Disguise

There is yet another "Sherlock Holmes" movie current. Sherlock specializes in disguises. He is trying to solve some mystery, and the disguise might help him to get to the solution whereas the normal Sherlock would just get in the way.

I believe that God shows up in disguises. God is trying to help us to know the mystery of ourselves. God knows, but we do not. If God were to show up as just God, we would be overwhelmed by the Presence, and not be able to see much of ourselves, beyond the fear or awe.

We try to get rid of most of God's disguises. God shows up as our moods, or as unexpected events, or as people who are strangers to us. Moods we might try to change. People we might try to ignore. The unexpected simply irritates us. It just might be the Presence saying, " Why not take a look at yourself without judgment or action in each of these situations." Some of our own mystery might then be revealed to us.