my attempt at the tough question...'why?'

when we ask the question, 'why?'--we claim that we are, in fact, intellectual enough to understand the answer and indeed worthy enough of the knowledge. what we don't realize is that it's not always about us--the reason could be for someone else, for something else--big picture or smaller, yet significant detail. we are instruments. sometimes used for praised solos, and other times for harmony--in accord with those of better or lesser quality--yet all together, is perfect.

perfection. doesn't mean everything is flawless. perfect means that a particular something is just the way it was meant to be. when we reach our full 'potential', or our full glory--it is then that we are perfected. when we are as true as we can possibly be, we are perfected--a verb, not an adjective. we are not made in the likeness of a certain model human being who defines the way we look, act, think. we are defined by our own perception (tainted or not), the perception of others, and the perception of God. we are made in the 'likeness' of an omniscient spiritual being who is Creator of all the universe. when we assume worthiness to know 'why this?' and 'why that?'--it's really a lack of understanding which, in turn, makes us less able to perceive the reasons in life for why things happen, begin, end, change, or stay the same.

when we focus on the 'ifs', we lose focus on what really 'is'. in that moment and in that second, we are constantly living ahead of or behind ourselves. when we look too far forward into our future, we are assuming we possess control--total control. the tension and the insecurity of the unknown or what is to come is in fact, good for us. it keeps us from becoming lazy. it keeps us from not needing anyone but ourselves. it keeps us from thinking we don't need God. or anyone else, for that matter. humans weren't made to be alone. we are created as relational beings--it's what drives us.

so your problem does not lie in tomorrow?--okay. choosing to live so far behind yourself that you forget your own reality is just as dangerous. how you act and what you know today may not be the same as yesterday or the day before. if you don't realize your growth as a person, and accept it and encourage it, you'll eventually lose touch of your own self and become a faint object of everyone's past.

you were given today.
breath in the morning, purpose for the day, and rest at night.
we don't hold tomorrow, and we will never be able to tell the future... but when it's given to us by the One with a divine plan, we are called to it and we are responsible to make every bit of it count.
everyday doesn't have to be remarkable, or historical, or overly busy. but it need be worth something to you...
and when you live a meaningful life,
it's an abundant one.




seek Truth.