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Arthur Darby Nock

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
And only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Browning



Sunday, May 4, 2014

Grace

Grace cannot be understood by any ledger of merits and demerits. It
cannot be held to any patterns of buying, losing, earning, achieving, or
manipulating, which is where, unfortunately, most of us live our lives.
Grace is, quite literally, “for the taking.” It is God eternally
giving away God--for nothing--except the giving itself. Quite simply,
to experience grace you must stop all counting!

The ego does not know how to receive things freely or without logic. It
prefers a worldview of scarcity, or at least quid pro quo, where only
the clever win. It likes to be worthy and needs to understand in order
to be able to accept things. That problem, and its overcoming, is at the
very center of the gospel plot line. It has always been overcome from
God’s side. The only problem is getting us in on the process! That
full inclusion of us is the greatest testimony to God’s humility,
mercy, and love.
                                                                                Richard Rohr
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Sunday morning 6 o’clock
sun shining, grace
river sparkling, grace
legs that still work (after all these years), grace
a walk in crisp morning air, grace

a daughter’s love, grace
a granddaughters joyous giggle, grace
a toothy grin, grace

meeting old friends, grace
a smile from a stranger, grace

each day I stumble through life
casually aware of gifts given
struggling (at times)
to accept the Sacred’s many offerings of love

each day I tally things up
and count
count
count

it defies logic
this love I possess
seated deep within
at the deepest reaches of my soul

but there is
again

grace

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