Blinding flash of the obvious: Respect...the essence of the Sermon on the Mount.
Respect may be the most important of all our feelings...the God-twist with respect is not getting it bur giving it. No matter what. Give our respect.
Comes the light: The Sermon on the Mount...the how-to manual for readying ourself to give, not get, respect. Proving the spiritual rule of as we give, we get.
Our lesson then is to give respect not as a self-determined objective but from God...as an outward flow from the Father within me to the Father within thee.
It is the self-determined objective that keeps it all about self...for the glory or just the comfort of self.
The way we give respect not from self but from God is through surrender. Ah, surrender, that feeling of hopeless despair because self has run out of answers...and the dread of surrender is transmuted into the peace of acceptance.
Another paradox: We pray for peace from our turmoil, we get surrender as our answer, we resist, we lose, we accept, God wins...we win.
Our consciousness is lifted deeper...that which caused us turmoil now brings us peace.
Thank you.
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