Everything is profane if you live on the surface of it, and everything is sacred if you go into the depths of it—even your sin. To go inside your own mistakenness is to find God. To stay on the surface of very good things, like Bible, sacrament, priesthood, or church, is to often do very unkind and evil things, while calling them good. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, May 26, 2013
Well now...there is the eye-opener, the answer to my morning's blinding flash that I am currying favor...gushing flowery words, giving $$$ tips, giving over to the other rather than to God. That is staying on the surface looking to get my wants met.
I need to surrender my surface self...hug it and kiss it and let it go. Accept my standard, long ago gifted me: Spiritual principles will solve all my problems.
As, if and when I keep my mind open for the Word from the Father within, It comes to me from Me in the moment.
Plan not, worrit not, follow the Father within.
Thank you.
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