Last week in class, I had a beautiful experience. I had come prepared to give a meditation in class that I thought would be fitting for that night. But as soon as I was about to start, I noticed that I couldn’t say the words that I had planned.
Instead, I noticed an image coming to my mind in which I saw clouds covering the sky above me. At that moment, the thought also came to me that those clouds are like our thoughts. I knew at that moment that God wanted me to share this image with the class and I was grateful for what He was allowing me to see. ☁️ I began describing what the image looked like. The sky was dark, clouds covering everything in my view and I asked the women in class to see those dark clouds as their negative thoughts and notice each one of them for a moment.
Have you noticed how many of your thoughts are negative? How many of those thoughts cover the sky of your mind daily and even hourly? All the comparisons, judgments, feelings of inadequacy, sadness, fears, unhappiness etc? Have you noticed how the world around us is constantly focused of pessimism on negativity, on darkness? 🙁 & Can you feel that world creeping into your mind, heart and thoughts constantly?
As humans we’re basically wired to focus on threats because bad things require our immediate attention and sadly, the negative thoughts stick to our minds more than the positive thoughts. That’s why we have to practice learning how to protect ourselves and check our thoughts a little more often. ✅❌
In the meditation I did in class last week, I asked them to notice the clouds, to see the negative thoughts and look a little beyond that to see the light behind the clouds peeking through. ⛅️ I asked them to focus on that light until the clouds of their minds began to clear completely and all they could see and feel was the sun! ☀️
I told them that the sun is the light of Christ! 💛 His light is able to penetrate any clouds of our mind. His light is able to touch every part of our lives if we allow it to do so. We can invite the light of Christ to bring His light to that very thought that we may be struggling with. To ask the Lord to help us to heal that thought and to help it go away so that we may focus on His light and Love instead. ❤️
Romans 12:2 says 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is. His good, pleasing and perfect will.💛
Our amazing and powerful minds are given to us so that we may learn how to manage them, protect and nourish them. We do have the ability to control what we think about, and those thoughts affect all of the areas of our lives.
For example; notice how you feel when your thoughts are pessimistic and how that trickles to other areas of your life. Also, take a moment to notice the difference, when your thoughts are filled with light, the moments when you choose to TRUST GOD instead of believing the lies of the world. Think of the moments when you’ve been compassionate toward those who have hurt you, when you’ve felt peace and true joy and how those thoughts also affect you life, your energy and your surroundings. 🥰💛
This week I had a few opportunities to be in rooms filled with people, the thought ame to my mind as I looked around the room, that all of us have our own clouds we’re dealing with. 😔☁️ You may think someone is rude, when in reality the clouds of their minds are really just covering their mind during those moments. It doesn’t matter how wealthy we are, how beautiful, how powerful or popular we are…
There are people whose mental skies are covered in clouds of comparison, dissatisfaction, they’re focused on the negative and they’re unable to see past those clouds. 🙁 That’s when we need to remember to rise above our own clouds 🌤️and be compassionate toward others. Reach out in love and not judge the clouds they may be experiencing. As we learn to manage our own thoughts we’re able to reach out in love to others and help them with their own clouds as well. 💛
Today I would like to invite you to look for the light of the sun in the sky of your mind. ☀️ Clear the negative thoughts and focus instead on practicing and exercising your mind, heart and soul to focus instead on the light! Let the Lord become your teacher. Let Him help you let go of your negative thoughts and allow yourself to focus on seeing and feeling the light in your life more and more! 🤩 After all, this is your life and you get to choose what you want to focus on. 💪🏼🥰💛
Remember that your Father in Heaven gave you this mind for you to learn to manage it. He wants to remind you that light overcomes darkness. Light fills your heart with true joy and happiness. So, focus on the light! Focus in the good! Focus on Christ and notice how this will clear your mind and heart and allow you to live a happier more fulfilling life than anything else that the world can offer. 🥰 There’s nothing better than having a joyful and peaceful soul. & it all starts with your thoughts and what you guide your mind to focus on and to see. ❤️
There’s a beautiful scripture in Philippians 4:8
Which says; Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.
Let’s make it our goal to think about what is good, loving, kind, pure. Let’s stop listening to all of the pessimism of the news and the world around us. Lets focus instead on the beauty that surrounds us. On the light of Christ and on the light that we can be to others. We can focus on helping our friends and families to clear the dark clouds of their minds as well. 🥰🌤️💛 God will see what’s in our heart and He will bless us for our efforts to focus on the good and notice the light more and more.
Our spiritual goal for the week is to; Focus on the sunshine no matter how dark the days, the thoughts or the circumstances may feel…Ask the Lord to help you see the light and He will be there to help you see it, feel it and transform you heart and mind. 🙏🏼💛
Our physical goal for the week is to bring light to our physical body as well by choosing good food and daily movement to help us feel recharged and energized. 💪🏼
Love you all and I hope that you can make it to class tonight to strengthen and renew yourself physically, mentally and spiritually. Last week we had a beautiful class! & I can’t wait to see how tonight will go! Hope that you can join us and fill yourself with a little more light today. 🥰🙏🏼☀️
Love,
Lili 🌸
