dailydatewithgod

Being in the mysteries of life takes courage. It sounds very ethereal and nonsensical but mystery is the lifeblood of the universe.  Our minds tells us what is most important is the known, but when we are alive and in the moment we are not even conscious of what we know and do not know.  The mysteries of life keep us in the now because we are called upon to be fully present so we can be with what comes next.  The mysteries of life lead to experiencing fortuities we did not think were possible. These chance occurrences would not have happened had we been wedded to what we already knew.  It is a wise person who is intimately aware of the presence of things they do not know that they do not know. It is the fortuities that make room for the presence of God.  We call them coincidences.  I call them God-incidences.  If we are able to trust in the power of something greater than ourselves that is interested in our growth in love through all things we make ourselves ready to receive fortuities and celebrate them.  Depending on our perspective of life as a place to learn and grow will deeply effect how we see the fortuities that show up.  It is not easy to presume that every chance occurrence will have in it some growth experience for which we are grateful some day.  At the time the fortuity might seem like the worst thing that ever happened to us.  It is easy to place that perspective on a fortuity than on a planned event.  Through my daily dates with God, I have come to look forward to the fortuities.  I trust God is showing me a way to grow and learn about love in a way I would not have conceived of because God knows the best way for my heart to expand.  Through this lens the fortuity of bumping into someone at a conference I was hoping they would be at is the same as bumping into them because our cars knocked fenders.  The latter unknown fortuity typically brings angst and frustration.  But, if I remember to turn towards God and ask God, how do you see this?, I can become open to the power of fortuities in my life being the mysterious elements that keep me in the God-incidences.  Did I mention this is not easy?