dailydatewithgod

The effectiveness of our brain in categorizing information is very useful.  It is the reason it happens automatically.  When we have something to attach or identify a person, idea, or experience we are less fearful of it.  It makes sense therefore that we often mistakenly categorize things incorrectly in an effort to subvert discomfort.  The categories in place are often those we adopted from those who came before us.  The constructs of the categories themselves is different for different people although many are agreed upon by particular groups.  For example the way we label things as good or bad, important or unimportant, weak or strong.  We do it so automatically that we find it silly to even question it.  It is just how things are.  God invites us to question what we label as good or bad, important or  unimportant, and weak or strong.  Depending on the moment we are, the experience of being bad, might be good for us.  The context of a particular moment may reveal to us what was seemingly unimportant as the most important element.  Therefore, equally, there are times when it is our weaknesses which reveal our greatest strengths.  We are usually too busy avoiding the things we have placed on the negative to take a closer look and see what is really there.  It takes courage to come face to face with our weaknesses. In my experience when I do find the courage of heart to see what is there, I find the opposite to be true.  It makes no sense to my mind but to my heart it is more real than anything.  God invites us to at least pause and take a moment to notice in the moment we are in what is more true. . . is this really weakness or is it strength?