dailydatewithgod

We fundamentally understand the ideas that many things originate or grow from beneath the surface.  We get that when we are looking at something above ground there is often a foundation below it when it comes to a building or looking at a plant. It does not just appear above ground.  Why is it when it comes to human beings we assume we are dealing with everything about them based on what we see and hear?  How is it we take people at surface value?  We are amazed when we grow closer to people or take the time to get to know someone that there are many elements underneath what is presented.  We are even surprised when we recognize within ourselves how much is underneath our thinking, actions, and patterns.  If we are interested in changing any element in our lives we will not get very far at making consequential change until we start looking at what is underneath what we think is happening in our lives.  It can be scary if we have been told to sweep things under the rug or spent a lot of time growing up trying to hide elements of our lives from others.  It seems counterintuitive to go underneath whatever the behavior, thinking, or habits are showing up in our lives.  God invites us to embrace the courage of our hearts which sees with the light of love into the potentially darker space underneath ourselves.  Our heart has the capacity and the courage to do this because it is in full knowledge of the light within the underneath places.