When Pope Francis asked the worker on the street (who had just taken a break from work to come see the Pope pass by) to pray for him, and then grasped the man's hands and all but demanded that he promise to pray for him, we knew we were witnessing Jesus washing the feet of the beggars. That was humility...alive and breathing.
We also knew, but it took longer to travel from God's hidey hole within up to our reasoning mind, that we have that same humility within us...were gifted with it at birth.
We must recognize this as true in order to come to the realization of it. It is the time between recognition and realization that we do our hardest work. Then, here comes the slap-my-face-and-call-me-Spacey, we find out, after all our work a-thinking, it's not our job to begin with!
It's God's job. We just need to listen! Listen!! Sit and wait on the Lord and listen!!!
We'll get answers we do not want. We'll play hide-and-go-seek with our ego...that's my Lucy thinking she's God. We'll find out that trying to hide from God is akin to trying to hide in the corner of a circle. We'll also find out that all of that useless "work" was absolutely essential for our spiritual growth...that is how we come to our powerlessness.
It has been said that God’s power comes through powerlessness and humility. Pope Francis lives that...and because he does, we know we can. If not in this life, the next...or the one after.
Thank you.
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