Occasionally the opposite meaning of two well-known sayings floats through my mind...for instance, recently we must try with a will or fall by the wayside and let go and let God have been present.
In my early spiritual education, I married myself to "try with a will," but over the years and the opening of my mind, I've come to prefer "let go and let God." I suspect I prefer that one because it requires my honest effort...it's not a say it and sound good, it's a just do it.
"My honest effort" is primarily all about freeing my mind...erasing the natter-chatter. That, I'm here to shout, takes a whole lot of effort.
The effort being in not trying.
Apparently, our spiritual growth is getting free of the reasoning mind's hold on us. We don't want to lose our reasoning mind's guidance, but we can no longer rely on it. Face it, that's pretty much all we had for years...or all we knew we had.
More and more I'm feeling the assurance of guidance living within me. When that uneasy "what to do?" enters my mind, almost automatically calm enters...not the "right" answer...I don't even know the question! I am calmed by...oh, by grace and by God, of course.
There...living doubt-free is a given when we live by grace and by God.
Thank you.
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