Positive Daily Inspiration – January 11, 2024 – Balance Through Love

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“Beloved, let us love one another.”
1 John 4:7

I can remember, vividly, trying to learn to ride a bicycle as a child. I was in the parking lot of my grandfather’s business in Akron, Ohio for hours upon hours, trying to get my balance. I could go in a straight-line, but I could not turn. I am sure that I tried my grandfather’s patience as he worked with me those MANY hours.

When children are first learning to ride a bicycle, training wheels enable them to know how it feels to be in balance.

Balance is a wonderful thing to have in life. Forgiveness is a similar aid in your spiritual growth. Forgiveness is a kind of training wheel that enables you to learn how it feels to be in harmony and balance with others. Practicing forgiveness is like learning to ride a bicycle. It seems hard at first, but once you learn, you never forget. You never lose your balance as a human being again.

When you practice being nonjudgmental and remaining completely focused on the love of God, you are opening the way to harmony and understanding in all your relationships. In time, when you have learned not to pass judgment on the actions of someone else, you will no longer need to forgive, for you will have nothing to forgive.

You will also learn the power of some of the most powerful words you can say – “I’m sorry!” A person knows when they are wrong but often it is hard to admit it. God will give you the power that you may not have yourself. Saying “I am sorry” gives a wonderful gift to another person and what you will discover, over time, is that you are not losing anything by saying this, but instead gaining everything.

If others have said something or done something that upsets you, you bless them and go on your way. If you have said something or done something that has upset another, you bless them by saying, “I am sorry.” You are secure in the truth of your being – you choose to be an expression of God’s perfect love. The training wheels are off, for you have moved beyond the need for forgiveness.

Being in balance means being patient with both yourself and others. Realize that the miracle of new life is always taking shape, even though you may not be able to see it with your eyes. After planting a seed, you patiently wait for the first sign of new growth; but during this time of patience, you realize that a miracle is taking shape.

Often, when you forgive another, or ask for forgiveness, the results are not immediate, because human beings must go through change, growth, and new awareness. The person that trusts in God and God’s love ever at work in all situations is in balance. Patience takes over where impatience would have, before, ruled the day.

The patience that you give to that seed, you also extend to yourself, and to all others. Everyone needs time to develop understanding, and spiritual skills. Being patient, you dedicate yourself to living the balanced life in this moment, trusting that God’s order will prevail.

God is the God of Divine order, so you are guaranteed that your blessings will come to you, at the right time and in the perfect way. Knowing this, you can be patient with anyone you may encounter. You find it easy to forgive – so much easier than the old way of forever holding on to the grudge that seeks only to destroy your own balance.

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, I pray for balance in my life, not upset by grudges, anger and hate.
I seek to rebalance myself through God’s love expressed towards myself and all others.

In Jesus Christ name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

Christ, the radiant light within me, quickens, inspires, and uplifts me.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.”

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