I greet The Indwelling Doer.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – Labor Pains. Be careful what you ask for, for you will surely get it. With my A.A. birthday around the corner, I start out with a deep sense of love and gratitude. Here comes the old perfectionism the closer it gets, and I ponder why I am not further along my Spiritual Path. Within the last thirty days, I have experienced resentments I was in denial about. I have also experienced two negative patterns I thought were healed. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly" (Richard Bach). When I am confronted by a growth challenge, my thoughts often turn to the caterpillar and then the butterfly. The butterfly undergoes a tremendous struggle to emerge from the cocoon; to survive. If we avoid the struggle, we may be doing ourselves more harm than good. We may never give birth to our true self if we avoid the labor pains. I am grateful for my defects, which have been transformed by our Father into assets. I am able to own these defects, and I choose to surrender them to our Father for His upgrading grace. My experience tells me these defects will continue to return, and the stakes are higher and more painful if I don’t let our Father Transform them; that’s best for me anyway. I think I will let Him do His loving thing. Come let us be about our Father’s Business. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.