Friday, March 10,
2017
I
am sorry I missed posting a reflection yesterday; I was ill.
I was ill and the illness passed
and is no more.
All things are transient. All
pass and are no more, except for God.
The Trinity is the one, lasting,
enduring reality, and we are called to rest in that reality.
This is so difficult for us,
because we are so attached to things that are transient.
Do you remember that possession
you had many years ago, the one that gave you so much pleasure?
Where is it now?
Do you remember that great
concern you had, so many years ago, that cost you sleepless nights?
It is still a concern?
Can you recognize the current
trial as something that is going to pass away?
If you can, you have gained
mastery even within the trial,
and if you continue to honor its
transient nature, you will gain freedom.
Poets speak of these things so
eloquently, so often with simple images.
Rainer Marie Rilke:
All that is hurrying
soon will be over
with;
only what lasts
can bring
us to the truth.
another of his:
. . . a billions stars go spinning through
the night,
blazing high above your head.
but in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead.
And Walt Whitman:
People I meet . . . the effect upon me of my
early life . . .
The latest news . . . discoveries,
inventions, societies
. . . My dinner, dress, associates, looks, .
. .
The sickness of one of my folks—or of myself
. . . or ill-doing . . . or loss or lack of money . . . . or depressions or
exaltations,
These come to me days and nights and go from
me again,
But they are not the Me myself.
And our scriptures:
Jesus
Christ: heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away.
Colossians 3:2 If then
you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ
is, seated at the right hand of God. set your minds on things that are above,
not on things that are on earth.
God bless you! Have a good
weekend.
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