Friday, November 29, 2013

What is Divine

The question of what is Divine or Divine inspiration has been on my mind for the last week or so.  There have been miracles of healing or acts of love and connection that are relatively obviously due to some sort of Divine intervention.  There are other, more complicated, situations.  For example, let’s say a person becomes addicted to heroin and, as a result, that person is abandoned by friends and family, loses their job, becomes homeless and almost dies.  Then that same person goes through some sort of intervention, begins recovery and starts assisting others in the recovery process.  I would say that love or the Divine was involved in the recovery process, but the whole sequence was necessary to bring the previous heroin user to a loving place.  Similarly, in my case, as with many others, pain and disability have led me to a much greater connection with God as well as a life of service and love.  The question that I come to is “when does the Divine intervention/love begin.