Every day there's a new and more potent drug on the market
to aid in killing pain. And we're not necessarily speaking of physical
pain...like Novocain for a root canal. No, we're talking about anxiety,
depression, fear in all of its forms.
Then, if we will but choose to listen, we will hear that
humility is the healer of pain. The humility of actually telling God in the
form of another human being that we are anxious, depressed, afraid. And when the
anxiety, depression, or fear is not immediately lifted out of us, learning to
trust that the problem is being worked on...the solution is near, sit and wait
on the Lord. Just like we have to sit and wait on the doctor when we have a 10:00 AM appointment, and s/he doesn't see us
until 11:00 AM . We sit and wait on
the doctor, trusting we'll get fixed.
According to Fr. Richard Rohr, God, divine love, is received
by surrender instead of performance or perfection. That to me is
the difference between giving up and giving in. Giving up is an act of
self-control, as in suicide. Giving in is simply letting God flow...getting out
of our own way because God has our perfect and personal solution in
hand.
Our reasoning mind will never get us there.
Thank You.
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