Are you floating in the waters of God's unconditional love for you?

This one is a hard one for me.  We all know that I really am a do-er.  I do.  I go from place to place, thing to thing, priority to priority with the greatest of ease.  I am a plan-ner.  I have to know what is going to happen next.  Spontaneous behavior does not suit me well.


Last summer when our high school youth went to New Orleans, my youth parents knew 2 weeks in advance where there child would be the ENTIRE time they were in New Orleans.  (Yes, I considered bathroom breaks on the schedule).  Flying by the seat of my pants doesn't work to well.  


So, when I read a post from my sister this morning that read --On this day, God wants you to know...

... that you are a human being, not a human doing. Take time to just be, to breathe slowly, to feel your body that is the temple of your soul. No activities, no worries, no buzzing. 

Wow, if that does not hit home -- way too close to home.  I am a do-er.  I have said that.  

So, when someone today told me to "float in the waters of God's unconditional love for me and not worry about swimming to my next destination,"  WOW!!

I am filled with God's amazing unconditional love for me.  It has to be unconditional because many times I am a screwed up mess.  So many times I find myself lost in the midst of the eternal to do list.  So many times I put God on the back burner.  I am swimming in that water, but floating?

Now that I think about it, I can relate this all to knitting.  When I first started knitting 5 years ago, I hated it.  I didn't understand why I couldn't sit down and 2 hours later have a new scarf.  Knitting takes time.  Knitting takes focus.  Knitting is doing but the more I realize that it is the enjoyment of going through the project much more than the finished piece.  I have friends that have had UFOs (unfinished objects for you knitting muggles) for years.  I have a piece that I would  LOVE to have done tomorrow.  It is not going to happen.  

Meditation is a huge part of my knitting.  Spending time in the repetition of the stitches, the clicking of the needles, not yet knowing what the finished project will look like (and most of the time not caring).  

Now, the do-er in me gets impatient MANY times in my knitting.  I want it done now.  I want to start something new.  I want to give ____ to whoever.  NOW NOW NOW.  

The be-ing person though focuses on knitting in the stitches of that wonderful love for me, not worrying about the finished project.  

AMEN