dailydatewithgod

I have noticed how much meaning there is around the language of difficult conversations.  We use words like conflict to describe the uncomfortable or unfamiliar and in essence, there is a conflict between where we are and where we want to be.  The conflict is based on the idea that someone else needs to see things as we do. Given our inclination to figure it out and at least in Western culture convince ourselves the best way through is how we are thinking about it.  There is a great bit of truth to this.  Changing our thinking changes our lives.   To this end, we read more, use more words, attempt to be convinced, or be convincing to others. All of this is about getting access to change through our minds alone.  However, to the degree to which we identify ourselves with our idea, the harder it is to change it.  We are very wedded to our identity. God invites us to look at attempting to access change through our hearts. The view of ourselves in our hearts is holistic.  Our hearts contain knowledge of us as a multilevel expression of life.  It encompasses God’s knowing of us which is much more than our identities and our ideas. The access to change through our hearts makes room for acceptance of where we are in the moment.  When we access change through our hearts, there is room to learn and grow because it is the truth of who we are.  Access through the heart to create change means we will not be threatened by identity changing through any opportunity for growth no matter what shape it takes.