23 – Divine Devotion

Geisha Girl (Duranta repens)

Keyword: Focus & Priority

What receives your time, attention and heart — and does it reflect what you truly love?

Divine Devotion invites you to examine what you have made most important in your life. We can become deeply devoted to work, achievement, money, service or being needed, while gradually becoming unavailable to ourselves and the relationships we most value.

Created on Father’s Day after witnessing someone proudly offer himself to his work 24/7, this essence asks us to consider whether what we are devoted to is actually loving. Providing, achieving and sacrificing for others can sometimes replace the presence and connection they — and we — truly need.

At its deepest level, Divine Devotion invites us into relationship with God as a loving priority — not through religion or obedience, but through relationship with our Heavenly Father, learning more about love, truth and how to flourish in our relationships with ourselves and others.

Our priorities are revealed by where we repeatedly place our time, energy and attention. Divine Devotion invites us to recognise misplaced devotion and lovingly realign our lives with what truly matters.

Invitation: What are you truly devoted to? Is something you have made important causing you to neglect yourself, God or those you love? Do your priorities reflect what is truly in your heart?

Loving qualities: Devotion to love, truth & God • Focus & priority • Presence • Sincere relationships • Loving use of time & energy • Self-respect • Healthy boundaries • Purpose • Balance • Loving leadership

Patterns revealed: Misplaced devotion • Workaholism • Chronic busyness • Emotional absence • Neglected relationships • Self-sacrifice • Over-functioning • People-pleasing • Striving for worth • Misplaced priorities