Blinding flash of the obvious: Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Your love, Your power, Your way of life. -- To take away my difficulties is for me to realize God within the difficulties...that they are for my benefit. Our difficulties are not withdrawn, our concept of them is transmuted.
Our new way of perceiving changes our lives immeasurably. Ah, but isn't it that change that is so challenging to hold to? I'm guessing because its benefits are the "joy unspeakable" that our reasoning mind cannot analyze. Forest/trees...we disregard the "joy unspeakable" in our constant search for something to speak about...in short, for something to take credit for. Which we then call spiritual growth.
And that, too, is heading us in the right direction. Even our conceit has a sliver of gold...without it, how would our concepts ever be transmuted? It is our conceit, our me, my, mine, that becomes our thorn from which we seek release.
Loose it and let it go.
Thank you.
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