Of what does the consecrated life consist?
Your life is a consecrated one when you are ready at all times to do the will of God – when you are willing and anxious that God may be fully expressed through you, through your thoughts, words, and deeds, during every hour of the day.
You are not concerned with the question of results. Results belong to God.
Here am I; send me (Isaiah 6:8).
Are we really willing and anxious to go where God sends us? For God to fully express his will through us, we must empty out the self and replace it with God’s spirit, will and consciousness. This is a very hard thing to accomplish, and it takes most of us all our lives to get there. To put God and others before ourselves turns every human instinct on its head. Turning the other cheek, forgiving the transgressor, serving instead of being served and giving away our treasures are all hard things to do. But the reward is priceless.
Only those who climb the mountain get to experience the awesome beauty and perspective of the world from the peak. So it is with living a consecrated life. Those who pay the price get to enjoy life’s peak experiences such a joy, confidence, hope and peace. The entrance to our gardens are to be found on the spiritual mountain tops of selflessness, service, sacrifice, forgiveness and all other means of following God’s will and Jesus’ example. The path to that entrance is the narrow and rocky one that begins when we lay down the human self and take up our spiritual calling. We take the first step on that path when we say “Here I am; send me”.
Being sent,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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