On this I hang my hope of Heaven: See Me in the dull, the uninteresting, the sinful, the critical, the miserable. Particularly when I am the dull, the uninteresting, the sinful, the critical, the miserable...it is to see Me in me.
I am convinced that peace...peace of mind, peace between peoples, peace on earth...rests in each individual of the human race doing just that, seeing, i.e., realizing, Me, i.e., God, in the less-than.
When I See Me as the less-than, self-justified hurt, anger, put-upon follows without question. Grace and grit turns our eye from I See Me to see Me in me. From which, taking nothing as personal follows by grace and by God.
Nothing is personal. Everything is of God...every rock in the road, every beat of a lamb's heart or roar from the lion's mouth. Every word we speak in love or in judgment. All, of God.
I first heard this, that nothing is personal, nearly fifty years ago. I am still trying to nail it, and I succeed sometimes, sometimes not. I am relieved I now trust that is close enough to perfect...heading in the right direction includes detours, U-bies, falls...ah, but gettin' up, movin' on always.
When I remember that, taking nothing personally follows...with love and laughter.
Thank you.
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