In the past couple years I've asked God to help me in three key ways. Two years ago, I asked Him to help me get in touch with my feelings. Last year, I asked Him to help me have a desire to do good to others. In the past several months, I have asked God to help me move towards forgiveness.
In all three cases, when I began to ask God to help me move in these areas, things have begun to change. These three things above involve courage because they involve moving towards things that terrify us. When I look back on the steps of courage I've taken in the past couple years, I am filled with an immense sense of gratitude and awe.
But here is what is very cool and thought provoking. When I look back on the man who took the courage to do these things, I am amazed. I literally think to myself, "Who is this man who did these things?" It is sort of like I look back on myself and I wonder if I'd be able to do these things again because it almost seems like some of what I've done was impossible.
And this is exactly my point - I believe I feel gratitude and awe when I look back on my former-self because what I have done was impossible. This points me to the divine.
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