ACCEPTANCE...JUST SAY 'YES'

A while back, Fr. Richard Rohr, in describing a teaching of St. Paul's, wrote that if this is true, "then everything is a disguise: weakness is really strength, wisdom is really foolishness, death is really life, matter is really spirit, religion is often slavery, and sin itself is actually the trap door into salvation.”

I was excited to read even a passing reference to St. Paul's "mirror image" thinking because of my blinding flash a dozen years before when I saw the real possibility that all I see in my reasoning-mind world is, in effect, the opposite of God’s world…thus, my smart is God's not-so-much, my weak is God's strength, etc.

I'm guessing we've all had the experience of dreading a future happening which turned out to be for our best and/or anticipating a wonderful something that, when it arrived, was disappointing...and then some.

As I posted back then: Rohr’s description of St. Paul’s teaching encourages me to consider the possibility that my current troubles are simply the result of my trying to fix what I perceived as “bad” or trying to cling to that which I perceived as “good,” both being the opposite of God's will for me. 

Once we're given the understanding, further pondering is for naught. Acceptance is the answer.

Thank you.