We wait in prayer, but we don’t wait for absolutely perfect motivation or we will never act. Radical union with God and neighbor should be our starting place, not private perfection.-- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," May 1, 2022
Today I consciously hold to my tenuous trust that everything works together for good...everything.
To solidify that tenuous trust takes time and error...apparently, that's how humility is born and bred. We must be willing to walk that, live that, breathe that...with the dreaded expectation of an Uh-Oh or three sprinkled here and there.
Know this: The first chance for the train to jump the tracks, it will. To become that open, we must become willing to make our mistakes, or, in truth, willing to get caught in the midst of our mistakes...if we are ever to disown them.
My mentor taught that showing your bum in public is also spiritual. There...that is one of God's slivers of gold wrapped in burlap.
Our beliefs begin their life as words...inviting words, words so comforting on first hearing that we think we've got them...that they walk unaided upon hearing them. No. It is our willing participation with our imperfect understanding..."showing our bum in public"...that paves the rough and rutted road to trust, the "radical union with God and neighbor" to which Fr Richard refers.
I'm reminded of the old gospel song, "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die." We want humility, but we don't want to feel humbled. The gift of laughter is humbled's angel wings.
Thank you.
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