bending the spoon

This morning, during early (EARLY) morning prayer, I got a picture from God of the scene in The Matrix where the little boy bends the spoon.  He explains to Neo that you can't think about bending the spoon because that's impossible.  You have to realize the spoon isn't there and it is you that is bending.

I felt like it was an invitation from God to walk in His reality.  I see so many problems every day.  My own problems of fighting addictions, drama at work, financial stress, ect.  And then I drive to work, passing multiple homeless people with pain in their eyes.  Then I go to work and see the older generation, a wiser generation, suffering so many physical and mental ailments.  Then I have those amazing times of praying for people, but I also am then forced to see the pain and agony of the children of God abused in this world.

But, is the spoon really there?  I'm not saying that the problems of life aren't real, but perhaps that they are just more or less than I see.  If I choose God's reality, I see that I can bend anything.  He miraculously provides money and hours for me.  He gets me through every day without turning back the addictions that crave my attention.  God shows me how to love those that hurt me.  I am able to see the beauty of each of His children and how He loves them and feels their pain.

I must choose.  Really, we ALL must choose.  It's like The Matrix.  Neo had to choose which reality to commit to (the red pill or the blue pill).  So although it may feel more comfortable and sensible to only live by my physical sight, my spirit is crying out to enter into the unknown reality of Heaven that is all around me.

So, I think the invitation is extended to all of us....you have to make up your own mind.