Thursday, February 1, 2024

TRUST GOD, BEAR WITH OTHERS, BE FREE

Bearing with people is the essence of nonviolence. -- Eknath Easwaran

There it is. Truth on the hoof. 

Recently, I went through the devil's own mental mishmash, getting a personal offender told, set straight, sorry, shamed, not to mention grateful for my setting them straight, sorry, etc.

Their offense was they weren't doing it right, and the it changed by the minute. Of course, in that mental mishmash, I was shooting prayers like Annie Oakley doing her thing at the county fair. Prayers for the offender, prayers for me...all of which boiled down to words, just words. 

Lesson learned: Never discount those words...we can't rely on them spiritually, but we need to love them anyway. Love will lead us free from our mishmash...resistance will keep us there. 

Plus, why waste our breath and God's time beating up on our self for not being good enough? That's all beating up on our self is about, not being good enough. Be better. 

Trust God and for sure we will be better. The shortcut to trusting God? Bearing with people.

Thank you.

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