This week we took some time off to slow down and look at priorities. In retrospect, I realized that we had become caught up in the time trap of following what the world has programmed us to believe starting with the phrases like “if is to be it is up to me, If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, I am totally responsible for the outcomes, you just have to work harder when things are not working, and etc., etc., etc.”
Clearly, when we get into this trap, our priorities are out of whack, things are not getting done, and we somehow take the blame because we are not good enough. A perfect outcome for the ego’s role of keeping us so busy and distracted that we forget who we are, forget our divine origination and fall back into the overwhelm of everyday life.
The simple answer to this dilemma is “Take time to be Holy.” Yes, this is the title to a wonderful hymn from my earlier time in a more fundamentalist church that rings true in today’s world. We are so busy putting out fires, completing to do lists and making sure all is well that we have lost the simple spiritual art of taking our lives into the silence and asking for help.
Again, back to the teachings of Jesus: worry not, fear not, it’s the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom, all things work together for good, the Kingdom is within you, wrapping up with John 15:7 that says, “If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish and it will be done for you.”
An amazing promise that opens up the possibilities for an answer to correcting, stabilizing, harmonizing and spiritualizing our world as we know it. An intentional time set aside and used to abide in the silence of prayer and meditation focused on the Christ Self within us and the words of Jesus appears to be that answer.
Instead of trying to figure things out, make wonderful plans, and seek advice from the experts, the answer might just be to “take time to be holy” and then be still, trusting that the answer is on it’s way.
I Love you...
Rev. Robert