Transmute the Mind into God's Palace
Looking out to the horizon line of Lake Michigan...I sense my Spiritual Home here on earth. The feeling I experience internally is one of silence, peace and transcendence. All my material and earthly concerns vanish as I meditate on the calming effect the Great Lake's water has upon my emotions and my mind. Somehow, someway all and everything seems "right". I feel as if my personal goals are in sync with God's wishes for me. At age 44 I have encountered various places that inject a similar sensation, but none quite as significant as the Lake Michigan shoreline where I grew up. Every cell of my body experiences Spiritual upliftment...I am showered with God's Grace and Goodness.
As a teenager I often biked to this very spot...grappling with an intense bag of anger and assorted other negative emotions. I didn't know how other to handle this surge of tumultuous activity...so I sought refuge in the tides washing over a shoreline of rocks. With each passing cycle of waves, the water danced over the rocks, polishing the stones slowly over time.
Much as these smooth stones, I too, have been polished and refined by the influx of shifting emotions and the vast scene of blue waters.
Lake Michigan seems endless. Yet in the uncertainty of the other side's shoreline, I find comfort in Knowing God is always right there with me filling me with the Strength and Courage to face Life's varied moments.
