Tuesday, February 21, 2023

RESISTANCE BEGETS GRATITUDE...THANK YOU

Spiritual growth is purely individualistic...just like God, it comes by invitation only. 

Our answering the invitation is contingent entirely upon our own spiritual leanings. The Pope's isn't going to get us to Heaven, only our own can do that...then Heaven is realized within us. It's akin to getting over our own self...which is not a DIY job.   

Take, for instance, resist not evil, one of my favorite quotes from the Sermon that turns some folks' hair white on hearing it. Yet more than any other spiritual lesson, it turns me away from my own self-interests and opens me to possibilities for others.

Our raised mind accepts the need to overcome with good the evil we perceive...and resist. We learn early on that it is not people, places or things that invite resistance, it is our own reaction to them that does the inviting. 

Since reaction is born in the mind, a change of mind is the answer. We know that we cannot change our mind relying solely on self-will...so we go to God p.d.q. or dragging foot, but we go to God.

The lesson in resist not evil is short, true and complete: Feel resistance, think welcome, pray thank you. End of lesson.

The shorter the lesson, the clearer God's will, God's way. 

Thank you.  

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