Still more spiritual growth is all about learning from our heart by God and by grace...with help from our head moving that along its many-detoured journey back to its birthing place, the hidey-hole of our Father within, our Soul.
It takes as long as it takes to realize our willingness to grow spiritually is more want-to than ready. We know ready by actually doing it...where "hold your nose and take a leap of faith" is the key. That leap of faith more often than not feels so scary because...hey, it is a leap of faith. We do not, cannot, flatfoot know that this way will not prove itself to be just another uh-oh.
We can, however, know that the only other way, our always tried but rarely true way, is just another self-determined objective, unlikely to be the way of our Father. It is through mistakes, missteps, errors and screw-ups that we realize those are the necessary tools helping us to grow spiritually.
There will be those times of instantaneous, spontaneous, flashes, clearly of God...we can only fall to our knees then with thank you. And feel graced.
The inner miracle comes when we realize that to grow spiritually brings no pride of accomplishment. Second miracle, nor should it...if it does, we haven't. To grow spiritually is to know humble. Face it, humility does not come dressed in peacock feathers.
The bottom line: When someone disagrees with us, publicly and in our face, when they "win" even though we are right, when we can with love in our heart let that be...not ostentatiously agree or disagree...we are starting down the right road.
Keeping me honest: I know that to be true some from personal experience, some from studying the Sermon and reading of the experience of others, and by my intention to walk the spiritual path. But with love in my heart? There. that's the toughie...but that tells me I'm on the right road, heading in the right direction. For which I am grateful.
Thank you.
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