My keeping power is never at fault, but only your realization of it. -- God Calling, August 7
One reason why I am so attracted to Jesus and then to Francis is that they found
God in disorder, in imperfection, in the ordinary, and in the real world—not in
any idealized concepts. -- Fr. Richard Rohr
The first quote explains how the second quote is true.
When something appears to go wrong in our life, we immediately either find someone to blame or sink into self-hate. In fact, this is the very place we can find God, i.e., "in imperfection, in the real world." This is our basis for "thank You" to the unwanted that shows up in our life...whether it was due to our own faulty thinking, thus behavior, or to ten other people's.
The basis for "thank You" when good shows up needs no explanation. It's when the good goes south that we need to double up on our welcoming.
Thank You.
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