BECOME LESSER TO GROW

Blinding flash of the obvious:  I am an imperfect instrument of Thy peace; it is in becoming lesser that I grow My wings...we are imperfect instruments of Thy peace...it is in becoming lesser that we grow invisibly stronger...not for self, not for show, but for shared spiritual growth.  Thank you. 

But God rewards me from letting God reward me:

This is the divine two-step that we call grace:
I am doing it, and yet I am not doing it;
It is being done unto me, and yet by me too.
Yet God always takes the lead in the dance, which we only recognize over time. 

                                                                -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," May 8, 2022

Thank you.