dailydatewithgod

We often do not know what we need until we receive it.  We think we know exactly how things are supposed to or should be in order for us to be at peace or feel safe.  We get stuck in the form instead of focusing on the need we are trying to meet.  When we lose something we are used to having we also understand what a support it has been to us.  On a fundamental level, we understand this when it comes to people or things but we do not often connect it when it comes to ideas and beliefs which serve as aids for us.  Our sense of self and motivation to action is based on our beliefs.  Those beliefs aid us in living in the world in a way that makes sense to us.  People come to know us by our behaviors and draw conclusions on what aids that behavior. When it comes to others, sometimes we are right and sometimes we are not.  We might believe certain beliefs aid someone’s behavior but until we engage with them and get to know them we do not know.  We individually interpret what aids someone based on what we believe about their behavior.  Connecting to what aids us in our behavior keys us into the lens through which we view the behavior of others.  God encourages us to accept how others choose to behave as their decision based on what is aiding their belief about themselves, not us.  Our minds tell us that our interpretation of what aids them is what is driving their behavior and our heart makes room for making space to get to know their aids before deciding what they are.