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It was the first Saturday of the month. It was my most awaited day to get the cross.

Living in a state of constant grace is a mindset where you can see that everything is holy and everything is a miracle. So how do you live in a state of grace?

It’s an unfortunate reality. Some teenagers experience trying times. They fall into a variety of destructive habits, behave inappropriately and may otherwise create dangers for themselves and others.

Jesus says in Matthew 16, “Who do you say I am?” It might be an interesting question. But, it’s the answer that most provokes God’s interest as he seeks us out of our spiritual hiding from him, and into his marvelous light.

I know it’s what we’re told, but when I read those verses like the nearness of God is my good and All my springs of joy are in you, I always secretly questioned it. After all, the Psalmist didn’t care about the things that matter to me. He didn’t even seem to think about things like being loved, or feeling good enough, let alone things like looking good and going to the beach. He just sat around and enjoyed God.

“Casting prayers” are when you go before the Lord and literally surrender all of the “issues” you are currently facing. Whether it is a financial hardship, a broken relationship, a workplace crisis or even a spiritual emptiness, make a point to intentionally give it over to God.

People often want to go somewhere far, somewhere different because it is ideal over there. However, going there, and experiencing what is over there, makes us long for where we were before. That ideal place for which we want, is within us.

There are many times we want things to be different than they appear to be. We may want to be out of a job into something else, out of a relationship into another, out of one life into a different one, but all of this wanting robs us of the awareness of the beauty of each moment and freezes us into the moment of wanting.

How do you see yourself? Are you still seeking to know who you are? What defines you? How do you manifest something higher than this physical existence?

A veil hides something. When something is hidden, we can’t see what it is or what it stands for. Therefore, when something is represented for something that it is not (and many times is opposite of what it represents), then we can say that it is veiled; it’s real nature is hidden. Religion, marriage and nationalism are represented as good, wholesome values. But is this actually true?

As we care for this planet and those who remain here, we cannot help being touched by the hand and heart of God–consciences intact, that is. How do we act but not despair?

The harmony of Yin and Yang is the basis of the Chinese concept of the universe. Simply put, these are any two opposites combined – feminine and masculine, dark and bright, loud and quiet, sour and sweet, high and low.