GOD'S GOLDEN GOOSE...THANK YOU

As the mystics have often said, God 'hides.' Every moment is not obvious as God, as grace; it looks quite simply like another ordinary moment. But our willingness to recognize it as gratuitous—as a free gift, as self-revelatory, as a possibility—allows it to be that way. God’s hiding ceases. God and grace become apparent as a gift in each moment. And those who learn how to receive gifts keep receiving further gifts. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, March 9, 2025

When I read Fr Richard's Daily Meditation, I felt gobsmacked for that is precisely what I have been assuring myself is true, praying that it be true...with God hidden in the underbrush of the reasoning mind where fear abides. 

As we can expect, this came at the exactly right time...just after I had journaled, I am feeling fearful...of losing my mind, of dementia, Alzheimer's, Lewy Body Dementia. 

God's direction: Focus our gratitude there...on God hidden in our fear for our benefit.

Long-time question: How can thank you be the only prayer needed? 

Question answered: By nonresistance. In nonresistance, there is naught but God. 

I chose to believe, admittedly a tish shakily, that the Lord hears my prayers and ensures they are my reality, not just my words. (I feel grateful for the "shakily" for that is the golden goose that keeps me coming back.)

Thank you.