"Only when we are in alignment with our soul purpose do we find true joy and and inner peace"
*Alignment*
What does this word mean to you?
Have you even thought about it before? If your answer is yes then i can confess that I don't either till this morning. Well I have said it and heard it especially when my husband keeps reminding me that my car needs alignment. So google said ,"noun: alignment arrangement in a straight line, or in correct or appropriate relative positions' '. What do you think? Do you feel like you need to be straightened? I think for me I feel like we need to be people who are constantly seeking alignment, not agreement. When a family, a community, a country, or a team , is aligned, everyone has common direction, purpose, and goals. Each action can be different and not necessarily agreed by everyone. When a team is in agreement, everyone agrees not only on direction but on each action. Whatever form they take, aligning actions say to others that we agree with the norms and expectations of a given situation and that we will act accordingly. For example like waiting in line to purchase something at a shop, exiting an airplane in an orderly fashion after it has landed, or driving on the right side of the road of course, not when you're in Zambia driving on the left is expected of you there. Sorry I'm being off track right now .What happens when we are not in alignment with our families, our community, our jobs , ourselves, or with God? For me personally when my alignment with God is not intact with Him I lose track of my purpose, my mission and myself. My family are usually the first people to notice that something is definitely off track with Mommy. This year on new years day I dreamed of a hand writing on the wall. I was in a room that felt like a classroom, being sent on a mission. The hand had written the word Purpose and next to it was a word Mission. I struggled, patiently waiting for the hand to write another word, but unfortunately it didn't. I remember feeling on edge, thinking that if this assignment has only two words am never gonna figure out the third word because if you're like me , you know that everything works perfect in threes. Like God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy spirit, like peanut butter and jelly, it sounds like two things but don't forget the bread in there. There's something about threes that just completes the puzzle . Now do you see why I was getting or worked up about only having 2 words only. I suck at solving puzzles, even my 8 year daughter finishes a 10 piece puzzle with her eyes closed and I can't even do it with my eyes open. I like straight forward directions with a picture attached to it of course. I was so worried that I was going to wake up without getting the third word, but I ended up waking up without it.
As I sit here writing this and sharing hoping to encourage someone out there today. I'm quite embarrassed of myself because I was so focused on wanting clear direction , even though I know that God doesn't work like that at all. We have seen in the Bible many times giving people partial assignments and working with them along the way till they got to where he was taking them all leading them to.
God clearly wanted me to align with Him as we work my purpose and the mission He has called me to. Today as I was talking to him, I said align my heart to yours so I can stay focused in faith knowing that all I need is to let you lead me towards that Purpose to accomplish that Mission. When I finished those words, it was like a light bulb got switched on and I had to write it down to share with you all as we enter this new year of 2024. Let's remember to go for an alignment check up! Maybe we feel ourselves drifting of the road and we have been finding ourselves more to the left side even though we know the cost of it is life threatening but since we are off alignment we don't even know that we are drifting off leaning on our own understanding and leading ourselves to distraction and off the dangerous cliff.
I guess my question for you and me is that are we off alignment? Do we need adjustment to focus? When you look back on the past year , could you tell where you felt like you hit the bump or something that got you off alignment and you haven't been able to adjust it on your own? Maybe it's time to go for a check up , because that engine light is not going to turn off on its own. The engine light is a sign letting us know that we need a mechanic to fix us and turn it off , so we can stay focused. You and I both know that if we are operating on an off alignment body we become a danger to ourselves and those around us. We become bitter, angry, Suicidal, jealous, depressed, and ungrateful. Alignment helps us to stay focused and safe. It's for our own good and for the people around us. Cheers to this year. I'm praying for all of us that God will open the eyes of our hearts to see those engine lights in ourselves that need fixing instead of focusing on the other people's engine lights that probably seem obvious to us since we can't seem to see our own. Have a blessed year.