Have you ever experienced that moment when you think that you are all that? You're on top of life, well adjusted, going places and then you have an experience that shows you where you really are?
I was flying high today, things had gone pretty well and then I went to visit a friend. This friend has been having some struggles, and I wanted to give her some words of faith and comfort. So, in all my shining wonder I went to spout my wisdom to her. I took a message of faith that I thought might help in her situation and began to share it when she began to speak.
She related experiences from her life which were horrific and beyond anything that I have ever experienced, then she related how each of those trials had served to increase her faith. I began to see that I have much to learn, which she, and others like her, who have been through the grist mill of life, could teach me if I were to come down off my high and mighty place to listen.
There is a strength which comes from test and trial. A resoluteness that seems to say, whatever comes, all will be well.
It is never easy to admit to yourself that you have been seeing yourself in a greater light than actually shines. Though the experience, if allowed to sink in, opens up an honest look at your inner self. You begin to ask important questions, such as, how would I do in such a test? Would I grow strong or wither under the pressure? Can wisdom be gained by learning from others or do we only learn true wisdom from the trials? What do you think?
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