It's always a surprise to me when I remember that "what goes around, comes around" is not all bad. That putting good out there will also return to me.
I have come to understand that this is one of those where feelings are not facts...as in, I put my bad out there, and it feels like I'm slapped up side the head with it within a day if not an hour. Yet, I put my good out there, and I've long since forgotten about it before I ever see any good floating my way...it feels.
The reason may be that I'm always convinced, when I'm doing my bad, that it's not bad. It's me standing up for myself, or me telling you for your own good...it's only after the fact when I'm doing my checklist that I realize...uh-oh. But if I'm doing my good, and I am aware of that and am looking for a return on my good, I've just slipped over into...uh-oh.
The punch line, of course, is always the same, never varies, and is impossible to remember without constant vigilance, i.e., self-discipline: God has my back. God has your back. And since we are one...God has our back. I do not need to stand up for myself...God has my back. I do not need to tell you for your own good...God has your back. You do not need to react in kind...God has our back.
We have only one need which is two-pronged: To love God with all our heart, soul, body and brains and to love our friend/enemy as ourselves.
We have wants up the gump-stump...get those wants in line with God's will, and we won't have to worry about getting our own. Our own will come to us...is right now on its way...is already here. Open our eyes that we may see.
Thank You.
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