All through the Gospels, people receive what they don’t deserve. Relentless generosity is hard for us to comprehend, much less practice. That kind of unconditional justice is beyond our human power. Yet the Gospel is showing that it’s possible *** to be fully human and divinely just, because we live in the power of the Spirit. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, November 24, 2024
Sunday 5:30 AM - Blinding flash of the obvious: What if dementia is my unconditional justice, a preordained fact of life?
My mind has ever been my egoic safety net. Whether I knew it or not, working free from that attachment has been my spiritual gift...ah, dementia may be the cherry on top, the unconditional justice.
The idea of forming an anonymous group of us to spiritually live with dementia may be God's will for us. We pass it on anonymously...akin to the priest with the lepers.
I am doubly grateful to realize again God's grace in fear...fear turned my mind from the dread of dementia to the gift of dementia...joining, sharing, serving God without intention...kinda like a side bennie.
The kicker: I don't even know if I have actual dementia or simply the fear of it...either qualify as God's unconditional justice so gratitude fits like a warm puppy feels.
Thy will, Thy way.
Thank you.
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