WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT

Blinding flash of the obvious (from a while back): Jesus is the generic name for each of us in the universe.  

 

That flash gave me the understanding of the name "Jesus" as one of God's name for us, and my resistance to the word Jesus loosened. Before then, I would hear the word Jesus and know some form of religious jingoism would follow, and just no.

I began to  understand and to be comfortable with the name Jesus when it came to me that it represents the Divine spark of God in each of us in the walking around world. But my comfort lasted just so long as I let it lie fallow in my mind...walking it, not so much.

I knew God had my work laid out for me when I consciously tried to divorce myself from my own opinions...when I consciously tried to give over, give up, give in...when I consciously tried to put you ahead of me. I, the Divine spark of God, spoke...consciously is not going to get us there. Trust is.

Trust God. The generic Jesus trusts the Father within when she holds her nose and takes a leap of faith...sits and waits on the Lord...when, not if, wrong, promptly admits it. Same-old-same-old...unselfed. Else what's being the Divine spark of God for? 

I took heart when I read Fr Richard Rohr's recent posts: 1/26/22 How you treat other human beings is how you treat Jesus. Then, 1/30/22  And how we relate to the world is how we are actively relating to God, whether we know it or not.

I feel seriously blessed by the black-and-white assurance of my trusted Fr Richard that I'm on the right track with Jesus, plus the recognition that I couldn't have connected with the name Jesus without my actively relating to God. 

The unheralded gold ring: The birth of our prayer for peace of mind is wrapped in the words "whether we know it or not." All we need do, when an "I need" springs to mind, is recall that we already have it whether we know it or not. 

Thank you.