself to be led from one event to the next.
Just when it seemed like the dust was settling down, I was told (a few days ago) that I cannot continue living in this house. LOL. The universe has an intense sense of humor. Nothing bothers me anymore. I’m flowing like the wind. At first it seemed I had to go that day, but then with a little communication, I was told I could stay here for a week or two until I find something else. The woman who owns the house is truly beautiful. Thank the Lord. I realize that I don’t have to push or force my agenda anymore. I’m perfectly safe. I don’t have to manipulate or beg or control to get my way. I’m given everything I need for the day that I am in … and it’s sufficient.
All I have to do is trust and listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to me. He tells me where to go and what to do, and He’s taking care of me perfectly.
I place the future in the Hands of God.
What’s amazing to me is to realize that it’s no accident that I landed in this house. I have been having the most wonderful interactions with people that I never would have met otherwise. Also I found a book here called Mind of the Cells by Satprem (which is the words of Mother, who was the companion of Sri Aurobindo) and I can see that I landed here for a reason. All things are lessons God would have me learn. I don’t have to figure out the reason, but I got catapulted into this house for a divine purpose.
Maybe I’m only needed here for a week or two until I’m off on my next assignment. See the collapse of time? I go where God would have me go. I place the future in the Hands of God.
But I’m laughing anyways. These lessons are not concepts anymore to me. LOL. It’s not just mindless singsong that I say as repetitions in a book. The lessons have become absolutely true and alive. The only thing now to do is trust in God. I don’t have anything to hang on to anything … and all that is left to do is place the future in the Hands of God.
I love it.
Henry David Thoreau says: “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Be fearless.
Trust.
I can’t formulate any goals past this day. It’s awesome. I’ve been forced into a present condition. I can’t even formulate an idea into the next hour. It’s really about being shown each and every moment what the next step is, and then allowing the Holy Spirit to take it for you.
I was ready for this and that’s why it’s happening. I wasn’t afraid to lose my life. You lose your life in order to gain it. A Course in Miracles is an undoing. You reach places in your life when it seems like things are taken away, but in reality you’re simply getting rid of all the tangled layers of your mind.
These lessons we are practicing now are:
I AM NOT A BODY.
I AM FREE.
FOR I AM STILL AS GOD CREATED ME.
“The past is gone; the future is not yet. Now am I freed from both. For what God gives can only be for good. And I accept but what He gives me as what belongs to me.”
Amazing, right? What God gives can only be for good. He loves you and He’s going to give you everything you need. Knowing this, what could you possibly be afraid of????
Facebook comments:
Lisa, this is so good. Bye the way, I read a chapter of your book yesterday sans Kleenex!!! Can you say, progress?Love you.
Upside down, right side up? Sounds more like inside out!
I want what you have ,this peace and serenity and I know it’s mine as much as it’s yours. I am in fear sometimes if one day my husband leaves me ,what would become of me and my children. That fear brings so much pain. For what God gives can only for good and he loves me . i want to trust that.
Sangeeta
Thank you, for sharing your personal experience with us.
You are a living example of The Course..