Made To Serve

Made To Serve
My word was 'Enrichment.'

Gulp.

I had picked this Blessing Card at last month's meeting, and here it was again, hand selected over two hundred others after being vigorously mixed.

It was no mistake, and as I inform others with repetitious words: we are not being attentive, contemplative, yielding, or doing the necessary work, which often requires heartfelt and persistent exploration of the psyche to arrive at a determining resolution.

The unremitting parroting cards will keep showing up to expose an area of neglect that warrants restoration and will facilitate and culminate in understanding and reconciliation.

These timely words habitually reflect and focus on a segment of one's life, point to a telltale confirmation, or act as a portent motivator to alter direction.

When HEaling Link® began over a decade ago, participants were cautious and dreaded picking their cards.

Encouraging them to verbalize how it related to their circumstances was an arduous task with each hesitantly holding the fateful card close to their chest as if it were a shameful testimony requiring a reprehensible disclosure.

It is now an action they eagerly anticipate, and openly discuss its pertinence and ramifications no matter how private or challenging.

Afterall, who doesn't want some clarity when life is muddying your path, or to experience a cathartic sigh after discharging negative burdensome emotions?

My message came with bold and successive reiteration and a beneficial admonishment that something was missing and necessitated expeditious recovery.

The dictionary cites enrichment as "making something more meaningful, substantial, rewarding and improving."

All positive affirmations offering clarity when obscurity looms and hinders or when life whips up cyclonic superstorms that leave you feeling desolated from the inside out.

A few weeks ago, at the height of sweltering heat and dripping humidity we had no air conditioning for almost two weeks and a disastrous kitchen flood in tandem.

When we ignore God's 'whisper,' which is the subtle sign that we are askew, the voice gets louder and usually with increasingly urgent stances.

If these fastidious echoes are not acknowledged and modified, the 'scream,' will stridently reorchestrate as a cataclysmic moment that upends everything and finally has your undivided attention, a shattering wake-up call.

The lack of enrichment was no longer a nicety to enhance my life, it was a crucial tenet, and with my sanity teetering into the questionable range as I slipped into the abysmal wreckage, I succumbed.

It was evident a new path was beckoning that would provide the stipulated 'enrichment' that eluded me.

After dwelling in a dark hole and feeling quite lost, I tried a spiritual meeting that I had researched months prior, and enlightenment materialized while singing a song projected on a lit-up screen with one word blaring at me: Serve.

In that second, I understood that my life was not mine but was God's.

I was created to serve Him and fulfill His purpose, not mine.

Selfishness or arrogance even anger could have been triggered by the proud and self-centered ego, but instead I felt complete and profound peace reverberating throughout my being with this vital truth.

The answer I sought found me and was transcribed in a melodious tune praising God, elevating my Spirit, and recalibrating preeminence and priorities.

Serving God does not constrain us; it sets us free.

Liberation from personal worry, worldly agendas, and individualized outcomes are demoted so that our faithfulness and testament to a God who loves us and knows exactly how to replenish us is reestablished as the Holy hierarchy of all existence.

We only need to be open to His nudges.

The Lord guides my writings, and while in this spiritual funk, the well of ideas was barren and desiccated.

Nothing was forthcoming, no intuitive downloads.

'Serve,' demolished towering, formidable barriers, allowing illumination to reveal a novel and glorified perspective.

Divinely derived topics and words instantly inundated and excited my receptive brain, and deep gratitude pervaded my being for this prosperous magnificent shift.

We are all His vessels, and while the molding process may be uncomfortable as He smooths out roughness and bumps, the Lord intentionally leaves a thinned-out area revealing our soft spot.

What is a weakness for pottery is a fortifying blessing for humans, as it is where we can meet the Lord in our daily distresses.

If your spot is particularly tenuous, introspection could offer answers and insights.

'Enrichment' and 'Serve' were God's messages for me.

I waited until I was overwhelmed and lost, but you needn't.

What signs are you dismissing? Don't delay.

~ "Unless your faith is firm you shall not be firm," Isaiah 7:9. ~

HEaling Link® will meet Tuesday August 6, 2024 at 7:30pm via Zoom. For more information, please contact Jackie: HEalinglink03@gmail.com Isn't it time to get Linked?