dailydatewithgod

I am often puzzled and grateful at the same time that the standards of God are not the same as the standards of man.  God seems to have a much more generous measuring stick (if one would even call it that) or perspective (better word) than any that I have come across by a human.  As humans we judge situations, people, etc. by our previous experiences and knowledge.  It makes sense, we have nothing else to go off of.  The difficulty is that there is so much that lies outside of our own individual or even collective experience.  So much we don’t know that we don’t know.  So while it is helpful to bring perspective to things, our minds our limited.  Our hearts, however are not.  Our spirits are not.  But when our minds try to wrap themselves around our hearts and spirits sometimes the wiring begins to short-circuit–there can be a disconnect.  Yet day in and day out, I measure my success by the world.  I long to be accepted in a traditional way.  I look to that to tell me that I am okay.  That is good as far as it goes, but it won’t go far enough.  God created me with a mind, a heart and a spirit and a body that carries all of those.  This is how the beauty of rejection can be experienced in our lives.  When we are rejected by another or a situation especially if by all accounts it “should” not have happened, we are driven to our hearts and our spirits for an answer.  Based on what happened, we don’t measure up, we aren’t included, we are told to go elsewhere.  These can be painful experiences, especially when they happen close to home.  It is these very experiences that encourage us to look elsewhere for a sense of belonging, inclusion, measurement so that we can find where we truly belong.  In the realm of the spirit there is a place for everyone and every experience.  There are no mistakes or only having one shot because all are lessons.  These lessons are designed to encourage our growth in God.  We can be an example to each other of triumph when we move through an experience of rejection.  We are motivated by these stories that we see and hear of someone’s spirit overcoming their physical or mental or emotional experience. It is happening every day and it is happening to you. Think of a time when you were rejected, what got you through? I am not saying it is easy and that it doesn’t hurt, it does.  But each time I have experienced rejection on some level it first calls me to return to the bosom and comfort of God and to ask, “what can I learn from this?”  I could choose to close my heart and I did for many years but that just turned me into one who rejects and has a hardened heart–an ultimately painful way to live.  Instead, for today, I choose to see what can be learned, to see what my heart and my spirit is calling me to.  Will you join me today?  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen

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