My note to self written in my 24-hour book on 9/4/88: It is not having everything in life go smoothly that shows forth a good spiritual condition...it is when things go awry and I go smoothly that shows forth a good spiritual condition.
I am convinced the hold back to living in trust that God has our back is a refusal to rein in our ego...which is always looking for a shortcut; i.e., a pill, a shrink, a new this or a new that. All of which may be helpful in getting momentarily unstuck...just sharing with another trusted person sometimes does it. But without the discipline of our commitment daily to still more spiritual growth, our lives will be based on momentary fixes...dashing from ennui to crisis to ennui and back again, torn as to which is worse...and what's the best fix for right this minute.
It is a scary fact that our self-determined fix for right this instant is the seed for our next crisis.
It is a comforting fact that a sit-and-wait-on-the-Lord fix is the seed, the vine and the bloom of peace, joy and love. It is only through "our commitment daily to still more spiritual growth" that we are gifted with that comfort...for our ego is still looking for that shortcut and its voice is still up and running.
Thank you.
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