I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
How does God make you feel?
The morality of a mystic is a response to union,
not an earning of
union. Once you’ve experienced that you’re one
with God and your
neighbor, why would you steal from him and make
his life more difficult?
Once you’ve experienced union with your neighbor,
why would you lie to
him? Or steal his wife? Of course you wouldn’t.
But most of us think backwards, “If I don’t lie,
God will like
me.” No, you’ll like yourself more! God likes you
already. That
problem is solved once and for all and forever.
That’s what every
mystic enjoys at ever fuller levels—that you know
that you’re loved
ahead of time, before death, and unconditionally.
Richard
Rohr
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I’m a little tired Lord, of being dour
I’m a little tired of hanging around the dour
Oh I don’t mind people who are struggling
or hurt
wounded by life
I don’t mind grief
and people struggling with loss
its those people
who flaunt their faith
(my Bible is bigger than your Bible)
and yet go around
looking constipated
with hemorrhoids
seriouisly
who would want a faith like that?
who would want a God who makes you feel like that
small
pinched
fearful
inadequate
God you love me
and the reason I try to live life well
is because I love you
not because I am afraid you don’t love me
and I have to spend my life miserable
by trying to earn your love
I did that with my own earthly father
who also loved me
(I didn’t get that part as well as I should)
but whose love I felt (my problem) I had to earn
Lord
thank you for your love
may I enjoy it
live it
and
smile!
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