THE BOOK OF GENESIS

Genesis: n

beginning: the time or circumstances of something’s coming into being. (Encarta)


When did your book of genesis begin? The first chapter the day you choose to live on a different basis, the basis of trusting and relying on God. An argument could be made that the book of our lives should begin with our birth, and in truth, it does. For most, unfortunately, this is their only book of life. The conscious decision to Live on the Spiritual Basis closes the old book of our lives and opens the new, for we are reborn. Consider the circumstances that brought to a head the moment you cried out for change. Our rebirth into the light is brought about in pain, just as our physical birth was, made all the more difficult because we are fully conscious for all of it. Pain is the only instrument sharp enough to cut away the excess of self. Is it any wonder this is the path least taken, the road less traveled? Many pay it lip service, few willing to pay the price required, a great sadness indeed. Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth. We can wish it were not so with all our might, but in truth, without the facilitation of pain few, if any, would act.

As you write in your book today, thank God for knowing Him better. Ask in meditation and prayer what you can do today for those struggling to open the account of the rest of their days in the light, for not only do you have much to give, being reborn, Living on the Spiritual Basis demands it of us.