I smiled as I read your experience with your “smaller / larger self”. It sounded very familiar, Jeannie! Its awe inspiring to see just how patiently God works with /through us.
I’ve found as I allow myself to go deeper & deeper into my heart, to be with God, it has become impossible
not to desire to manifest love that is the fabric of my soul; it started the moment I breathed, “Thy Will Be Done.”
In that one breath, I felt my ego submit to God’s light and my I was free! I have since learned that it is in the everyday, in all the smaller moments,that nothing is small. Everything has meaning, and everything is sacred. So again and again and again, I surrender.
There are those times when I stumble. When muscles of self discipline, grown weak without regular use have failed and lazy habits carried forward from lifetimes, prevailed. The difference now is that I cannot hide this & disguise it as something else. I am witness to the Truth that was laid bare in front of me when I surrendered. So, I must practice surrender. The more I do, the more opportunities to practice are provided.
Here is one of Julie’s prayers that is so simple, so beautiful and that immediately resonated with me when I first read it. I’d like to share with you:
Prayer for Surrender
“God, I am yours. Make me an instrument of your love. Help me to overcome the limitations of my smaller self that I may always seek to do your will. Heal me through love and dwell within me so that through my oneness with you, I may bring hope and healing to all your children. Amen.”
All blessings to those on the path to wholeness with the One heart that holds us all,
Meg
Prayer may be found at:
http://www.sacredworld.net/Principles/p ... render.htm