dailydatewithgod

We see what we are made of when we find ourselves in places and situations we were not expecting to face. We do not realize how much of our experience is simply an altering of our expectations. The truth is we do not know how something is going to go or how someone is going to behave but we create ideas and set ourselves out to expect it or them to be what we have conceived. In come the puckers and we are disturbed because we did not incorporate them into our expected scenario.  We blame the wrinkles and irregularities that get folded into our experiences because they are not part of the design in our expectations.  How might we be less rattled or disappointed by life if we factored in the puckers or at least the possibilities of unknown puckers? God invites us to look for the puckers, to celebrate the puckers, and to find love in the puckers.  Our minds will push back on this because the mind is wedded to its own creative ideas.  Our hearts have the capacity to be more open if we let them guide us through and around the puckers. I get countless chances each day to embrace the unknown puckers if I am open. God reminds me of God’s capacity for a multitude of possibilities whatever happens.  On our daily dates, I am reminded that no matter what is puckering in my world it does not change who I am.  This opens the door to release the fear that comes up when facing unmet expectations. If I opt for the perspective of facing unknown puckers with curiosity instead of fearing them as potentially changing the truth of who I am, I am one step closer to walking in God’s view for the moment.