If one was to excavate my life, what would they find? What angle would one enter from to reach the core of who I am? I know that God mines me from the heart. On a mindful day I search and excavate my experience of other from their hearts. It is easy to get blocked by the outer layer which seems to want to keep others out. It is easy to look past the possibility of mining for gold in someone who seems to exude only steel. It takes time to get to know someone and chip away at the exterior surface that wants to keep us from touching the inner sanctum of ourselves. It starts by being willing to do it with ourselves. For a long time I fell for the illusion of steel and ice that surrounded my heart and didn’t trust that beneath it breathed a warmth of spirit that sang of God’s presence. When I started on my daily dates with God I did so out of desperation to find some solace in my life. Having moments of stillness in the morning seemed pointless at first. Then it would get challenging. The ideas in my mind or the aches in my body seemed to scream louder than anything my heart may or may not have been whispering. But God invited me each morning to come sit again and again. God never wavered because God is and always will be a stand for the presence of the spirit of love that resides beneath the exterior stories and ideas I placed on top of my heart. God knows that mining takes time. God always believes in the worth of the time and whatever path of excavation necessary to be reminded of love’s presence beating within me. Now on our dates I find myself a little bit more curious of a new mining route that pops up to be explored. God takes my hand, and let’s me know we have just discovered another avenue to mine for the expansion of love.
Be From Mining!
on December 10, 2016My prayer for us is the courage to trust in God’s commitment to mine for love that is present in our hearts of which God always knows because God is the one who created it there.
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