TO BE LOVED BY GOD AND TO KNOW IT

Blinding flash of the obvious: My need is my ask.

Pondering that, I understand my ask to be my prayer, but I wonder if my need isn't actually my answer.

There's a person in my life from my past that I know to walk on by...mentally, physically and spiritually. Wish him  the best and keep on moving. Interestingly, out of the clear, I have received an e-mail from her asking to meet. After discussion with my mentor and my spiritual director, I decided to not respond.

Least said, soonest mended, said Charles Dickens a hundred years or so ago...and still good.

Somewhere around 3:00 AM this morning, I awaken to a brilliant thought...surely God-inspired. I could send him a Lucy cartoon I have which shows Lucy holding the football and Charlie Brown with a puzzled look thinking "Not again." How perfect is that?

At 5:00 AM I began to suspect that thought might not have been God-inspired...it may well have been my ego speaking to me. Then I heard, clear as a bell, Never get in a fang-fight with a rattlesnake.

Which led to the above blinding flash of the obvious, and I know this time for sure that my need is my answered prayer. And God's answer remains: Walk on by...mentally, physically and spiritually...think the best for her and keep on moving.

To be loved by God and to know it is all we need.

Thank you.