A note in my today's God Calling reminds me that one year ago today I realized the power in "the least"...that to seek "little" is to find more.
I have been pondering, sharing, not resisting that idea the year since.
To seek for less goes against the material mind...more, better, bigger has ever been our goal, probably because that is the human condition...the "right" way to think. When we are stayed in the material mind, that is the only way to think.
Being moved into the spiritual mind, all seems to be topsy-turvy. As in, if someone slaps you upside your head, turn the other cheek, and/or if someone steals your coat, run after them and give them your cloak...whaaa?
The major turnabout of the spiritual mind is the unthinking ability to put the other first...before our own interests. If we feel the need to think about putting another first, we'll most likely talk our self out of it. The inner quibbling is the clue that we are still "in it to win it"...or, for self alone.
Most important is our need to accept that we are not in fit spiritual condition yet. We can do all the giving over mentioned in the Sermon, but if we are still doing it with gritted teeth and clenched fists, we are wasting God's time and our energy. I say "still" because that is pretty much how we get started...just recall what Rohr wrote, all healing starts with a struggle.
We are learning to live today for the good of the other...without thought, plan, or for the benefit of self...no grand scheme, big show, or fancy-schmancy. We are learning to trust God.
We live to give, knowing what we give will return to us tenfold or better...but if we are doing it for the return, we'll go lacking.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. -- (Matthew 6:33; my emphasis added.)
Thank you.
Thank you.
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