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.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
God fruit
“The more deeply one enters into the experience of the
sacred the more one is aware of one’s own personal evil and the destructive
forces in society. The fact that one is alive to what is possible for humankind
sharpens one’s sense that we are fallen people. The awareness of sin is the
inevitable consequence of having met grace... This grace-judgment dynamic
reveals that the center of Christian life is repentance. This does not mean
that the distinguishing mark of the Christian is breast-beating. Feeling sorry,
acknowledging guilt, and prolonging regret may be components of the human
condition, but they are not what Jesus means by repentance. Repentance is the
response to grace that overcomes the past and opens out to a new future ― John Shea, A Star at Its Rising: Advent
Meditations
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I have no trouble finding evil
It flourishes
Planted in the fertile soul of fear and greed
It blooms, its tendrils
Winding through our souls
Squeezing out compassion,
kindness and generosity
and so
in ways sometimes large
and sometimes small
we fall
our lives bearing bitter fruit
as hate and envy win
and we exclude and horde
as hungers from deep within
cause us to misuse our sexuality
or move us to use and abuse alcohol or drugs
seeking to silence the clamoring voices within
we feel helpless
we are helpless
but there is within us too
the Sacred seed
which,
rooted in repentance
watered by grace
grows
a sacred vine
weaving through the fabric of our soul
growing
choking out evil
striving toward the light
breaking free
spreading its branches wide
bearing good fruit
Compassion, forgiveness
Acceptance, generosity
But above all
Hope
For ourselves, and for those around us
God fruit
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