Abundance

I'm reading a new book called The Power of Intention. It was recommended by a friend. I'm glad she recommended it. Mostly because what it says rings true. And I can be a skeptic. And why does it ring true? It's hard to put a finger on it, precisely. I think what really makes the difference for me is that it is kind. A strange way to describe it, but the philosophy itself is kind and life affirming.

Too much of our world is not that way. And too much of what I focus on is not that way.

This has me thinking about that, seriously thinking about it, especially as a person of faith. A person who professes to believe in God.

Because what is God, if not kind and life affirming? What is God, if not beautiful? And what is God, if not abundant?

And really it is the abundance that has my attention. I've spent a lot of time thinking in terms of limits...which really amount to excuses.

Here is what I know:

1. The universe and everything in it was created by God and the universe and God's creations are limitless.

2. God is loving and wants to give us all good things.

3. If I think of just my own existence, that God's power brought me into being, and then I think of the billions of people who have ever lived and recognize that God's power brought them into being, well, then my mind feels like it might explode. If that isn't a manifestation of God's abundance, I do not know what abundance is.

4. It does not stop there. If we just focus on this earth, and this earth alone, we see that it is teeming with life. And that process of growth never stops.

5. And then there is the universe in all it's glory. The stars alone are testament to the limitless nature of God.

So why do I think in terms of limitation? Why do I worry that the earth's resources will run dry? Why do I think only about the student debt and not about the abundance of opportunities there are to work? Why do I worry about being lonely and in the state of noboyfriend when there are billions of human beings on this planet? And there is no limit to the amount of love that is out there...in any form? Why do I think of excuses as to why things cannot happen instead of thinking of all the reasons and ways that they can happen? And do happen, every day?

There is more than enough and plenty to go around. So no more of this worrying about limits. My life and the possibilities God has in store for me are limitless, teeming, abundant!