THE YARDSTICK….
By Mary Elizabeth
Today, as in everyday, I wonder where it is I am suppose to
be….yet as I write those words I have an absolute knowing that I am exactly
where I am suppose to be in this very moment.
SO… why then does a part of me still wonder? Even if at times it seems to make little
sense to me, where I am now is absolutely where God intends. I guess my need to “know” what’s next makes
it sometimes difficult to find peace in the presence of NOW, yet it is only in
the “now” that we can find peace….so why the struggle? Hmm…
Is it that I am simply bored in this time that I am alone;
is it fear that my life will never be more than it is right now (though
truthfully right now really is looking pretty good); is it fear that somehow I
have let God down in this commitment to do as He asks of me; or is it simply
fear that I am not enough exactly as I am in this moment? Whatever it is, I know
it has nothing to do with Faith…it’s just FEAR!
Am I measuring my life by God’s “yard” stick or the yardstick of
others? It doesn’t take a genius to
answer that one…the yardstick of others!
If I was using God’s
measure, I would never fall short…I would never be wrong in my choices to
follow my own knowing, I would never be wrong to walk my life fully in Faith, I
would never feel fear in trusting the Universe to carry me, take care of my
needs and to put me exactly where it is I am suppose to be…In God’s measure I would
know that I am perfectly placed, perfectly timed and perfectly kept in the
abundance of Faith that is mine. In God’s
measure I cannot fail, I cannot be less than and I cannot be fearful! So why do I so readily choose the yardstick
of others as my method of self-measure vs. the measure of God?
I know the answer to that…I think we all do. The answer is the yardstick of others is what
is most familiar to me. It is the means
that others have measured me by my entire life; it is the means from which I
chose to measure others…simply because it was the yardstick I knew!
Interestingly
enough, that yardstick, 3 feet long by 1-1/8 inches wide, is really very
restricted in its ability to stretch outside its limitations to see the true
measure of a man. It severely limits one’s
ability to see beyond itself to grasp the ever expanding, ever changing measure
of life. Think about is…a 3 feet by
1-1/8 inches measuring stick limits us beyond our knowing, beyond our
understanding and creates a box that restricts us from being us. The yardstick limits our growth, limits our
strength and limits our ability to see the true measure of who God created us
to be!
With this being the case, why do we even think that we have
the tools at our disposal to even begin to measure the life of another…or even
our own? What give us the audacity to
believe we are prepared to judge the true measure of infinite possibility when
all we have is the limit of our own yardstick?
Why is it we even think it’s our place to judge; to criticize others; to
label wrong, simply because they do not fall within the confines of our limited
measure? Who are we to deem our
yardstick is the measure of what makes a person “good”, what makes them “worthy”,
what makes them “right”? Oddly enough,
each one of us has a “yardstick” of our own, yet none are exactly the same…so
why do we trust them to measure our worth, our truth, our Light?
Only God knows the true measure of each and every one of us. His is the only “yard” stick from which any
level of measure is accurate. It is the
only “yard” stick that is ever expanding, every shifting and ever increasing in
its ability to take in a full measure of a man.
God’s “yard” stick is the only tool that assesses one’s Path, knows one’s
Truth, and understands the worthiness of one’s Light. With this ability, God’s measure never comes
from a place of right and wrong, never comes from a place of judgment, never
comes from a place of criticism and never comes from a place of fear. God’s measure is every expanding, every
changing just as each person steps fully into their unlimited potential of
possibility. God’s got the full measure
on all of us…
So let’s drop our yardsticks and let go of all that limits
us and others. It is only in God’s
measure that we can find the ability to truly love our self and others…so Let
Go and Let God!
