"Put your ear down close to your soul
and listen hard."
Anne Sexton
A mother was bent over cautiously speaking to her little child who happened to be rebelling. "I thought we talked about this at home?" She yanked the child's arm asking, "Are you listening to me?" The child continued on, uncontrollably sobbing.
For whatever reason, this turned my thoughts to the relationship I have with the Divine. I beg, I plead and I cry. When there is silence, I falsely assume that things are good. Sure enough, I receive exactly what I requested, and it turns out to be a terrible choice!
Is it trust that prevents me from bending down and acquiescing to 'Thy will be done"? It is not wrong to ask, but faith needs to be embraced during the silence that follows. Divine Spirit has far greater vision into my life than I do. Besides, I want to be a soul that listens ever so closely, and not the child kicking and screaming down the aisle.
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