Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
If I cup my hands and try to hold perfect darkness in there, it takes great effort and care. With the slightest wiggle I am apt to create some tiny crack somewhere, where the light gets in. I strain and contort my hands. I can’t actually see if the darkness is complete, if there is a little spot of light between any two fingers, so I am constantly looking, doubtful, checking, anxious, uncertain, tense.
Or I can relax and let the light in.
I can try to hold my soul just so, so that no sin enters, and feel anxious that it may happen, and awful when it does. Or I can relax and let the light in. I can trust that, yes, there are shadows, and yet light is there.
In prayer I can try to hold other things out. Or I can relax and let the light in.
That’s how we all get to heaven. God just relaxes and lets the light in.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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