dailydatewithgod

Most people on a spiritual path whom I have come across would describe themselves have having survived a sinking ship experience.  They thought on some level they were going to die and somehow they made it to shore.  Something or someone helped them along the way.  In 12 step rooms there is a camaraderie amongst a people who would never mix for that very reason.  They are all acutely aware of how close they came to saying good-bye to life all together and there is a common sense of gratitude for having made it to hell and back. I heard once that religion is for people who don’t want to go to hell and spirituality is for those who have been and don’t want to go back.  When we have been through an experience or multiple experiences that wake us up to how close we have gone to the edge, we are given a choice to choose a different path.  God guides back to our hearts by calling us to salvage what is left after the devastation.  We need not get rid of everything because some elements of ourselves that are our truth have always been there.  Perhaps they were just hidden. Most importantly, God wants us to know that whatever we have been through we are never worth throwing away. No matter the damage, nothing we have done or experienced can reverse what God placed deep within us at our creation. We are always salvageable.