dailydatewithgod

When we find ourselves around people or things we like we describe our state of being differently than when we are around things or people we don’t like.  Our state of being is often described as being in the flow, a good fit, feeling at home with ourselves and things just come easily.  The state of being is one we enjoy being in.  It is one where we generate instead of lose energy.  So why would we bother to approach something the opposite of that?  What benefit could come from approaching an unlikable person or unlikely experience?  What could we possibly learn from being in a state of discontent, lack of flow, feeling like a foreigner and difficulty?  Why would anyone want to approach such a state of being?  Perhaps a different question might be, why wouldn’t we go nearer to experiences and people who see the world differently?  Why would we not approach a circumstance we have never faced before and discover resources we did not know we had?  We are naturally inclined to approach things similar to ourselves.  It comes from our inherent design of belonging meaning survival.  It makes sense. Yet most of what we dare not approach has nothing to do with what is on the outside.  It is the feelings and inner reality that surfaces as a result of our approach we are not interested in.  (To be clear, I am not advocating to put yourself in a life threatening or dangerous situation.) But what if our hearts could show us a door to love by being willing to approach the seemingly unpleasant states of being within us?  Maybe what appears like an outside experience is really more of an inside one.  Maybe God is disguised as someone we would not imagine God to be to awaken the courage of our hearts so we can approach with greater power the experiences within us calling for love.