01/09/2024
Testimony Tuesday:
Everyone in my family knows I don't enjoy driving in the rain.☔️ This morning, I woke up feeling irritable because I had to drop off Anaya at the Marta train station, which is a 30-minute drive one way. Robert came home from work, and I asked him how the highway was. He said it was wet😏 and offered to take Anaya. But I decided to take Anaya to the station myself and declined Robert's offer.
I was annoyed that Anaya wasn't ready yet, so I started unboxing the cookware that Robert had ordered, which didn't match the rest of our cookware. I also noticed the laundry room was in disarray, and I needed to wash my clothes.😒 I was agitated but managed to prepare for the wet drive into the city.
Last night, I fell asleep listening to "Safe In His Arms" by Rev. Milton and The Thompson Community Choir. So, I played the same song again in the car 🚗 as I declared that we were safe and that I would be fine on the highway. I let Apple Music play its selections as I focused on driving with rain coming down hard and the streets flooding. I didn't talk or sing much, which is unusual for me. Although there were a few slippery moments, we arrived safely. I offered my umbrella🌂 to Anaya, and she went.
As I continued listening to the songs that Apple Music was playing, I sang along to songs like "Thank You" and "Changed" by Walter Hawkins, "Thank You Lord" by Daryl Coley, "I AM God" by Donald Lawrence, and "God's On Your Side" by The Mississippi Mass Choir featuring Le'Andria Johnson. As I sang, 🎤 I thanked God for my blessings, body, mind, family, life, health, and more. I started praising and worshipping in my car, tears and all! Before I knew it, I was pulling into my subdivision. And what song started playing again?😲 "Safe In His Arms"! I laughed because that replay confirmed a few things about God and Spirit.
Firstly, I woke up feeling triggered because of the rain. I let my fear pour onto my family, but if I had allowed the agitation to cause me to go within and do a self-check, I would have realized that my body was telling me that I was scared, and that's okay. I should have acknowledged it and declared my safety. Instead, I let my thoughts direct my behavior, which projected my agitation and fear onto my family.
Secondly, the song playing again was pure synchronicity. It affirmed that I was in the Spirit of Joy, Gratitude, and Favor and felt Blessed, also known as feelings. I was in the Lord's Vibration, aka Spirit, and reminded that I'm always safe, which confirmed that I'm never alone. Even when I get caught up, I'm never cut off, and I can always return to the center of my life, which is goodness and faith housed in my heart.
Shawnism:
Our bodies are divine temples designed to always speak to us through our bodily sensations, which we call emotions and feelings. When we allow our thoughts to dictate our behaviors, we miss the physical clues that help us return to balance, which I call God's Goodness and Faith, scientifically known as homeostasis. When I walked into the house, I was in a different mood than I left. I felt grounded, delightful, and thankful!
To live an examined life requires curiosity; you must be curious about your behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and emotions, and asking yourself why is a game changer. The answer you get leads you to the path of understanding yourself and others, which is the key to calmness and peace. You start to explore and have different experiences and outcomes in your life. Before you know it, an Internal Shift occurs that you aren't even aware of is happening. When you become aware, you embody balance, goodness, optimism, and faith in your life because you have the formula to continually return to the center, my friend. That's my formula, and it works!
