Life in Sharp Focus

Sometimes experiences and interactions bring life into sharp focus. I was involved in two experiences, one as a spectator and one as participant, and they both brought a reality check . In fact both experiences were very different, one full of hope, the other caused such sadness.

It is in these moments  I feel that I gain an acute sense of reality about what is important in life. There is so much that takes up my time that has little or no real value, let alone eternal value. As I consider this process of meditation and silence, I am becoming more aware that I am an eternal being right Now....not only in the future. God the Father created me for eternity. The question is "do I live with eternal values and knowledge, knowing that the things I do today, determine my tomorrow?"

I think we live our lives with such ambivelence  today. We place so much importance on the future and the past. While we drift through our now in a blur, can we remember with any clarity the details of your all to busy day, or did you function on auto pilot? I did! The mundane took over and my day was filled with automatic responses until something dramatic and traumatic happened. I live a desensitised life in many ways. I probably would not have noticed so much a month or two ago but now I feel the pain a little more. Because I have chosen to spend time with the Father, the things that break his heart are beginning to effect mine. My eternity is changing....One day at a time.

This is quote from St John of the Cross about devotions; "Their hearts (meaning us) grow attached to the feelings  they get from their devotional life. They focus on the affect not the substance of devotion"
I am starting to see that the changes that are made for eternity, like those happening to my heart, have little to do with feelings. I felt little in the last little while in my devotions. I have however made some small steps forward to my destiny and eternity.

"I took the road less travelled
and it made all the difference".....into eternity