dailydatewithgod

We can never know precisely how things will unfold.  We can imagine how they will work out.  We can presume based on past experiences.  There is no way of knowing how something might change based on a hinge.  The hinge can be the thing we never see coming or the known entity moving someone in a way we would not imagine them to be moved.  More important than events we are invited to get to know what our heart hinges on.  If we are to explore the truth of who we are and get to know our being as God created us, it is helpful to know what that sense of ourselves hinges on.  Does it hinge on how we are feeling that day?  Does it hinge on how someone reacts to us?  Does it hinge on how we perceive the outcome of our endeavors?  Does it hinge on whether we can define ourselves by our standards or does it hinge on defining ourselves by our standards?  Does our sense of self hinge on who we are aside from the facade we present to the world? Does it hinge on how productive we are?  Does it hinge on who we are being?  We are not robots that have one awakening and then we are done.  Life is a series of experiences guiding us to open up to what we can learn about love and how that relates to the truth of who we are and are called to be.  Do we then find our sense of self hinging on how powerful the experiences are?  Can we connect with the truth of who we are by simply being in the moment we are in?  Can our sense of self hinge on an awareness that surpasses space and time?  Does our being hinge on our definition of God or does it hinge on God’s definition of us?  These are the questions we get to explore.  These are the trips and turns we take on this crazy path of life.  More than anything I hope whatever my sense of self hinges on it is not limited by what I perceive to be true.