Thursday, June 15, 2023

THE GOD WE WANT IS THE GOD WE HAVE

Blinding flash of the obvious:  My self-confidence is lessening...my God-confidence is deepening.

I was thinking this morning of my planned drive out to pick up a friend for lunch today, and my loss of confidence in driving reared its snake's head. Just as the thought recurred about my loss of confidence, the assurance of God-confidence flashed, and I felt God's hug.

Fret not, God-confidence is trusting God, and, well-tended, as reliance on self leaves, reliance on God grows.  

Here's ego's hook...believing God has failed when I do not get what my self-confidence had or was seeking. No...evermore, No. I may never regain my confidence in driving, but...heed this...I am a better driver for it. I follow the speed limit now. I give others the right-of-way without grudging...or judging. I pay close attention to the road. The difference is I once did all (or most) of that without thought, now I must concentrate...use my brain.
 
Just because God-confidence grows does not mean we get what we want, it means we get God's perfect will, God's way. Our want may never be a thought to God, that's for the material mind to tend to...that's why we have a brain. So use it and trust God.

Here is the Good News: The God we most deeply want IS the God we actually have....  Fr Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, June 15, 2023

Thank you.

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