It is on things like this that faith is built: Yesterday my post was Living Our Faith in God, and I shared my belief about life...with God, all is for our benefit, without God, all is for our benefit, but we don't know it.
Fr Richard's Daily Meditation today was written by Dr. Otis Moss III. His question: Do we have the spiritual audacity and the practical means to turn chaotic energy to our own purposes? His premise is that faith amid chaos is necessary, reliable and the better answer.
I substituted "fear of dementia" for "chaos," and found myself in agreement with that particular writing.
What a gift!
This furthers my experience with my daily reader, "God Calling." It seems it has a direct line into my heart, my soul, my body and my brain. As I read, I realize that a fear has already been specifically addressed and allayed.
Then this morning, here comes Dr. Moss of whom I've never before heard. Per Dr. Moss, Faith can sustain us in chaos. Chaos...a near-perfect description of fear of dementia.
Dr. Moss gives a how-to for moving faith from our head to faith on the hoof: [Y]ou take on the confusion and the violence and you refine them, purify them into something new...put it into service for good.
The best, best, best part for me is I came to all of this before I read any of the things that are giving me solace now. My daily readings, Fr Richard's Daily Meditations, and my blinding flashes of the obvious are all affirming, confirming, firming me in my already present faith in God the Father within doing My works.
If dementia is mine, I have faith that God has me in the palm of his hand, and I am peaced.
Thank you.
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