Morning blinding flash of the obvious: Fear not the lack appearing for this too God makes whole through love.
In the material world walk of life, we learn early that we need to do, or to not do, this, that and the other thing in order to get...to get...to get.
To God, apparently, the rough, unfinished and tear-soaked self we try so hard to overcome, or at least to hide, is his perfect work. It is our mistakes, errors in judgment, occasional downright selfishness that we need to experience to receive his guidance...which is love, is always love whether we know it or not.
Coming to enlightenment...trust in a word...is a long, rough and rutted road with detours and sink holes aplenty. The material world is ever with us, the reasoning mind is sometimes right, trust takes trust which is not available over-the-counter.
There is no cheap enlightenment, but the Way, like many good things, starts so small as to seem insignificant. Yet, it is the little things, the pebbles, the gnats, the twigs, that first get our irritated attention. The irritation leads eventually to our learning the paradoxical lesson and the deepest spiritual truth: Resist not evil. The paradox being if we don't resist that on first hearing, we're probably not ready yet. There is no cheap enlightenment, we must grow into it.
As we look back, we know all of our rues, regrets and remorses as the tools God used to walk us through our own resistance...those regrets fueled our crash and burn. Slowly, we welcome that lengthy stretch as our pearl beyond price.
With an exchanged mind, we love and laugh and welcome the worst being first...or the grace of gratitude.
Thank you.
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