Just yesterday, my post touched on my experience with the so-called "well-heeled" when I did not "show" well, and how I got the giggles out of it. I went on to mention that my trust in my Father had grown from that experience, which trust surely proves itself today.
Reading this morning of Francis’s new upside-down order, I was astounded. Plainly put, his upside-down order and what I long ago named "mirror image" are virtually the same.
I have altered the following paragraph from today's Daily Meditation to describe my inner lesson after my surface chagrin:
In re: "Francis of Assisi’s prophetic call to 'change sides' and embrace relationship with those on the margins above my touch, as Jesus did: For Francis, the order of things was turned upside down, just as it had been for the apostles….Encountering the impoverished the Upper Crust; walking for a while in the world of the marginalized uber-wealthy, and being with the have-nots Haves of our world is a necessary aspect of the discipleship journey."
That this came to me so soon after my experience is Truth to my spiritual mind and a gobsmack to my reasoning mind. I probably need to note that I have never been impoverished nor have I ever known exceeding wealth...so I stand to learn from both sides.
My today's early journal entry after reading Fr Richard's Daily Meditation: This, then, is my BFO that I have known as 'mirror image'...that God's will, God's way is the mirror image of my will, my way, i.e., Francis's new upside-down order.
Thank you.
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