dailydatewithgod

We know when we resonate with ideas, people, and experiences.  It just seems to click whether it is something someone says or does.  It registers for us on a level deeper than just an intellectual understanding. Conversely when we do not resonate with it, it can often be interpreted as being invalid.  It carries no weight or truth because it does not resonate for us.  We find ourselves baffled by those who do see such an experience, person or idea as valid.  The reality is we live in a world in which there are multiple understandings, perspectives, and possibilities.  We cannot in our limited mind be cognizant of all of it.  God invites us to remain open when we come across something that appears to hold validity for others and seems completely invalid to us.  We just may not be able to see things as they see things.  By remaining open there is no need to make us right and them wrong or us valid and them invalid.  There is room for validity from many angles. This is not always easy especially when our ideas or experiences speak of the validity of something completely opposite from others. The invitation is there because God wants us to know we can choose to make differences in experiences and ideas as signs of separateness from others or we can choose to allow them to open our eyes to other kinds of validity.

My prayer for us is the willingness to open our ideas of validity to make room for those around us to be different but not separate today.