Try "Reset" throughout your day

How's you day been? Started out pretty good, some quiet time for Bible study, prayer, listening to God. And then jump into the day's activities. Some vestige of the morning inspiration remains, but it seems to be fading. The stay on top of everything catch up begins. And suddenly you realize you are running through the day, with little direction, with lots of hurry, and it comes to you, "Time to hit the reset button !!"

Many electric or electronic devices have a reset switch. Its purpose is to allow one to restart a device that has had an electric or electronic failure. And even if there is not an accessible reset switch a trick used by many working with electronics, is to simply turn off all functions, and restart or reboot, and often voila a problem or glitch is solved.

I have found a very useful spiritual device that is similar to this reset switch concept. I simply settle my thought, turn wholeheartedly to God through prayer or quiet listening. I may think of some favorite spiritual truths, sing a hymn, or simply declare, God you are in control and I am listening.

The effect of this reset can be profound. A day that has become a rush of activities suddenly turns into a holy unfoldment.

And sometimes I have been forced into this reset mode. A few months ago I raced to a nearby Lidl market to grab some needed items. I was in a rush. I had little time. I bought the needed items and then returned to the car. When I turned the key the motor stayed silent. A recurring problem surfaced and I was sitting in my car considering my options. A race home with my purchased items had suddenly become irrelevant. The car would not start.

What did I do? Call for some emergency help? Get out of the car and hoof it? No, I simply turned to God in prayer and pulled a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures out of the glove compartment. I quietly began to read. And I thought of some of my ongoing cases at the time. One involved a young man in a coma in France. He and his wife had been in a motorcycle accident. One of the passages I read in Science and Health seemed just perfect to orient my thoughts and prayers.

And suddenly I received a text message, an SMS, on my mobile phone from the mother of this young man. Actually it was a little joke and got me laughing. But I then knew the mom was available and I immediately called her. I reached her just as she was about to head across the street from her hotel to the hospital where her son was. We had a nice talk and rejoiced in the spiritual truths that supported her son and his wife in their recoveries. Much healing was being evidenced.

And then I shared with her how my car had refused to start after my shopping trip, so I had just taken a 15 or 20 minute prayer pause. In this case I had not pushed the reset button, but I chuckled to myself as I realized that God had pushed reset. My thought, my day, had been reset right back to the original spiritual inspiration I needed. And guess what, after my prayer, my conversation with the mom, and our communing together with God, I turned the key and the car immediately started.

So simple lesson, don't let your days run you. Stay close to God and if you feel you are getting pushed around in your day by material thinking and pulls and pressures, just remember to push "Reset" and give it all right back to your Father-Mother God.

Oh, and that young man and his mom? My boys and I had a celebration with them just a few days ago. His family and my family rejoiced as he paddled out for his first surf since the accident. For someone who loves surfing there is nothing quite like getting wet, paddling out, and catching your first wave in a long time. All vestiges of the seeming accident are on their way out for both this young man and his wife.

Even what appears in our experience as an "accident" can turn into one of those "reset" moments in life. Where we turn wholeheartedly to the God that governs the universe and through the presence of the Christ, we find our whole lives "reset" physically and spiritually. We are healed. We are whole. We are loved.