Tips from the Master

Here are some great quotes from Richard Rohr´s daily meditations this week. The theme is ¨letting go¨. Not a new theme in the world and definitely what I have been working on this year. I am going on 9 months of my sabbatical now. I love to look back and know some change has taken place and yet some things still remain elusive. I think I have learned to let go in a new way and these quotes spoke to me about the real meaning of letting go. It is so much deeper than even we can imagine.


Question of the day: How do you feel being the thought God is lost in?

We are God's prayer. We are, in fact, God's thought. And God is hopelessly lost in thinking us. All we can do is stay naked and self-forgetful, ready for lovemaking. The primary temptation is to cover ourselves with roles, controls, successes and satisfying explanations.
Be quiet and self-forgetful, dear friends. Don't miss out. You must know for yourself that Someone is thinking you (as opposed to another) each creative moment. The only good choice is to love and trust yourself in God.
Current mantra:Let go…let God

It seems so simple to not worry to not take control and yet we know this is not the case. I have covered myself in roles, controls, and satisfying explanations and yet now I have none of these and I feel a great sense of freed. The struggle is still there to justify my existence in the world and to justify my worth, but it is not as difficult as before. The good choice is to love and trust yourself in God....this is my new task.


Question of the day: How does one give control over to God?


Scripture clearly says God helps those who trust in God, not those who help themselves. We need to be told that so strongly because of our entire "do it yourself" orientation.
It takes applying the brakes, turning off our own power and allowing Another. What the lordship of Jesus means is that first we come to him, first we put things into his hands. Our doing must proceed from our being. Our being is "hidden with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:3)
from The Great Themes of Scripture

Current mantra:Let go…let God

Yea, we know this is easier said than done. Do it myself has been my mantra. God is welcome to assist, but I will control my own destiny. So I think this year has been just what he says, applying the breaks. My entire future is a giant question and yet I am willing to trust that God has my being and will take care of my doing. Some days I do better than others, but I am much more patient to let things unfold and not get freaked out that I have to have it all figured out. I don´t know what to do with my house, my items, when I will work or if I will work. What will happen if I don´t return to the United States permanently. Being in a relationship with a Peruvian and what that means for my future. All sorts of things that have no quick answers and do determine my future and yet, I am not at a rush to make it happen. I know now that it will unfold in it´s own time and God loves me regardless of my decisions. I am always in God´s grace. So, I can´t screw up too badly.

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