Just as I placed my fingers on the keyboard to type I heard the howl of coyotes. It is only 5:00 AM and I suppose they are calling to one another to gather and move to a new location. There is a huge hill behind our home, and we often see wildlife – deer, rabbits, javelina, and once in a while a coyote may allow itself to be seen.
Prayer
Yesterday I wrote about an experience I had of being more assertive in my prayers. I used the word “aggressive” to help describe what I was experiencing. But today I wonder if that word was not a very good choice. Well, it was a good choice in terms of something that I was experiencing, yet, it certainly does not associate well with the subject of Love. Love is never aggressive, and there certainly is never aggression within the experience of receiving the Divine Love; nor is aggression ever a part of the expression of love. I may be aggressive in terms of an intense determination and desire to experience God’s Great Love. Sometimes this is needed in order to break laziness, and old patterns of self-condemnation or lack of self-love and self-acceptance.