As an unwelcome regret was nattering at my thoughts this morning, the reminder came to me that egoic mind's Oh No is spiritual mind's pearl of great price.
The cause of our remorses is a bane to the reasoning mind, but in God's light, the cause of our remorses is his invitation to go before us to make the crooked places straight.
Face it, without regrets, or living error-free, where's the need for God's guidance? Even with God's guidance...or our take on God's guidance...we often wind up with the dreaded rues, regrets and remorses.
I doubt any of us go looking for a reason to regret...at best, without a lot of thinking on it, we try to do good and decent acts. Or, my personal favorite, we try not to be as nasty as we want to be.
Taking the fear out of making a mistake requires trust...trust that loving our enemies is heading in the right direction...that agreeing with our adversary quickly is beneficial to both parties (namely, me). In short, doing our best to live by the Sermon on the Mount means getting slapped up the side of the head...so we can in trust turn the other cheek.
Here's the boon and the bane of the Sermon...when we decide to trust it, it comes alive in our life. It takes as long as it takes to recognize the banes are the boons...and a tish longer to appreciate that. Ah, but when, not if, we do...glory hallelujah! And thank you.
Thank you.
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