Do not dissect things too much. By the time you have dissected a living thing you have killed it, and you no longer have the thing that you began with. Take a rose out of the bowl, pull its petal apart, count them, weigh them, measure them, and then, while you will have certain interesting information, you no longer have a rose.
There is a place for analysis, but it is apt to be quite fatal in prayer and meditation. Do not dissect the love of God, but feel it. Do not dissect divine intelligence, but realize it. Do not wonder how God can possibly solve this problem, but just watch Him do it in His own way – and He will if you will give Him a chance.
You know that God is Love. So go ahead on that, and do not get theoretical about it.
Do you remember the old verse that says:
A centipede was happy quite,
Until a frog in fun
Said, “Pray, which leg comes after which?”
This raised her mind to such a pitch,
She lay distracted in the ditch,
Considering how to run.
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him: and all the upright in heart shall glory (Psalm 64:10).
We have all heard the phrase “thinking something to death”. While our reasoning ability is God given and is to be used for our best good, it can interfere with our spiritual progress if we let it. This happens when we let our rational side override our spiritual side with doubt, fear or resignation. Then it becomes a foothold for anxiety, cynicism and resistance to God’s will and capability.
Remember the Bible says, “their wisdom will make them foolish and our foolishness will make us wise”. This means our intellect can blind us to the truth that our spirit and faith reveal. This will not happen if we listen to our spirit, trust God and follow his will regardless of our intellectual resistance.
Keeping the rose,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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