dailydatewithgod

If you find yourself on the path of seeking and knowing God in whatever fashion you choose, sometimes we think that we must master that like we are expected to master things of the world.  Let’s face it, we look to religious and or spiritually minded people to be something more than they are.  There is a great line from one of my favorite films, “Keeping the Faith” about a lifelong friendship between a priest and a rabbi and they are talking about the difficulty of their roles as spiritual leaders and the rabbi says that his congregation doesn’t relate to him as a man but as “Rabbi Jake” which makes dating difficult because these women expect a spiritual leader on a date, not just a man.  So his friend,the priest, reminds him that they both knew this would happen–that their congregations would expect them (the priest and the rabbi) to be the kind of people that they (the members of their congregations) didn’t have the time or the discipline to be.  We often imagine that if people who lead a spiritual or religious life, they somehow transcend their humanness.  Think about all the times we have been disappointed when someone in a religious role has done something immoral or offensive.  Aren’t we doubly offended?  Why?  Did they somehow not become human when they took on that vocation?   Sure, these folks spend more time communing and getting to know God, but knowledge does not translate into a heart experience.  We can all be very knowledgeable about things but it is our hearts that moves our behavior.  The point is that at any moment we can all think we got it figure out.  Then after a while we find ourselves burdened by the very thing that our hearts sought out because we are trying to do it on our own.  God calls us to rely on him.  Belief means reliance.  I personally must rely on my connection to God for everything in my life.  It is a humbling realization but one that keeps me connected to the greater purpose of life–the manifestation of love that knows no bounds.  God is willing to lift my burden, if I turn even my spiritual practice over to him.  My prayer for you today is that if you find your spirituality or lack of it a burden–bring it to the feet of God and watch how he lifts it to your heart and your eyes so that you may see what action to take.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen