God refuses to be known intellectually. God can only be loved and known in the act of love; God can only be experienced in communion. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, December 8, 2022
God can only be known in the act of love. Hmmm. I ponder that each time I reread it. It grows deeper with each reading.
Today the thought flits by...an act of love is having a two-sided discussion (me on one side, s/he on the other), and it ending with hugs...nobody's mind changed but no quarreling either.
I experienced that yesterday. At the end of our discussion, I knew as we parted with hugs that God's hand was in that. He had guided us through because I doubt not in the egoic mind of each of us was the unspoken certainty: I am right.
Why wouldn't it be? Instead of beating the bejesus out of our self about such a self-centered thought, open our mind to the reality of human nature. I started the conversation with my opinion in the form a a question...she responded with her opinion which was the opposite of mine. We discussed the whys and wherefores, and ended with a silent agreement that neither of us was going to change our mind, so pish-tosh.
Now to watch how God grows the seed that was planted. God's will, God's way...meaning, the seed that grows will likely have not a whit to do with our discussion. The discussion may well have been the fertilizer needed to grow the something better that can now come.
My plan is the hardest for me, as in, to sit and wait on the Lord...I'll need God's help there for sure.
This I know: I am in charge only insofar as i let Me be.
Thank you.
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