A lifetime of Mystery

Mystery is great. We love it. It makes a movie suspenseful, a play emotionally real. We have a few places where we like mystery. Mystery is great in small amounts. At the right time in a movie, right on cue in the first pages of a novel. Mystery is kind of like using salt and pepper, if you add too much the dish is unpalatable.

Many people percieve that mystery represents something dangerous, in the deepest shadows of mystery they see thier worst fears revealed. Others see the darkest parts of themselves when they peer into the shadows.

I offer that mystery is the natural phenomenon that occurs when thoughts and feelings come together in a way that doesn't make sense. Science attempts to measure and quantify mysteries. We have our theories, our deep discussions, and our beliefs, but the mysteries still remain.

Mystery has a new meaning to me and a clearly defined purpose. I believe mystery was created and spread with purpose across all areas of our existence very similar to salt and pepper added lightly to a meal.

I am discovery many places where I like mystery. I find a place in me that revels and appreciates mystery. A place in me that puts on the eyes of a child and stares in awe into the mysteries of this life.

One area in which I have recently discovered mystery is the beautiful creation of woman. I believe that God shared this part of His nature with woman. He built mystery into the heart of a woman so that she can never be figured out. She wants and even needs to be pursued. The more she is pursued the more deeply she is understood, and yet she remains a mystery, which lends itself to a lifetime of pursuit; a lifetime of mystery, as long as she is pursued.

This reflects a part of God's image, for God wants to be pursued, he defies being figured out. We have our theories, we write our books and grapple with each other as if we can ever grasp these mysteries. He allows us deeper, and enjoys our pursuit, and makes our investment passionately enjoyable.