It takes all of us a long time to move from power to
weakness, from glib certitude to vulnerability, from meritocracy to the ocean
of grace.
Richard
Rohr
_____________________________________
God
is not at all
like
we might want our God to be
we
love to point to the God of creation
and
focus on omnipotence and omniscience
we
look for God in mighty acts
acts
of power
acts
of dominance, even wrath
and
since think of God this way
our
faith is defined
accordingly
to
follow God means power
to
follow God means safety and ease
wealth
and success
and
we stand, Pharisee like
on
our pillars of righteousness
believing
(although we may not actually admit this)
that
we have done something
to
earn our place
in
the circle of God’s love
and
we stand secure, and comfortable
Palm
Sunday
The
Upper Room
Gethsemane
The
Cross
should
remind us
that
God’s ultimate act of power
was
profoundly expressed through vulnerability
and
weakness
through
yielding
and
giving
all
that
there might be an end to hate
and
the birth of love
Forgive
me, for all those moments
when
I fail to see you in the little acts
of
vulnerability and love
Forgive
me Lord, for the times I forget
that
is it when I am vulnerable
when
I am a server (not the served)
that
is when I am willing to
give
pieces of myself
that
I am most intensely on Your Way
Forgive
me when I think that being yours
Is
a matter of merit
Help
me Lord, drift gently on the ocean of grace
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