Max Lucado – Spiritual Awakening

Spiritual Awakening: Time To Dance!!!

In the spiritual awakening process there comes a time to dance and to celebrate life. As I sit down to write this entry I reflect and realize that we have many reasons to dance and celebrate what GOD is doing in our lives. We have choices on what we focus on and what what we dance about. I dance because I have been given another day to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays, a day to share FREE HUGS, a day to share a positive message, a day to take the focus on the negativity being portrayed in the media, and a day to simply share positivism. I was on way way to lunch with my dad today and a woman was walking by us and I said smile it will get better she smiled and said thank you. This was my way of doing my dance of positivism simply by sharing a smile and being a lifter. Celebrating life should become a priority so as to enhance our spiritual awakening process. I have come to use the idea that when I wake up in the morning and there is not a white chalk line around my body I know it is going to be a good day because I am alive. In coming alive and understanding that this is the day the lord hath made be glad and rejoice in it I have been able to dance freely and express my joy for be able to use my GOD given talents to bring some peace, love, joy, and prosperity into the lives of others. When you awake and ask yourself how can I add value to the lives of others and then you seek to do just that at the end of the day you can dance in praise for another day of being free. Once we remove the shackles that are blocking us we are able to give thanks and praise to GOD and understand that all things are possible.

When we remove the chains of bondage that we hold in our mind and go from limiting beliefs to to limitless beliefs we begin to discover powers that allow us to thrive and move forward in a positive direction of our dreams. The only person that can stop you from progressing is you. Once you commit to taking action to remove those shackles you will find yourself dancing in praise and joy more often. When you dance on GOD’s great dance floor you shine your light, honor GOD, and make your world a better place while illuminating the world.

Spiritual Awakening: Miami Heat Teaches Lesson During Winning Streak!!!!

As I watched the Miami Heat seek their 24th win in a row on Wednesday March 20, 2013 I began to doubt the team as they went down by 27 points with just over 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. The Heat was coming off a close comeback victory against The Boston Celtics and now were in a huge hole against The Cleveland Cavaliers. As I continued to doubt I began to realize that there was a lesson about to be learned if The Heat should pull this game out. Guess what The Heat pulled it off and won 98-95 to notch their 24th straight victory, the second best winning streak in NBA history. The Heat reinforced the adage that when you find yourself in a hole stop digging and starting finding a way out. They started climbing out of the hole when Shane Battier hit back to back 3 point shots and they continued to get stops and they cut the deficit to 9 going into the 4th quarter. The doubt began to subside as The Heat had been in this position many times before and won. The Heat would show us that having faith and removing doubt leads to a victory. Now the question is how do we continue to remove doubt on our path of spiritual awakening?

Spiritual Awakening: Applying The Lesson From The Miami Heat!!!

The Heat showed up to remove doubt and to move forward and allow things to flow and everything will be okay. The idea is to now apply this lesson. The next time you find yourself doubting yourself or others remember you are a divine child of GOD with the ability to take action and win in your personal and professional life. The next time you have fear or doubt enter the thought process sit back and breathe and remind yourself that you are capable beyond measure. Your spiritual awakening will unfold and move you in a positive direction when you remove the fear and doubt and allow life to unfold as it may and as GOD has intended. As the Heat mounted their comeback you could sense that there was a strong belief that they were going to win. Others may have been doubting but they knew in their hearts that they could overcome the 27 point deficit and continue on their winning streak. They made a dramatic change and started to hit their outside shots. They also went back to their greatest strength their tough defense. Their tenacity led them to overcome the doubters and to win. The Heat showed us that what the mind can conceive the heart can believe and you can achieve. The Heat will go for win #25 when they host the Detroit Pistons on Friday 3/22/13. What lessons will this game hold?