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
That's when we get the bare-knuckled fact...we cannot upgrade our mind all on our own. When we find another person or thing unlovable, unpardonable, etc., we got there not on a whim. We honestly believe we have reason...are, therefore, right.
When we become serious about changing, when God whispers Time, each of those aims must be given over to God to guide us in our head and in our heart to acceptance.
Comes the bone cruncher: By "given over," we mean ripped from our firm embrace, torn from our rigid, righteous and right hold, slashed, trampled, beat up and buried in Potter's Field, dug up and set upon all over again. Or feels like. If we're doing it right. Reasoning mind does not give up graciously nor does it let go with a whimper.
My pitiful bragging rights...it's not as much, not as often, not as, etc., any more. The majority of the time (51%) I can get there before I need to. Proof that God has my back...has me.
When I reread that poem today, I wondered if G. K. Chesterton lived that or if he just had a powerful way with words. On thinking about it, I hoped that he did live it because clearly he did have a God-given way with words..
Such beautiful tracts are spiritual in nature and give us a goal to aim for...I'm thinking we get points in Heaven just for appreciating their goodness. But maybe that part's just me.
Thank you.
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