“The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me.”
— Meister Eckhart

Pretty sure that I have read that no less than ten times. And I still can’t get my arms around it. Doing a little reading up on Meister Ekchart on WikiPedia didn’t really help either. As with many philosophical things, I am left scratching my head, neither in agreement or disagreement. In a state of wonder, “what does it mean?”

Being in a place of wonder is a good thing. I am certain that a state of wonder is perhaps the main reason I am able to walk through the days and see glimpses of Him. If I encounter a person on the street, sitting against a building, with ragged clothes, I can make assumptions and keep walking. OR, I can wonder, allowing myself to question why that person is there, how they got there, and why did God place that person for me to encounter. The opportunity to wonder is endless. And provides opportunities for me to interact with a world I may not otherwise experience.

I was reading a blog this morning and the author said something that really, to me, resonated with “wonder”. Though she was speaking more to the topic “there are no stupid questions”, she used one phrase that really grabbed me: “These sorts of questions are the kind that… force us to get outside of our comfort zone”. THAT’S IT. When I stop and wonder, I am faced with the opportunity to step outside my comfort zone. I can keep walking by the person on the street because I presume to know why they are there and what their story is or not even care. OR, I can step outside my comfort zone and wonder past my presumption.

Still I am not sure what Eckhart meant, but his words did give me pause to stop. And that alone may have been their purpose in finding me this morning.