The Bridge
Where are we going? We long to shape our own ends but we can’t see what world lies on the other side of this bridge. We look longingly backward – and yet we have worked so hard to come this far. Looks like we’re going to have to surrender to the healing journey. The moment we stop healing is the moment we begin to die. This is the hardest lesson. We deny ourselves childish things in order to achieve the mature ends we may not want once we get them! Jesus said we must become “little children” again to enter the Kingdom of God – the Highly Desired Place – a comment that sparked 2,000 years of speculation. Did he mean “forgetting our disappointed adult selves and totally starting over?” Or incorporating the trust and faith and joy of childhood into our matured personalities? His parables – which are all about expectations – wanting the wrong things – suggest the latter. One of the sharpest memories from my childhood is the joy of being provided for – we ate what they handed us – and they kept giving fantastic gifts/experiences! Could those unexpected gifts be what lies on the other side of The Bridge? Our mantra for today is, “I relish surprise.”
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