Being Connected

Any walk midst the creation reminds us we are created to be connected.  The communication technology which promises connection is a poor substitution for what the Creator intends for us.  What we do not always see is the way our life is dependent on all that is around us.  None of us can truly live alone.  We may choose to live in a self-imposed bubble of isolation, but even then we remain connected to what gives us life.  The Word of God speaks of this sacred connection in the book of beginnings.  

The early pages of Genesis speak to us all about the way we are not the end result, but a part of the whole.  Most of our forays into a life that puts us out of sync with who we are comes as a result of forgetting this one basic truth about ourselves.  Whenever we get the idea that we are the center of the world around us, we are walking into a troubled time which will end up with an awful sense of separation from the essence of who we are and a loss of the connection between ourselves and the One who seeks to give and sustain our life.   

What the scripture speaks of simply as sin is not a word breathed easily by those of us who walk through these days.  The loss of the reality of our sin against God, others, and ourselves is what really strains the God intended connection with all that is around us.  Seeing it for what it is puts us back on the road we are meant to travel, but getting there is never easy for it requires honest confession and a desire to do whatever it is that must be done to become connected once again to the Source of our life.