dailydatewithgod

Perhaps it is our zest for life.  Perhaps it is misconstrued ideas. Either way, we are fascinated by big things.  Big things, big experiences, big outcomes, big stories, big events, and so on. When something occurs with power, it grabs our attention and rightly so.  On the other hand, we often seek to mute out when we get overwhelmed by the big things. I know what it is like to be numbed out under the guise of wanting to prevent myself from the impact of negative things, especially big ones. The downside is I ended up being numbed out to everything.  It is like living a life with no sound or sense of touch.  Missing the fervor of life means that we miss out on the essence of being alive.  Life seems to be a series of all kinds of experiences.  Remembering the truth of who we are enables us to courageously face and be in the life which we face with each breath. God invites us to remember that while things seem to our eyes to happen all at once, most often life is in piecemeal.  One of the gems of my daily date with God has been the opportunity to tune into the piecemeal experiences of life. The piecemeal that happens in a moment.  The piecemeal elements of life that open my eyes to the reason I am taking the path I am to get to the big thing. The ones that at the moment seem insignificant but later attributed to the experience that helps me grow beyond what I thought was possible.  It is the piecemeal elements which add up to the big moments.  The truth is most of the time we have no idea which piecemeal will be a part of the bigger picture.   We could be in the middle of something big and not realize it. Not to mention sometimes it is the piecemeal elements when given focus open us to a big-hearted moment.