With all my heart.... The very same day the comment above was posted I received this from Fr. Richard Rohr: “It is all about the receiver—his humble readiness and her deep desire.” [Daily Email 10/16/14.] Readiness and deep desire to follow the longing for God translate into Jesus’ words to “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”[Luke 11:9] Our longing, our willingness, our readiness to follow our deep desire will lead us where we want most to go. It’s not that we will ever know how to realize what our longing draws us to. We are always in a position of not knowing. But paying attention to our longing will signal to the Holy Spirit that we are ready to begin on the journey. If we continue to listen to the longing within us, we will continually, step by step, draw closer to the Lord, and give the Holy Spirit more and more access to our deeper selves, especially where our guilt and shame reside in us. It’s our perseverance, our willingness, our never giving up—all based on that deep desire, that insures that the Lord will respond to us and heal us. We are signaling that we want to have ears to hear and eyes[Matthew 11:15, 13:9, Mark 4:9, 4:23, Luke 8:8] to see the kingdom that Jesus came to preach about. We are signaling that we get “it” even when we have no idea of what the “it” is beyond just loving God. _____ Check out this video and others on YouTube: “Does the Gospel Serve our Purposes or Do We Serve the Gospel? https://youtube/watch?v=wryesgONNXQ Or follow me on Twitter: twitter/BTWwithPatAdams Or check out my website at bythewaters.net.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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