In my never-ending search for the meaning of love, I pretty much discounted my previously held and honest belief in "charity" as the answer. It came up a tish short.
Comes now, "non-resistance." On resist not evil I have based thank you as my go-to for comfort in not resisting the frets and foibles of my...and my interpretation of your...egoic self.
In Fr Richard's "Meditation" today is this quote by Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber: ,,,,maybe the opposite of fear isn’t bravery. Maybe the opposite of fear is love. So...in response to the very real dangers of this world we have an invitation as people of faith: which is to respond by loving.
For whatever reason, spiritual or selfish or plain ignorance, I feel conflicted by the very word "love" when all the rest of that feels right on target.
It's not the meaning of the quote I quibble with, it's just the word love that is my thorn. I'm thinking that maybe the opposite of fear is non-resistance.
Then: "So, in response to the very real dangers of this world we have an invitation as people of faith to respond by 'not resisting' that which is appearing."
Our ongoing spiritual growth has brought us to the mustard seed of understanding that what we see out there is of self, what we realize within is of God.
Our inner sight now is our dependable but only by our trust in it can we depend on it. In the material world, charity and non-resistance, et al., are acceptable as we learn to not resist what our eye sees but to welcome the unseen Presence there.
Blinding flash of the obvious: Love is our deeper answer higher for there we welcome fear as love's helpmate...nothing turns us to God faster than fear. Resist not.
Thank you.
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