Accustomed To Equals What Expect and Allow

Good Morning. It has been some time since I last posted A-Tidbit.

As I have a day job and then all the things that make up a life and living that life have taken precedence. God continues to speak to me and I with Him, and today the words in the title arrived over and over.

What we are accustomed to will be what we allow and what we expect in our lives with ourselves and others.

If we get accustomed to lots of salt on our food, we expect it; then we take steps to ensure we get what we are accustomed to and expect. If not enough salt, we add more.

When we are accustomed to and allow others to treat us badly, that is what typically happens. As when it happens, it is expected and therefore many times we do not turn away from that person or experience.

Occasionally that person is ourselves. When we expect nothing more, we allow less than what is optimal.

This can happen within many of the environments that comprise our lives, and with some large, and very visible and obvious to others minute and miniscule.

Suggestion: Allow what you want rather than what you are accustomed to. Allow yourself to begin, to try, to take a step. Allow yourself to listen to God, or perhaps to listen for God.