Lord, Open My Life...
An Open Life to God is not easy to live. Even the disciple - who were distinctly chosen - didn't really get it all the time. They seemed to get it at one moment, then totally miss it at another moment.
Jesus asks Peter - Who do you say that I am?
Peter says - you are the Messiah, the chosen one of God.
Jesus says - Blessed are you. No one revealed this to you but our father in heaven.
Jesus praises him for having come to this realization.
Peter gets it!
And JUST after this, Jesus tells Peter that he must go to Jerusalem and die at the hands of the authorities... and Peter balks at this. And that's when Jesus gets angry and rebukes him.
The whole story of the disciples is like this... they learn, they get it... then they show they don't understand.
As the story unfolds, in the follow-on story, the story after Jesus is gone... in the Book of Acts... well, they do eventually get it mostly.
They do heal people,
they do eventualy lead the community
they do eventually act with compassion and grace
... most of the time...
But it wasn't an easy path of "understanding", of knowing what it meant to open their lives to God...
Same with us...
It's not always easy! We don't always get it either...
Sometimes we do... but not always.
If we look at this
"Opening our lives to God" thing
as a process... as a journey...
giving us the freedom to unfold in us as we need
to learn
to grow
to make mistakes along the way...
God is there... anyway!
IN the learning
IN the growing
IN the mistakes
In the journey itself!
God is there...
So, relax,
choose to open yourself to God,
and let it all unfold around you
With God's help
live your open life
every day
as best you can
You won't always get it... but that's okay!
God's still there!
Choose to be open... and let it unfold around you
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