God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom,
and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
—1 Corinthians 1.25
Those who seek to dominate,
who vaunt self-interest,
who exercise power and strength,
think us weak and foolish
to practice the way of the cross.
They think we live in a blank universe
we can shape by force,
and we’re missing our chance.
But the universe is not neutral.
It hums, it vibrates, it throbs
with the love of God, with grace and mercy.
In humility and compassion,
we empty ourselves of all self-interest
in love for the whole.
Even in our fiercest resistance to evil
we do not project force,
but make allowance for grace,
the negative charge of love,
toward which all energy flows.
Through the weakness of God
we join in the mending of the world.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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