dailydatewithgod

Have you ever wondered how it feels for a knife to be sharpened?  Does it hurt?  Does it feel good?  Does the knife go through the experience of being rubbed repeatedly against a hard cold surface because it knows that it will enable it to be its full potential?  I realize the absurdity of the questions but when I am using a dull knife it is purposeless.  Why even have a knife?  I need it to do something it was designed to do but is not up to the task because it has not been sharpened.  It makes me wonder if I resist sharpening by certain experiences because all I can do is think about being pushed up against a hard surface and enduring something, sometimes repeatedly.  But perhaps that experience is the very one that will enable me to live my purpose.  Maybe if I am able to connect to a growing experience as I am going through it with the greater purpose in mind, it will not be so painful?  Wishful thinking on some level for me.  I know when I am in the thick of walking through intense anger, processing a strong emotional trigger, faced with someone whom I am not able to see the good in, experiencing conflict of any kind, or in physical pain, I am only wishing it is over soon.  I have learned that over and over these kind of experiences occur.  Certainly they are not all super intense but who likes to not feel good for any length of time?  On my daily dates with God I have seen how God does not have the same fear of pain as I do.  The sense I get from God is that the pain is only real when I believe it is or think it is all there is. Maybe my approach to sharpening is what I need God’s help with the most.  God, show me how you see this?  Can I be grateful that if I am experiencing a sharpening that it is because I have been living up to my full potential and it is time to prepare me for more?  Am I being sharpened in my relationship to this person because it will allow me to connect to them and others from our hearts because afterwards I will be more easily living as designed?