THE GRACE OF SURRENDER

Blinding flash of the obvious: To be misunderstood is truly of God for nothing drives the ego harder, resisting. That resistance drives us to our knees, and, lo, there's our angel aborning.

This is innate knowledge that comes back to us only through "great love or great suffering."  This is where we make our U-turn...away from self back to God. We realize that our one instruction at birth was to return free of self. We learn...slowly...that can only be accomplished through care and concern for others...the pearl of great price.

Thus when we are sent to our knees, in realization of our own powerlessness, we go in gratitude for being misunderstood. We choose peace rather than a useless, fret-filled ego victory where we can only come out the loser...even if we win. Especially when we win.

To win is to have to fight the same battle again...and again...for it is only in our reasoning mind that our ego wins. We will refight the same battle endlessly until our reasoning mind gives up the fight...we crash and burn so to speak.

It is when we declare our self the loser that we find joy. We know grace for we are free. There. That, Beloved, is what is known as surrender. And we realize there was never a fight to begin with...there was only God.

Thank you.