Getting to "yes"

“People often ask me how long they should pray, and I say,

‘As long as it takes you to get to yes.’”

                                                          Richard Rohr

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What does it mean to be “spiritual”

Once upon a time a man named Nicodemus asked that question (essentially)

Of a man named Jesus

Jesus told him “you must be born from above”  (accept the Sacred Presence)

Nicodemus was literal sort of guy

And heard “born again” (another possible interpretation of the word “anothen”)

They went round in circles

Nicodemus trying to stay inside the box

All neat and literal

Oh so clean

But oh so ludicrous, a grown man in his mothers belly?

Jesus gently kept talking about the wild wind of the Spirit

Blowing people of faith where it will

In the end Jesus message was this:

Focus on the Sacred, as one who seeks to be open and receptive

Stay focused as the connection is made

Stay focused on the Sacred

Until everything inside you says “yes”

Yes to God

Yes to love

Yes to forgiveness

Yes to compassion

Yes to generosity

Yes, yes, yes!

At that moment of “yes”, you are born from above