Everything works together for good. -- Romans 8:28
Looking back. Ah, it is in looking back that we own that which spiritual growth has been teaching us, that everything does work together for our very own good. We must needs change our mind, however, and there it is...the fruits of spiritual growth.
At the first retreat I ever attended, I heard what I've come to realize was one of the most important of my spiritual lessons; namely, that we must prove what we say we believe.
When we came into our new and different recognition of the God of our understanding, we felt gobsmacked.
We quoted early and often that God can and will if asked, that all things are possible with God...but we did not know to slow down in order to find that right or wrong for our own self. Our go-to chant became I believe, oh Lord, help me my unbelief...it gave us permission to doubtfully believe.
We continued trying to fix our perceived problem, continued to mess up, pray more, try harder. The only thing different was now we had someone to blame...God. We would get through our calamity du jour, and on we'd go to the next day in our life.
Reflecting...looking back...we sense God's hand was ever in it, but the blinding flash of the obvious was the realization that God's hand was not only in the fix, it was also in the calamity.
Slowly we realize that life on the material plane is a series of calamities, of calm times, of ups, then downs, etc. That being so, at times we will feel angry and scared, but our choice to live spiritually by love rather than egoically by fear will walk us through this life. We rely on the fact that nothing turns us to God faster than fear...nothing is nearer to us than God.
We live life by grace whether we know it or not. It is not a test to be aced, it is not a problem to be solved...life God's will, God's way is as is, for our benefit and at a higher plane deeper.
Thank you.
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