There is a truth to our lives that we as human beings are constantly searching for. Like a spiral our path carries us forth and then back again. We sometimes find ourselves in known territories, most time moving into that which unknown. But we continue on, are carried forth, in spite of ourselves. We feel disrupted, anxiety, even fearful. All movement involves loss of some type, especially when it is something we have to leave so we can move on to something that will help us grow. However, the loss is always and only that which is corporeal or what we embrace as the material world. But, it is not the substance we crave.
1 Corinthians 2: 7 speaks of "God's secret wisdom "...that which has been hidden, and that God destined for our glory before time began" Our glory being God's glory reflected here on earth through us.
1 Corinthians 2: 9 states "No eye has seen
no ear has heard
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"
Does this help one navigate the spiral of our existence? The purpose of our lives?
Verse 2: 10 says "yes" for "God has revealed it to us by his Spirit".
Verse 2: 12 continues to instruct us: "...we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us"
Verse 2: 14 reminds us that: "...the man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are [only] spiritually discerned".
And finally verse 2: 15 says: "...the spiritual man/woman makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: for who knows the mind of God that he may instruct Him?" But we do have the mind of Christ that we might understand.
The spiral.
We have the instructions of how to navigate this flow of movement-the development of our lives, maybe our very souls! We know that in the core resides union that will brings us completeness. We know that is why our first soul breath began so that it could mature us to eventually rest in that complete unity with God.
Along the way, God's Glory, represented in our lives similar to each colored, complex panel of the above spiral, has left moments of knowledge, support, and love to all who witnessed the passage. We cannot know what the next panel (or segment of our human lives) will look like. God is the divine Artist, only he knows what vision he wants to represent in our lives. That which will be reflected upon this world and that which will further illuminate His Glory, His Love, His embracing.
But...it is a scary moment when we find ourselves leaving one panel for another. We know we must, we feel compelled to do so. But, we have become so caught up in the panel we are, that we forget of the wonder of what will be. But God knows...and waits in warm anticipation.
Faith...courage...adventure. I think I will focus on the Light -the Core...God's shining Love and Glory...and just trust that I won't slip as I jump.
But wait! I have the hand of Christ to hold on to! (whew)
And if I glance backward, I see all the panels God has already created through me, and the beauty of it is breath-taking!...and ahead of me, works of God's art (me) yet to be created. Vague images...but possibilities. (wow)
Ready to jump?....1, 2, 3......................................
(don't worry, you'll know when, God will nudge you :-)
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