Since the beginning of time, society thrived on others experiences to survive better. Had it not been so we would still be living in caves, hunting for odd berries for food. After one caveman discovered fire and another learned it couldn’t be handled by hand for fear of getting burnt, no one really approached it thus until someone mastered the art of walking on fire to trick or entertain. Either way my point remain this, although society can be quick to scrutinize, analyze, downsize someone’s experiences, it is still an experience not attained but curiosity leads the reader silently to another level for the sake of advancement. Society as a whole rely on the experiences of others to progress without which we remain dumb-founded, ignorant, stagnant in development, stature and value. It is the same on a spiritual level. Through others’ testimonies we grow closer to God or attain a deeper understanding of God’s person. Even though we haven’t trodded those roads on our journey and may have many questions as to how things could be such and might have experienced many eye brow raising moments in reading alone of another’s life experience, the fact still remains that inside, deep within the core of the human’s being, the person grows in stature even as we reject, defy, deny, sneer, doubt, sucks our teeth at what’s being consumed, that information settles deep within our core being to revive again at a similar experience’s date. That time always come because life’s cycle is not unyielding, rigid or dead-set at least not until Jesus comes!
Because the being itself is an experience magnet (birthed at the Garden of Eden), whether an experience has a positive or a negative outcome it will be had. The most important point is to guide/geer ourselves toward fruitful and positive experiences. If an experience must be negative then the lesson must have been learned from it else we risk appearing stagnant beings adamant in our thinking, and flawed behaviors usually indicate imbalanced mental health. That alone seem to be a repeated cycle because in falling short of God’s command Eve was tempted by the destroyer-accepting temptation proves a person to be in an imbalanced mental state. Each time sin is given priority in one’s life, it’s evident that the nourishment that should have been upheld has been either deleted from the being’s core or it’s been given the back seat as inferiority reigns in self. Experiences good or bad need not always become a debate of reasons rather an example promoting personal growth.
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Martine Brice 