To know God is not to show God, it is for God to show Itself...without any personal effort, any me, myself or I at all working it. Ah, work it not, praise it ever. When we get that, we begin to realize that God is not changing so much as our comprehension of God changes.
So often we, unthinking, do a "good" deed, say the exactly right thing, help a stranger...unasked, and in relating it later, aver that it had to be God, it couldn't have been us. What we have not yet realized is without us, God would not have done that good deed, spoken that right word, aided the stranger...by denying our part, we hold our self out from the realization of God's very breath as our own.
While we're beating our self with rues, regrets and remorses for our low self-esteem, God is busy using our hands and feet, breath and life, showing forth love...which we're denying any part of.
It is the gut-bucket realization that the Father and I are One that betters our self, improves our intentions, softens our judgments. For the benefit of others. Our bettered self, improved intentions and softened judgments are our reward.
Thank you.
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