Suffering is the only thing strong enough to destabilize the imperial ego. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, October 21, 2018
I need to be clear that the God I write about, speak of, think of, ponder is I, the Father within.
It is I, the Father, who knows my needs, who guides me today, this instant, for whatever unknown-to-me purposes later. And the purpose is always for my benefit no matter the reasoning mind's resistance to that which I need to walk through today, tomorrow, a year from now, this instant.
It is always I, the Father within, who comes to save the day, using my hands, my feet, my tongue, my brain. It is, therefore, incumbent upon me to ever realize still more spiritual growth for how else is the ego deflated?
The reasoning mind will likely never accept suffering as a welcome tool. So we change it up...just as we learned that surrender is acceptance in better clothes, we can now know suffering as grace. Because it is. There. That's our spiritual-growth gift.
God, I, the Father within, loves us. Think about it: I love me, and all My gifts are for my benefit. Now apply that to any unresolved rues, regrets and remorses. Ah, it is to laugh...and love.
Thank you.
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