We cannot go to God self-protected. It is our vulnerability that opens the door upon which He knocks.
Vulnerability...that which the reasoning mind dreads, hides from, resists at all costs. Vulnerability it is that exposes us to self-contempt which we often...and fearfully...assign to our peers. Most important, and likely the least understood, it is vulnerability that lifts us deeper into God consciousness.
As Father Richard wrote in his "Daily Meditation" today, I don’t think getting it right teaches us vulnerability. It’s when we’re wrong that we are taught to be vulnerable.
There it is...the big risk...being willing to trust the unseen God has our back all the while fear is breathing down our neck. That is vulnerable...and the pearl beyond price.
Apropos of nothing but the date, here's a favorite quote lifted by me from the February 23, 2019, comic strip, "Candorville": I agree with Cicero. He said, 'I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all...but glory.'
Yes! Stand up and shout Hallelujah! Amen! Bring it, Brother! Sing it, Sister! And thank you into the bargain.
Thank you.
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