I walk today the path of flinching, doubting, anxiety...the temporary path, it occurs to me to add.
The following is a paraphrase of a paragraph from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation" today: We like to imagine that not having doubts or ever questioning our Father’s love is our "supposed to," but the much greater message is that in our humanity, we do flinch, do ask questions, do have doubts—and still remain faithful. This is the path of wisdom.
I do believe that until we have shucked our self-educated shield of certain-sure...until we can say with neither fear nor shame, I am not sure, not necessarily nor always I don't know (for we have learned that "I don't know" can be a cop-out)...we're playing ego's game, the one of "i-win/u-lose."
Oooh, blinding flash: This path of free-floating anxiety is God calling me to God. Yes!
Thank you.
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