Right here, right now I am looking for the quick answer to my current situation. I want to get out of this uncomfortableness now. Although I tell others that all will be revealed in time, I and having a very hard time taking my own advice!
A dear sistergirlfriend knowing of my current struggle, sent this to me. It is from the Center for Action and Contemplation (cacradicalgrace.org). It is called Richard's Daily Meditation: River of Love.
Below is an excerpt, but please go to http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/getconnected/daily_meds_archive/ and click on March 31, 2011 and read the entire message.
Ask yourself, “What am I afraid of?” “Does it matter?” “Will it be there anyway at the end?” “Is it worth holding on to?” We have to ask whether it is fear that keeps us from loving. I promise you, grace will lead us into those fears and voids, and grace alone will fill them up, if we are willing to stay in the void.
We mustn’t engineer an answer too quickly. We must not get too settled too fast. For it is so easy to manufacture an answer to take away the anxiety. To stay in God’s hands, to trust, means that to a certain degree I have to stop taking hold of myself. I have to hold, instead, a degree of uncertainty, fear, and tension. It takes both practice and grace.
I wish you practice and grace for the many journeys and mysteries of your life.
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