The Leap of Faith and Mother Kirk:
"I have come to give myself up", he said.
"It is well," said Mother Kirk, "you have come a long way round to reach this place, whither I would have carried you in a few moments. but it is very well. But you must take off your rags as your friend has done already, and then you must dive into this water."
"Alas", he said, "I have never learned to dive".
"There is nothing to learn", she said, "The art of diving is not to do anything new but simply to cease doing something. You have only to let yourself go".
I want to cease doing and let go. That is the call from God: stop for awhile and let go. Cease with the attempts to impress me and let me have at you. Amen!
My reading for the day is Psalm 6 & Proverbs 6.
Lord rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
How many times have I 'taught' or 'disciplined' others in my own wrath? A silly, narcissistic vent because I didn't get my way or my way was infringed upon? Oh, plenty, I can assure you!
Because I forget, God implores me to bind his teachings around my neck so that when I walk, they will lead me, when I lie down, they will watch over me and when I awake, they will talk with me.
That pretty much covers my existence, if I humble myself to let God have his way and cease to do what I do.
Proverbs 6:23 says his commands are a lamp and his teachings a light and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life! Oh how I know that and today, Dear Lord, may I walk with you, your lamp and light to guide my way.
Further on, one of my favorite verses is Proverbs 6:27. The rhetorical question is great and gives a fantastic picture of what lust manifest brings. I destroy myself, sow to the flesh, reap destruction, lose honor and the shame is not wiped away. So, you want that?
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