Sorry for the late posting. More on integrity and humility.
It is not humility to insist on being someone that you are not. It is as much as saying that you know better than God who you are and who you ought to be. How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another person's city. How do you expect to reach you own perfection by leading somebody else's life? Another person's sanctity will never be yours; you must have the humility to work out your own salvation in a darkness where you are absolutely alone...
And so it takes heroic humilty to be yourself and to be nobody but the person, or the artist, that God intended you to be.
The journey that is ahead of us is always our own. That is what makes each of the unique gift we are to world and to ourselves. I know this sounds like the basic "children's" message again...and yet it is the message that is so difficult for us to take in and follow. What a wonderful experience it would be for all of us if we would find delight in being the one God's calls beloved. That...is enough to transform us and heal us and guide us and deliver us into life that we do not see as a life that is truly available to us. If such a simple message is good for children, then one would think that it is a good message for children - no matter how old or seasoned or well-read or wise we might be. In fact, the wisdom of our humanity may be to follow the simplicity of God's promise to us.
Connection: Can you spot things during the day that show the living presence of the essence of you? What is it like to see and hear such stuff?
My Lord, what a gift you have given us. Inspire us to let it unfold within this day. Amen.
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