[The following is a reprint of my post of December 30, 2013.]
It is such a comfort to me, when a problem looms, to remind myself that that problem has already been solved.
I usually want to get in the midst of it, figure it out (to my advantage), get all concerned to agree with me, but I need to quiet my mind, to listen. To listen...not for the answer to my perceived problem (for in God's world, there is no problem), but for the discipline of simply sitting quietly and listening.
As Fr. Richard Rohr has written, "...spiritual knowledge is more like retrieving than discovering."
Whatever answer we need (which likely has not an iota to do with what we're thinking we need) will come to us. That answer may look less than wonderful and a butt-biter into the bargain, but it is, in truth, our gold mine.
Ours to remember: Be not afraid...it is I.
Thank you.
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