Until we learn to trust the wounds and the failures of life, we almost all try to gain moral high ground by obeying laws and thinking we are spiritually advanced. [Words, entirely lifted and rearranged, from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," June 10, 2017.]
There it is...to try to gain moral high ground by obeying laws describes the reasoning mind's endless (and fruitless) search to gain a seat in Heaven all on its own...i.e., without God.
The reasoning mind cannot...will not?...accept that the wounds and failures of life are grace in a shroud. They may not look pretty, that's why we keep them hidden, but, leaning on spiritual growth, we learn that they are the purely gold evidence of God's love.
When we learn to trust those wounds and failures, our eyes are opened and our mind is cleared to the full realization that God lives in us, through us, for us.
We come to believe that God can and will intervene in our lives on our behalf. -- Anonymous
Thank you.
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