dailydatewithgod

If your mind is anything like mine, you can spend hours trying to figure things out. It is an essential part of who we are to want to make sense of ourselves and the world. It brings a sense of peace to feel like we know and understand. It can be unsettling when we are left to figure things out but it is what drives us to keep moving forward. Often there are experiences where we find ourselves still lost even after hours and hours of figuring. It is in those frustrating moments when we must humbly admit we are at a loss. The potential for a level of frustration to cause a sense of defeat or hopelessness is real. God invites us in those moments when we recognize no amount of figuring out is going to serve us any longer that perhaps it is an invitation for configuration. What looks like a moment to give up is simply an opportunity to bring in other elements of ourselves that we have left out of the figuring. What if we bring the problem to our hearts? What if we ask someone else what in us they think will help us figure it out? When we get frustrated by our lack of figuring that enables a solution is only smoke and mirrors over our spirit’s desire to bring more of the full configuration of our whole selves to the table. All it takes is a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and look up from the narrow-focused road of figuring it out. The creative capacity within us is endless and will lead us to open up to the configurations within ourselves when we step outside the limits of what our mind can figure out. The configuration of our heart will give us the courage to face whatever roadblocks our mind puts up including the stories about how it is time to give up. The configuration of our spirit will lead us to find the light of life in nooks and crannies we never knew existed within us. God knows we are beings meant for growth and most of our growth comes when we embark on a different configuration to figure out what is in front of us that is calling us to show up as the truth of who we are in this moment.