Reaching within

It is up to me to open the door

                                     

     I am not going to tell you the many stories of my failings in life.  Trust me, there are many.  The best description as to how I feel when I have done something wrong is from a beautiful young woman who said “ It is that wormy feeling you get when you do something you shouldn’t”.   Repentance is truly a wormy feeling, but it is a beautiful with all its “worminess” when understood, for it is the only true guide to life. 

     By giving ear to that Spirit of Christ, in hearing its rebukes, then letting its fires purge out the results of the mistakes committed, it wipes the slate clean.  I have found this is my true guide to perfect living.  My true pattern to life, revealed to me day by day, moment by moment as I have learned to live by it.  This voice when heeded will lift a person from mediocrity just as it lifts a plant from a mere seed. 
    

     No person is ever born without it.  None are so lowly, none so insignificant, so devoid of gifts and talents, so friendless and alone that they can learn to contact that “Still, small voice within.”  This voice will lead you to the life abundant, perfect and free.

This voice is the “Spirit of truth”, speaking from within.  It never flatters, It never condemns without cause.  It is the one true, unfailing, all-knowing, dependable friend.

     I have finally learned that the only advice I should give, along with comfort, is to teach others how to listen to that voice within their own souls.

This is the greatest service I can possibly render anyone.  Teach them how to “be still’ and know God.

     That same wormy feeling that makes me feel like the very “lowest thing on earth” is also the first to pat me on the back when I do the noble, or the splendid, unselfish thing.  It never lies.  It never flatters.  It never over-estimates.  It just knows and is.  It is the truest friend I ever had.  Listen to that voice and you will never fail in anything.  You will never feel deserted and alone as long as you listen to that voice. I will share a time when I did my first noble thing.  I had purchased several items at the store.  When I took the items out of the bag when I got home, I realized the clerk put my check back in the bag instead of the receipt.  I took the check back to them.  Amazingly, every time I think of it over the years I feel wonderful inside.

     Only the approval of that inner voice matters in anyone’s life.  No outside opinion counts.  Don’t take anyone’s advice, without first going within and listening to the still small voice for directions.

Love that voice within.  Praise it.  Honor it, and it will become a constant glory in your life.