Spirit Is Calling Your Name
Are you present to hear it?
We were at the local corn festival and had arrived just in time to hear the raffle announcer say, "Coleen Springer, you have won the bike."
It was a cute little bike. I am sure Coleen would have loved it. They kept calling her name, and when she didn't answer, they said they would draw again.
So, Coleen, or a parent, spent the time and money to purchase a raffle ticket, had hoped she would win the bike and yet was not present for the drawing.
Do we do the same?
Do we practice and study the science and spirit of God and yet decide to take time off, hoping we won't miss our name being called?
Yes, that's what we do.
We get distracted by the out-picture we call our lives, and we are misled by the claims that it is more fun to do something else or the lie that we have studied enough and will be prepared.
Moments, days, and years pass, and how many times has our name been called without our knowing it?
Called for gifts of the heart, called to pick up the supplies we asked for, called to do a good work or deed, called to stop danger, or called to correct the illusion that danger has occurred.
There are other ways we can miss Spirit's calling besides being absent.
One way is to ignore it. We do that all the time, too.
Once, I heard my name being called and did what was requested of me.
You are probably thinking, "Oh my, how glorious! It must have been something very important."
No, it wasn't.
In fact, the Spirit's calling is almost always about being faithful to the small details of life.
When we prove that we are present and listening, we hear the message more often and more clearly, and yes, sometimes it is something "important" to do.
In this case, it was something very simple.
I was jogging down the street in the early morning when I saw a clump of marigolds lying on the road. I immediately realized that something or someone had pulled them out of the garden by the road and left them lying there.
I noticed—heard the voice say, "Replant them,"—and kept on going.
Then I heard the voice "replant them" again and turned around, grabbed the flowers, found the hole they came out of, replanted them, said a few words of encouragement, and then continued down the road.
It took less than a minute to do this.
It is doubtful anyone saw me, and the homeowner probably never knew what I had done.
Yet, I am the one who benefited. I see those flowers every time I jog by, happily growing as if it never happened. Most of all, I benefited because I heard and answered the call.
Spirit is always calling. It says:
Stop following the lies of the worldview.
Don't be afraid; follow my voice.
Hold hands with your neighbor and walk this way.
Do good without expectation of return.
Be diligent, stay in Truth, and don't be distracted.
The time is now, not later.
The consequences of not being present are far more serious than not receiving the bike meant for you.
It is a dangerous decision to take time "off" from living the full truth of the infinite spirit at all times or ignore the voice calling us.
On the other hand, the reward is much greater than that bike.
Yes, it is work, but no other work is worth doing.
It is the experience of heaven on earth now, the awareness of grace in your life now, and the awakening to your True spiritual nature, the Am in I Am.
Your name is being called—be sure you are prepared and present to hear and act on it.