Experience The Day

Let us consider we did not come in to this world to win or to lose, to be a victor or a victim, to be a student or a teacher. Further, we have not have entered flesh and bone to be intelligent or obtuse, to be attractive or ugly, or to be rich or poor. So what is left? It is possible we entered this life in the earth simply for the experience. We are children of eternity, having always been and we always will be. We were there before time and space were set into motion and spirit was condensed into matter. We experienced material creation on a grand scale when all of its potential was poured out into our universe. As the stars in heaven, each and every one of them, were transformed from force to energy, and each began to glow, we were there. As the earth, the mineral beneath our feet was formed; while the vegetable and animal entered therein, we were there. We are grander by far than anything upon or above the earth so experience is all that is left.

When we are confronted with those things we fear will destroy us, let us consider, how can eternity perish? As children of divinity we are not alone in this experience because we are part and parcel of the magnificence we call God. We are on a quest to experience ourselves, our God, our divinity in the confines of time and space. It is against this possibility we may wish to measure the next slight, the next insult, and the next embarrassment. It is in the context of what we are, why we are here, and in whose embrace we live that we should measure the next challenge, material or mental, financial or social. When we pray for our precious Lord to withdraw the moment from us because it is too difficult, too unpleasant, or too fearsome, what does that say about how we have come to view ourselves? The trials and glories of the everyday are exactly where we have chosen to experience ourselves, our God, our divinity, and what have we to fear from holiness? It is not to overcome the moment we entered with God into this life but simply to experience it.

As we pray, “God, please remove this distasteful experience from me,” we might consider instead, “God, what is the best way to experience the bitterness of this drink I have in hand?”  Not that we should crave pain or disappointment but we should hunger for God’s presence in all things.  A life well lived should be measured not by how much we have overcome but how well we have experienced it. As we experience life, we experience ourselves we experience our God and we experience our own divinity. Let us take time to consider, not where we have taken our Lord but what sort of companions we have been along the way. How we react to the next moments says much more about what we think of our God than it does about what He thinks of us.

If we truly wish to be a blessing to others we must do so as the result of meeting those conditions in our daily experiences. They are our opportunities to not only perform miracles but make miracles of those who we meet.