Merton is saying may hard things...sometimes truthfulness is the beginning of great healing.
The person who lives in division is living in death. S/he cannot find her/himself because s/he is lost; s/he has ceased to be a reality. The person s/he believes her/himself to be is a bad dream. And when s/he dies s/he will discover that s/he long ago ceased to exist because God, Who is infinite reality and in Whose sight is the being of everything that is, will say to her/him: "I know you not."
This can have the sound of a "judgment scene" from the scriptures. In someways it is. But I would submit that it is meant to be one that we hear now...not later...not at the end. The judgment does us no good later. The Spirit of God is constantly attempting to open up our eyes and our ears so that this day and the next and everyday we can be about the healing of the division that is the death of us. I don't ever see God saying "I don't know you" for God can always see the precious gift that is beloved from beginning to end. I see this remark to which Merton notes as more like: "Wow, what have you done to your self - my precious child."
Connection: Return to the Lord, Your God, for God is gracious and merciful and abounding in steadfast love...always....and always.
O Foundation of Life and Hope for the Ages, as we walk through this day help us to hear your voice that is able to create new things and heal all that is broken. Amen.
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