Our consciousness is raised not by a self-determined objective...we may want that, desperately and determinedly, and there is nothing wrong with that, but as Mother Teresa attested to, want will not get the job done.
Our consciousness is raised by the grace of God alone.
Ah, but learning to live with that as our singular desire keeps us heading in the right direction...away from self consciousness toward God consciousness.
We learn to trust the God of our own understanding by doing our footwork, starting with when...not if...wrong, promptly admit it. Trust.
Following are some lessons in consciousness being raised that my friends and I have experienced:
First, we must try with a will or fall by the wayside...trust...let go and let God...trust...stumble, fall, get up...trust...hold our nose and take a leap of faith...Trust. Then...sit and wait on the Lord -- really, really Trust.
According to public theologian Rachel Held Evans, All we have are imperfect people in an imperfect world doing their best to produce outward signs of inward grace and stumbling all along the way.
Thank you.
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