As I meditate upon the Lord and all of the Spirit’s goodness unto the earth, I ask, “What are you saying to us at this time?”  My answer comes, “Be still.” 

To be still is to quiet the mind of all its clutter.  This clutter comes from the thousands and thousands of thoughts that run through it continuously.  The Spirit of Christ from within is always speaking.  We may even heard the message that the Spirit is speaking in our mind, but in all the other clatter it gets lost. 

Have you ever just listened to all the thoughts that go through your mind to see how many there are?  I have a friend that calls that “rabbit tracking.”  When it is scared, a rabbit will dart one way and then turn another way and then another not knowing which way to go.  That is the way the mind does.  It will start one way on a thought and then before you know it that thought changes and the mind will take off on a completely different subject.  In order to hear from the depths of our being, we must be able to stop the “rabbit tracking” and focus on being still and having no thought.

Once our mind is still and we do hear from the Spirit, it will bring peace.  The Spirit only desires to lift us up and doesn’t ever seek to condemn us. If there is something in our life that Spirit wants to show us that is in need of change, it will not condemn.  It will very gently show us a higher way to a more joyful life.  This enlightenment reveals the darker area within us that it can be transformed because it goes against the nature of Christ, which is also our true nature.  Seeing this lower nature within us, we then feel bad.  But our Lord will always remind us that this bad feeling we are having is taking away our joy.  There is no condemnation from our Lord.  We will hear, “It is okay, just go and sin no more." 

An example of this would be if we tell a lie.  The Spirit comes and reveals the higher way of truth. We then feel bad about the lie and we start condemning ourselves for lying. The Christ that lives within will say, “Go on with your life.  Should you start to lie again, just remember not to do that to yourself.  That nature of lying cannot enter into peace, which is the kingdom of God.”

In order to live a more joyful life, we have to seize these natures and look at them as opportunities to remain focused upon the nature of Christ.  In this constant focus, we will become Christed.  To become Christed is to allow His nature to become our nature.   When His nature is revealed through us we live in peace and harmony inside our selves and then in our interactions with others.

Loving you,

Fayrene