TRUST...OR BE NOT AFRAID

He prepares a place before me in the presence of my enemies. My enemies are my attack thoughts. They are my real enemies, and they are wholly my resistance to what is...while remembering that  resistance is a denial of God.

There will ever be mixups, misunderstandings and conflict in our daily life. In the face of any of those, the hardest action to take is none. To do nothing but mentally shoot prayers of gratitude for the opportunity to trust the Lord is a whole catechism on spiritual growth.

[I tend to think of spiritual growth as ego deflation in depth in designer jeans...I reckon because it takes the "holy" out of it, which is a tish off-putting but maybe that's just me.]

I do know that our trying to "fix" a misunderstanding, and with nothing but good intentions (a self-determined objective every time), is to touch our personal third rail.  Makes no nevermind...by word or deed...or thought?...we take it away from God and delay his perfect work.

Ah, there's where the power of ego first proves itself...it is well nigh impossible to know better and not do it anyway. Apparently, it takes burning oneself enough times that we begin to feel embarrassed...even with no visible witness.

Paradox alert! We learn to get grateful for that embarrassment. There's our sliver of gold...that's God making himself known. Find our gold, and our world changes.

I will go before you and make the crooked places straight. -- Isaiah 45:2

Thank you.