dailydatewithgod

When we look at the final product of something, unless we were involved in the making of it we don’t often think too much about how it got there.  We eat food without thinking about the person who planted the seeds in the farm or who harvested the crops, packed them up, put them on a truck, sent them to the store, put them on the shelf, etc.  We see or partake in the end product and hopefully appreciate it.  We watch a theatre performance or a sporting event and the performer and athlete mesmeriz0es us with their talent.  We don’t think about the years of long hours of honing their craft, working out, the injuries their body may have endured, the number of times their coach or mentor talked them out of quitting or maybe even how they doubted they were any good at their chosen passion.  So much goes into becoming the “end” product.  We experience in our daily lives and ironically think that no one else understands what it is like to come up against difficulty or strife.  It is the big lie that our ego tells us to keep us feeling separate.  But the adversity we face is not only common among everyone it is most necessary.  We cannot shine without being rubbed!  We will endure the shaping, the polishing, the packing, the shipping, displaying, and the showcasing all to be chosen.  We want to be chosen. The beauty of God is that He choses us at every step.  He does not wait until the final product emerges, he is there encouraging us to keep moving forward when the shaping hurts, when we don’t think we can stand one more rub, when the packaging feels to tight or the shipping is taking too long.  God sustains us. We need that, otherwise we would never make it.  Not only that, but by recognizing God’s role in the whole process we need not fear what happens when we get “there”, wherever there is.  Life is a series of journeys. One ends and another begins.  We get caught up in the idea that life will be okay when we get there – the job, the guy or gal, the car, the house, the spiritual experience.  It is the process that is the ride of life.  I want to be grateful for the process and the rubs along the way that show me the power of God that lives within me.  My prayer for you today is when you experience being rubbed the wrong way, you say thank you.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen