Just come back from a movie with my friend. Good to chill out with my friend who is also facing high level of stress at work. I thank God for the companionship through this friend with me. It is really nice to have a friend to chill out with and bitch about work. Time for quiet time through this reflection with God before I start my crazy days again from tomorrow onwards.
I go for foot reflexology quite regularly due to some health issues. One of the benefits from foot reflexology that I gain most is a nice sleep after each session. Foot reflexology is also known to help in improving blood circulation, relieving tension and promoting natural functions of the related parts of the body through the appropriate pressure on the related reflexes on the feet. I am very particular about foot reflexology when it comes to whether the reflexologist has pressed the points accurately or not. Certain points when pressed may be more painful that the others, especially when I do not have enough sleep. Sometimes, the foot reflexologist did point out accurately my main problems when pressing on the reflexes where I experienced more pain to improve the issues. When the points were pressed correctly, I could feel relaxed and able to sleep immediately after that. When I wake up, I will feel very refreshed. If the points were not pressed on accurately, I could immediately know it and my black face would appear and I would not extend the duration of the session.
This comes to my mind that I need time to have my spiritual reflexology from time to time where God is the Spiritual Reflexologist. If not, my spiritual growth would be blocked by my sins if I choose to ignore the issues or sins. Then, the Holy Spirit can never work freely in me, just like how the blood cannot flow smoothly through my body. Subsequently, I will fall more and more sick up to the point that I collapse. When certain areas of my life are exposed to God, I will feel quite painful and uncomforatble. For instance, when I have to admit my fault of being impatient, I may feel uncomfortable at first, just like how I may feel a bit of pain when certain reflexes which indicate some problems in those parts of the body are pressed on at first. It may be a torture to me when I have to deal with difficult people due to my impatience. If I allow myself to handle these people and allow God to help me to develop my patience, I will grow to be more patient and my spiritual life will grow and the Holy Spirit will work more freely in me. I will be freed from that flaw of mine and more accepting of more of such people just like how my blood circulation improves after the foot reflexology. It is definitely very difficult and even torturing to love such people at first. But, if I choose to to judge them and escape from them, I will never accept them and will never grow in my spiritual life. It goes the same to my body where my poor blood circulation will lead to lack of oxygen carried by the blood to the organs and all parts of the body imposing more major health problems in the long run and even death if I refuse to get some treatment or help.
Nobody mentions that it is easy to help myself opening up to God for my certain issues and sins in life. It may be even painful to open up certain wounds for healing and yet it is essential to do so and requires to have some pain in opening them up for healing. If not, those areas of my life will always be in darkness where the devil lurks quietly and uses them to drift me away from God through lies. Those parts of my life will be stagnant which means those parts of my life are dead. Only living things that are dead will stay stagnant. Then, I will never grow to be more complete. Sometimes, it takes a lot of courage to face these issues or sins in life. That is when the support of the community comes in. Even when Jesus was on his way to the Calvary, he did not travel alone. People followed him. The women wiped his face and wept for him. Simon helped to carry his cross for him during certain part of his journey towards the Calvary. He did not push anyone away out of his ego. He was not even crucified alone. There were always be people with him though everyone on the crucifix would have to meet his death face to face alone. No one could replace anyone of them to die. But, the support of the commnuity will give the courage and love for the victims to move on with courage and love. When a person is sick, the quality of life is much better when a spouse goes through it all with her than she facing the suffering and death alone though he is not able to replace her to die. Such presence will bring comfort and strength to the person who is suffering to experience God's Love through the physical presence of her spouse.
Ultimately, nobody can force us to make any decisions in life. If a cow does not want to drink the water, it will still refuse to drink it even if I push its head into the water. God gives us the free will to choose to follow Him or drift away from Him. He knows that it is never easy to go through it alone which is why He will keep on sending people into our lives to go through lives with us. They will come into and leave our lives during different stages of our lives. We can choose to push them away and play God becaue of our egos or pride or accept their help and experience God's love through them for us to grow to be more complete with gratitude. The decision is still ours to make. I can choose to go for the foot reflexology to improve on my blood circulation and improvement of sleep quality or I can choose to allow my problems to persist till I fall very sick and continue to be totured by my health issues. God has given me my life as a gift. It is still up to me how I use this gift.
Is it time for your spiritual reflexology? Try it. It may be uncomfortable to face those blockages at first. It may be even painful and torturing to be pressed on at times. But, trust in the Spiritual Reflexologist (God). Take courage to take the steps to spend quiet time with Him regularly for such sessions. He would make sure that you would live well with peace of mind and heart once these blockages are melted in the warmth of His Love.
With Love,
Elena
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