Journey
Each of our lives is a journey lived in real time mixed with miraculous moments and times of difficulty; times of faithfulness and unfaithfulness. The difficult times and the blessings come together to tell a story about God’s relationship with us and our struggle to understand ourselves and God better. Each of our stories are intersected with the journeys of other people, and at each intersection there is a moment where there is an opportunity to share something of ourselves.
We intersect people and God in lots of places and not all of our intersections are in the physical world. Today we intersect people’s lives virtually as well as physically. On web pages, IM, Twitter and Facebook we intersect with friends, family and those we barely know. We intersect with people as we go through our day at work, school and home. Our lives are constantly being crisscrossed with a variety of people.
What do we receive at the intersection? Probably most of the time we pass at the intersection with little acknowledgment of the moment. It is simply another day in our life as it is theirs. Sometimes we receive grief and hardship, other times a timely miracle that touches our lives with hope and joy. It really depends on whether we recognize God at the intersection with the person and are able to share something of ourselves.
So what do we share at the intersection? Truth be told it is not always the best of ourselves, yet Christians are called either digitally or in the physical world to share a moment of hope, even if it is in the midst of a frustrating moment, to be able to see beyond the present to the next horizon and there find hope we can share. It is not always easy, and being a disciple is not always easy. Yet in these moments of intersection, when God and people come close together, we can find insight and transformation that may change the direction of our journey.
