Wisdom from My Friend S., Which is Something of a Comfort
"One of God's gifts to some of us is just not to be immediate, so that we have to undergo the kind of discipline necessary to have what others seem to have effortlessly" (p.102). Do you experience God "effortlessly", or do you, like Winner's friend S., fin that you must undergo disciplines and practices in order to know God? Do you agree that sometimes the process of searching out God, even questioning God, is more valuable that immediate certainty? Or is there merit to immediate certainty that cannot be found in the searching?
For tomorrow: please read pages 103-108
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It is the discipline of Morning Prayer that provides the vehicle for reminding me to think about God. The intention of searching for God is important but God is revealed in God's time and in God's manner. I would prefer that God come to me intellectually rather than existentially but such has not been the case. It truly is a gift that we must expend some effort in knowing God. Through this we grow and mature and hopefully learn how to make the world a better place.
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