Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Dearest God,

At this moment I am living in the middle of grace. And what and how is this possible? Grace is your unmerited love and forgiveness. Living in the middle is that act, that gesture of willingness to accept your will, to let go of unrealistic expectations. I don't always feel this way but these last few days I have found myself in this rare position.

I've heard it said many times that we have to be careful what we pray for because we are sure to get it. During my long, arduous search for truth, for knowledge and insight, I wondered if I would ever get to my destination. And yet, you have lead me to where I am.

I have come to the conclusion that we each see a side of truth, but only a side. We do not see the whole truth. From the vantage point of a small part of truth, we function as if we know the all-encompassing truth. We believe there is nothing more to know. We then place ourselves in the position of authority and function to let other people know the truth as we know it. The trouble is that others see the truth in a different way. And that is where the rub comes in. Conflict, a battling of wills. The worst thing is if we don't listen or accept that part of truth someone else holds, then we shall never know the whole truth.

In my prayers I have sought to know the whole truth, to understand, to walk into the light of knowledge. As I grasped onto this information when it came, I had to listen to other voices who also held a portion of that truth. Their perspective brought a discerning word to me.

There are always people who want to share their perspective, their knowledge, their understanding and truth. What I have discovered is they do not know the whole truth either. The genius of your divine plan is that we each share what we know with one another, realizing that the final truth rests in our trust in you, ourselves and in our neighbor.

Guide us
to the truth,
O Lord.
Give us
a questing heart,
one that
searches out
your word.
Let that
divine word
touch us,
inspiring us
to do
your will,
I pray.

Love, Andrea