dailydatewithgod

Within the context of living, we rely upon ideas.  Ideas engage our mind, we create images through ideas, and we learn about each other through the expression of ideas.  Sometimes we get very attached to the ideas we have about anything and we remind and repeat them to ourselves.  This turns these ideas into beliefs.  We form ideologies based on familiarity.  Yet often we forget to stop and question the ideas we encounter.  It is easier on some level to just let them incorporate into our understanding of the world because we know the person who shared the idea or they have an authoritative title or presence.  Yet many of the ideologies by which we live are not ones we have chosen.  Our identity becomes tied to ideology and we fear to take a closer look because it might mean seeing ourselves different.  God invites us to bring our hearts into the exploration of ideology.  We are given the opportunity to explore without being so attached to what the outcome of the exploration might be when we involve our hearts.  Life is about learning and I have found that I can either learn to live in the questions of my life or continually be flummoxed by the breakdown of ideologies I see as defining who I am, yet do not align with my heart. How often have we stayed wedded to an ideology which caused pain and strife in our relationships because we do not want to risk the vulnerable experience of exploration?