Persist at that deeper place in yourself where the “both-and” is located. This is the place of the soul and the place of wisdom toward which we have to move. -- Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, August 8, 2025
According to me, most desires for other than still more spiritual growth are the reasoning mind want dressed up as a spiritual need.
God's will, God's way is for our benefit always and all ways...the rockier it feels, the surer our Way. It is the rough and rugged that plows our field of resistance, i.e., self-will.
When I was blessed with the realization that the seed of spiritual growth is in detachment...specifically, detaching from reasoning mind wants...I realized that does not negate wants, for they, too, are God given. Ah, but their place is never first in line.
Our spiritual growth thus begins when we make a decision to turn unborn wants over to the care of a Higher Power. As they are born daily, we resist them not as we remember what we resist, persists...we leave them to God's care.
There...that is the rough and rugged self-will plowing our field of resistance...unbeknownst to us, with God at the helm.
The good news, a.k.a., the God news: The more we detach from self's wants, the deeper our spiritual comfort grows so the more we detach.
God loves us so much.
Thank you.
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