dailydatewithgod

We know things start and end.  We know there is a beginning of the road and an end of the road.  Yet for all we know we are often surprised when things come to an end whether it is a road, a relationship, an experience, a time period in our lives, or an idea.  Sometimes we welcome the end with open arms and look forward to new beginnings.  Other times we fight to hold on seemingly as though our lives depend upon it.  More than anything we want the ending to happen on our own terms. We imagine that if we could make things last forever it would be best. We think never having to change is the optimal.  What we fail to recognize is the ever-changing nature of life including ourselves.  We elusively think we do not change much over time and will continue to be, think, and act very much the way we do currently once we have reached adulthood.  Psychological studies tell us this is incorrect.  Yes, there are elements of ourselves which may not change drastically, but they do change.  Often it is so subtle we cannot see it in ourselves.  We perceive ourselves as enduring versus a series elemental endings happening all the time.  Ending sounds so final but every ending makes room for beginning.  The very nature of nature’s ending over and over is the enduring nature of life.  This is where the presence of God is made real.  Through the enduring nature of beginnings and endings life flows in a cycle.  We perceive time and space as linear but life reveals itself as cyclical.    Sometimes those endings come back in a slightly new form as new beginnings.  God’s enduring nature and movement in time is the thread keeping life growing and expanding.  To abandon ourselves to the enduring nature of God versus trying to hold on with our limited ability to create enduring nature is better known as controlling.   Trusting God’s enduring nature to allow the flow of beginnings and endings takes courage and humility.  This is the trust built into our hearts which fuels the courage to show up in the moment and live out the truest design of ourselves.