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it happens
that the most gracious gifts
are wrapped
in the most unpleasant paper
as if
the giver
was to make sure
the longing for grace
is stronger than
the disgust of unpleasantness
though there are no techniques
to obtain grace
only a decision to
accept it
there are ways
to remove the obstacles
which makes us refuse
mercy
trying to escape
who we are
is a long procession
of failures
where nothing is more
fulfilling
than to love
the ones
we love
the fear of losing it
is where we begin
to sink
though perhaps
there is no other way
than acknowledging fear
and lean into faith
rather than trying to act
as if
we were not afraid
confusing the feeling of
being understood
with the fact of
being loved
can be of detrimental
consequences
staying faithful
to truth
can sometimes be
less obvious
than being faithful to
what is held to be
true
in the moment
being given to dissolve
some of the obstacles
inhibiting the river of love
to run freely into the world
can be considered a punishment
a difficult task
a complicated challenge
an awful affliction
and
a steady falling rain
of blessings
silence
as the utmost privilege
where love
begins
listening
to the voice of wisdom
can sometimes mean
going against
what is believed
to be true
leaving us with
the challenge in differentiating
wisdom from knowledge
truth from reason
belief from conviction
with no need for further
justification
preaching for peace in the world
with a war going on
inside ourselves
somehow seems
contradictory
allowing all the things
we cannot see
to grow visible
in their own pace
is also
grace