| When we first begin to feel the stirrings of God's love | | | | also come in order to move a person forward quickly |
| in our hearts, we begin to awaken spiritually. Suddenly, | | | | upon their spiritual path, in response to the divine timing |
| instead of being just a mother or father, or a son or | | | | for that soul. |
| daughter, a student, a teacher, an artist, a professional | | | | For others, and for most of us, the answer to this |
| or a sports enthusiast, we discover that we are so | | | | question of God's purpose for us, is answered in more |
| much more. We are souls, each of us a magnificent | | | | incremental ways. It is like walking a treasure map, |
| and multifaceted jewel of radiance, of complexity, of | | | | receiving first one clue and then another, with the |
| uniqueness and of love. We are created in God's | | | | understanding building over time. Going through life in |
| image, with infinite possibility and infinite potential. | | | | this way, asking and praying and waiting to receive the |
| One of the first things we ask ourselves as we begin | | | | answer, builds faith, courage and strength and opens |
| to awaken to our spiritual potential, is why am I here? | | | | within us a passageway of divine light that |
| What is God's purpose for me? This is a beautiful and | | | | communicates with the spiritual realms in a continual |
| wonderful question to ask, for it opens the pathway | | | | way. This process also purifies us and releases us |
| for us to return Home to the depth of our divine | | | | from older ways of relating to life, so we can begin to |
| connection with spirit. The longing in our heart to know | | | | see and feel and be in a whole new way. |
| what God's purpose is for us, begins to activate a | | | | There is no special technique or spiritual practice |
| new direction in our lives. | | | | needed in order to discover what God's purpose is for |
| Previously, we were seeking to fulfill our own needs, | | | | our lives. The simple desire and longing to live a life that |
| and those of our closest friends and family. We were | | | | is One with God's love is enough to begin the process |
| looking for a way to express ourselves and live a | | | | of spiritual discovery. If you feel a strong connection to |
| good life. When spiritual longing grows stronger in our | | | | a particular form of spiritual or religious practice, follow |
| hearts, the earlier ways of fulfilling ourselves seem to | | | | this path and immerse yourself in the longing and in the |
| lose interest, and are no longer satisfied. We begin to | | | | desire for discovery. Life will begin to reveal to you the |
| look for something more, something more real, true, | | | | answers to the questions you seek. |
| something deeper and more meaningful. | | | | Open yourself to the longing in your heart, pray deeply |
| Imagine that you have been living in a black and white | | | | to know God's purpose for your life, and you will begin |
| world, but didn't know that anything more was possible. | | | | to see and feel and experience new revelations in |
| Then suddenly, you begin to see color! This is such a | | | | your own understanding of who you are. As you |
| strikingly different experience, so much more alive and | | | | move into a more conscious alignment with God's |
| filled with light and life, that we don't want to return to | | | | purpose for your life, greater light will begin to fill your |
| the old black and white existence. So it is with spiritual | | | | body, mind and consciousness. This light brings healing |
| life, that we move from the less real to the more real. | | | | both to yourself, and to all others that you may |
| We long for greater love and truth. We become more | | | | encounter. It even blesses the very Earth that you |
| ourselves, and we also let go of old ways of | | | | stand upon, and gives a unique and special gift to God |
| expressing ourselves that no longer feel right to us. | | | | and to all of life. |
| So how do we discover what is God's purpose for | | | | The harmony of fulfilling your divine purpose brings |
| us? For some, the answer to this question arrives like | | | | peace joy, gratitude and blessing to all those that you |
| a lightning bolt of truth and clarity from the heavens. | | | | touch. This is God's great gift to us and to all of life, |
| This kind of blessing, that of direct revelation, is | | | | that we may be blessed and bless others in return, |
| sometimes needed in order to communicate to the | | | | spreading love and light to each other and to all of the |
| soul something important that may be very different | | | | world. |
| from what they would otherwise expect. This may | | | | |