First, we are taught that what we seek we already have, and finally we come to believe that...or believe that we believe that. Comes now the proving of it...the test of how deep our belief goes. Is it deep enough for us to live what we say we have, ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find?
Is to seek what we already have to deny what we have? Or is it fear of accepting that we have it? But how exactly do we live what we say we have? The answer is from Fr Richard: ...the most important way is to live and fully acknowledge our present reality.
As a still aborning believer, I am comforted in asking for the consciousness of Christ Jesus, for as much of that consciousness as I am readied for, and only God knows that depth. In my quiet time this morning, I asked for precisely that...to walk the raised consciousness I already have even as I seek it.
I love that I was led to that quote I had saved:
How do we find what is supposedly already there? Why should we need to awaken our deepest and most profound selves? How do we do it? By praying and meditating? By more silence, solitude, and sacraments? Yes to all of the above, but the most important way is to live and fully acknowledge our present reality. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, March 15, 2024
Answered prayers.
Thank you.
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