As human beings, we naturally accumulate. It is part of the process of growing and evolving that from an early age we are in the process of gathering and assimilating ideas, beliefs, and experiences. These formulate who we understand ourselves to be. Once we reach a certain age, we develop the capacity to take what we have accumulated and use it. We step out of simply ingesting and move into a phase of digesting. We also come to a discernment capability that allows us to determine if we are newly accumulating matches and mismatches with what we already know. We learn to test our initial ideas, beliefs, and experiences with what is coming to us that is new. Typically, again with little awareness, we use what works, what is acceptable, what allows us to have our basic needs met, and more. As we go along in life we create a collection of ideas and beliefs which work and it is not until we experience a breakdown of them do we look a little closer. There is a reason for the cliche: “If it ain’t broke, don’t’ fix it.” At the outset of any breakdown, we tend to view it as a problem. We can sometimes think we are broken because the up till now working collection of accumulation has worked. God invites us in these moments to take a deeper look. What kind of collection have we been operating from that is no longer in alignment with who we are designed to be at our core? What kind of collection do we want to operate in a way enabling us to be the best version of ourselves. It is challenging to question long-held collections of accumulation and it feels uncomfortable. It is why in recovery it is said that one’s bottom is found when the pain of continuing on the usual way is greater than the pain of changing. God invites us to investigate the collections of our lives not because we are broken but because we are standing on the precipice of getting to know the truth of who we are as God designed us to be.
Are we willing to accept God’s invitation to investigate with curiosity the collections of our lives that are breaking down today?
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