FINDING GOOD IN THE DREADED EGO

Loving means to love that which is unlovable,

Or it is no virtue at all.

Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable,

Faith means believing the unbelievable,

And hoping means to hope when things are hopeless.

-- G. K. Chesterton

I am slowly...I'm talking s-l-o-w-l-y...coming to accept my ego as a necessary adjunct to still more spiritual growth. This may be a blinding flash of the reasoning mind, but I suspect that without ego, there'd be less excuse for fear; however, nothing turns us to God faster than fear...ergo, God bless our ego. 

Looking for the sliver of gold, we see that ego can serve a good purpose. When to our reasoning mind God is traveling way too slowly, it is ego that comes to our aid...usually when we embarrass our own self which is why it has such a poor rep, but whatever it takes.... 

• Whatever it takes for us to recognize that we're on the wrong road heading in the wrong direction...that we'd best turn around and not drown in our own self-induced pathos.
• Whatever it takes for us to hear ego beating the drum slowly that awakens us to the fact that God is never late, lives within us, acts always for our benefit...whether we know it or not. 
• Whatever it takes for us to trust that God is on our side, has our back, can and will intervene in our life in our behalf.
• Whatever it takes for us to give love and laughter a chance. 

Then that is God's will and gift for us.

Thank you.