The Most Profound form of arrogance

Divine union, not

private perfection, is the goal of all religion….

Unless you let the truth of life teach you on its own terms, unless you

develop some concrete practices for recognizing and overcoming your

dualistic mind, you will remain in the first half of life forever, as

most humanity has up to now. In the first half of life, you cannot work

with the imperfect, nor can you accept the magical sense of life, which

finally means that you cannot love anything or anyone at any depth.

Richard Rohr

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Lord

I head into another week

It will be a week full of people

of travel

of tasks and complications

there are grants to write

and workshops to attend

people to listen to and

yes, sermons to write

it will be easy Lord

to get overwhelmed

not so much by the busy-ness

but by the sense of having to be

well

be……..

its hard to explain Lord

I don’t expect to be perfect

but I would like to be much better than I am

and I expect what I do

to be good, better, best

and while I say to others

accept all that you are

and realize you are both/and

both good and bad

strong and week

effective and ineffective

attentive and negligent

it is sometimes hard to

accept it in myself

and even harder, sometimes

to believe God accepts it

hmmmm

its an odd sort of thing

that low esteem of one’s self

is in an odd way

the highest sort or arrogance

as if God is going to hold ME

to a higher standard than anyone else

OK God

I get the point

I am not Jesus

I can get off the cross

(we can use the wood for firewood)

OK God

I get the point

You love me, accept me, and use me

as I am

and you really only expect one thing

one

thing

not private perfection

but union

all you want is for me

to wallow in

be immersed by

be covered

by your divine love

and for me to love you back