It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly....As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content. -- Meister Eckhart
Back in the day, I wanted to believe that God's good for me, as promised by all things work together for good, was a money tree in my back yard, a handsome, horny man in my bed, and me 24/7 beautiful inside and out. I resisted reality even as it came as a blessing.
Lesson learned: As long as we cling to the idea that all that the Father has for us is wonderful on its face the longer it will take us to shuck our self-shield to welcome not-wonderful, i.e., life.
Life comes to us by invitation only...bringing exactly what we need to break free from me. God knows our needs...reads our invitation perfectly...opens us to our self-hidden "Oh No" gift. There it is: Trust trotting up on a recalcitrant pony for us to ride...bareback...purely for our benefit and on our behalf.
The Father knows our needs...we know our wants.
When our wants are loosed and let go, they transmute, and we realize there is only good in God's world. It is our perception, our attitude if you will, that is ours for the upgrading.
Upgrade our attitude, diminish our problem...true then, true now, forever true.
Thank you.
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