Fr. Richard Rohr has written that we don't come to God by eliminating our imperfection, but in fact by rejoicing in it because it makes us aware of our need for God's mercy and love.
We who have stumbled and fallen, got up, trudged on...and stumbled and fallen, got up, etc., and repeatedly...we can know what Rohr said is true. And isn't it interesting that although we may know it, we have a hard time welcoming it. Probably and purely because it hurts when we stumble and fall...and, depending on how long we stay there in anger, shaming and blaming, it hurts a lot! Doesn't matter if we're blaming our nemesis or shaming our own self (hoping that's humility), it hurts.
Without fail, the way to move forward is to love and laugh...love our nemesis and laugh at our resistance to that may be as good as we can do, but that's a start.
It is amazingly hard to finally and fully comprehend the simple instructions to love and laugh. For years I understood them. It was only fairly recently that I realized their import...and this time next years, I'll no doubt be laughing at myself for thinking that I realized their import.
It seems to me that all spiritual truth deepens...we may never fully grasp God's truth. And there it is...we may never fully grasp God's truth because it is our very need that keeps us seeking. Indeed, that is our salvation, that "makes us aware of our need for God's mercy and love." Still and forever, always and all ways.
Thank you.
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