IF ONLY

I can’t count how many times I’ve wondered what my life would have been like if only I had made different choices. This sort of life review comes up when I lose sight of purpose. My mind tries to entice me to buy this or that to fill the emptiness. Its promises are seductive because it is easy to immediately enjoy a piece of chocolate cake or a new treasure. Yet I know that my greater purpose has nothing to do with worldly issues. It has to do with how much I live life fully on purpose and not stuck in past memories.

I realize that my “if only” is just a distraction, a way to hold me captive and saddened by what might have been. Perhaps the choices I made were really the best ones and there is no need for regret, yet I know that’s not true. I ask myself, how much more time do you want to waste on “if only?” Not a minute. I still have a life to create today and it is up to me. If I truly want to live with passion and purpose, I really have some work to do.

A friend asked me today how I would feel if I didn’t l complete the book that I promised Mother Mary I would write. I realized how sad it would be to reach the end of my life and not completed what I’ve promised Her I would do. Up till now, parts of my third book are all tucked in a folder, and I find myself attending to those worldly issues that I tend to put first. You might wonder how I could do that. I wonder too.

I sat quietly today with tears on my cheeks and vowed to stop my nonsense and write this book. I realized that I must give up some of the things I do that really are not necessary or need to be done now.
The question is do I want to live in if only or will I do I what I have promised? YES I WILL!

And so it is,
Amen

Rev. Dr. Barbara Rasp

You must understand that it is all very simple. Your focus is God. Your Love is God and your work is for God. Storms may rage and frighten you, but there is no reason to doubt yourself. You have the ability to fulfill your purpose and you must use it. Release your fears and heed my call. I will guide you to your greatness.

Wisdom’s Voice