Lent 29 - the divine burglar

Matthew 24:42-43 –What a wonderful image of God as a burglar, the divine thief.

Our patterns and character present formidable armor against the Gospel. 

The only way truth gets into any of our lives is by God’s trickery, when our guard is down.

                                                                                                                Richard Rohr –Jesus’ Plan for a New World

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Day by day

the same routine

day by day

the same ways of doing and being

I have it down, pat

this life

I have polished and perfected

this self I present to the world

I have laid on layers and layers

of veneer

carefully constructing the container

that I present as me

it is impervious

no one can break through it

nothing can break through it

I hide behind it

and am safe

oh so safe

and then

God’s trickery

In a moment when I least expect it

the sacred sneaks through

the divine burglar comes

and suddenly I am broken open

naked and vulnerable

a sun rise

a picture of my granddaughter

the pain of another

a moment when I am truly touched

soul to soul by a friend

and there it is

there the Sacred is

there truth is

the old is gone

my only option

is the

new