I read this every morning:  “Come to Me with a teachable spirit, eager to be changed……Seek My face with an open mind, knowing that your journey with Me involves being transformed by the renewing of your mind.”  It’s from a little book called Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.  Reading this jars my mind and emotions.  I have recognized that when I open my mind to all the possibilities of creation the magic rises.  

I was thinking about this as I was cooking homemade blueberry muffins this morning to take on a camping trip this weekend.  I realized I never buy boxed mixes for anything anymore.  There is no magic if the creation in not your own.  As I pondered and watched myself as I cut butter into the flour and cinnamon, I could feel the divine flow of God’s poetic words.  Wow….I am in love with cooking!  I always said I did not have time to cook this way, but this is life.  Preparing our meals, taking care of daily living, having time to spend with Jesus.  Everything we do is magic….we just have to pay attention.  I am beginning to forget why we need money, politics, religion, systems of control, isms of any kind.  There is another way of life.

Truth feels like the realization that we all have a Divine Spark, and we are all creators, made in the image of the One Creator.  Truth is becoming immense joy for me.  As I fold fresh blueberries into the batter, I feel their energy, the energy of Creation.  I look at my blue fingernails and marvel at the array of beautiful colors we can see with our eye.  Life is changing, becoming one marvel after another.

I have recently learned to crochet and it too is magic.  I feel it changing my mind and my creativity is awakening!  So, I ponder, why is crochet changing my life?  It is the creation……and the opportunity to crochet love and healing into every stitch.  Today I am beginning a blanket for my sister.  I am immersed in blues for this project in more ways than one.   My sister lost her son to suicide almost two years ago.  I can’t put the pain into words, but I am sure you understand.  As I create this blanket I pray his spirit will be near me, as I sew love and healing into each stitch.  I want to remember the little boy we love so much.

All of this is transforming my mind…all I had to do was ask with sincerity.  I really want to know the mystery of our lives here, the true message of Jesus and Buddha and every teacher that has tried to show the true way.  It shocks me to see the Truth, and the grand deception we have all been subject to.  But seeing this is transforming and freeing.

So, as the magic emerges, in glimpses, and you see what’s around the corner for us, it will set you free.