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April 09 “Food For the Spirit”

APRIL 2009 “FOOD FOR THE SPIRIT”

Peace and much love! The divinity in me salutes the divinity in you, Word!

The spiritual gift for the month of APRIL is WISDOM

Your spiritual gift of WISDOM is vital to your growth and spiritual development because it gives you the ability to make the best decisions for your highest good.

Spiritual development comes through the choices you make in your life; you cannot grow until you begin to properly use your spiritual gift of WISDOM.

WISDOM has several aspects to it, discernment, evaluation and choices. Most of the time when making decisions, you rely on your mind or your five senses. There is nothing wrong with that, however, when you follow your inner sense and allow spirit to guide you in the situation, that’s using WISDOM.

With the abundance of information and technology available to you, sometimes making the right decision can seem complex or even overwhelming to you. Using WISDOM will give you the ability to discern facts from emotions so you can calmly evaluate the information given to you and decide what will be the best choice for you.

When you are faced with many choices and you’re not really sure of what to choose, you should stop right where you are, remain calm, get still and allow your spiritual gift of WISDOM to guide you. As soon as you do this, things will become more clear, which will allow you to know what choice to make. It’s important to remember that WISDOM will not give you concrete answers. Although using WISDOM is a thinking process, your answers will come to you as a “yes” feeling or a “no” feeling. That’s your intuitive nature, which will never lead you in the wrong direction.

Think about how many times when you were in a situation when “something” just “felt” right and even though it seemed illogical, you courageously followed that “feeling” and something good happened for you. Or when “something” just didn’t “feel” right and again, you listened to that “feeling” and kept yourself out of a negative situation, during those times you were using your spiritual gift of WISDOM.

Also, remember that you will make a few, so-called “mistakes” along the way as you learn to master your gift of WISDOM, it’s natural, so don’t beat yourself up, feel sorry for yourself or have any regrets. Regret makes you fearful and cripples your ability to grow in your consciousness. Every so-called “mistake” you have made or will make, is another opportunity for you to grow in your spiritual development if you just learn from them. Use your WISDOM to keep it moving as you move forward in living the life you were born to live! It is True, let It Be and There It is, Word!

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