dailydatewithgod

We tend to pride ourselves, at least in American society, on our independence.  The reality is most things happen as a process of interdependence.  All areas of our lives are assisted by many other forces.  We do not exist in a vacuum.  We are the ones who make the choices in our lives and we base those decisions on internal and external information and understanding.  We get to choose the weight we give each of the factors that provide input but it is not possible to be so independent that we are not assisted, supported, and influenced by the world around us.  The key to making our lives our own is knowing which helpers we give greater significance. We get to choose the helpers who have a say in what we choose to do.  We have the capacity to decide which helpers in the form of people, ideas, and situations provide feedback on our choices.  My daily dates with God have allowed me to see where I may have given well-meaning helpers more power over my life than they deserved.  As children, we can’t help but give people or ideas the role of helper simply because of our need to survive.  Maturity is about wising up to which helpers will take us further in the direction we want to go and which will lead us astray.  God invites us to rely on our hearts as a helper.  Instead of assuming our mind has all the answers and is most helpful because it is logical, through our breath we get the chance to pause and open our eyes to more than just logic.  We are whole human beings composed of more than just our thoughts.  Our hearts can be helpers by tuning us into much-needed insight on our choices.