dailydatewithgod

We have this slant on life that it is all about happiness.  It seems to be a phenomenon in this country.  There is nothing wrong with it. After all, who wants all their energy focused on unhappiness?  Certainly not me.  The thing that is disconcerting is that we tend to throw away or want to quickly get rid of anything that is not positive.  As if it does not also have some value. If life is about learning and growing in love then noticing the things that are barriers to the growth of love will show up for us.  It can be perceived to be the easy route to push them aside or bury them but they never really go away. So what we end up is a surface layer that everything is great on top of all that which we have ignored.  How strong is that kind of building.  And this is the building in our hearts.  As hard as it may seem paying attention to the unhappy moments of life are often the road to the happiness we are seeking.  God is ready to support us in traveling this path, we are not alone.  God can do this because God does not view barriers to love as a problem but rather an invitation to love deeper.  Our experiences of unhappiness are happiness in disguise if we face them with love.