If i do something good like helping an old lady cross a busy street, is it my own choice? As a son of Adam, I am born into the human family with a gap separating us from God. Sin, that which separates me from the Creator; sin, all that I say or do, think or fail to do, that which sustains an individual Self separate from the Father; sin, all that I choose to be that is not beneficial to me, harms me, holds me back, keeps me in the dark and living with anxiety and fear.
I am helping the lady across the street and she thanks me. I choose to do this and it is good, I think. Ah, but this choice is mine shared with the Holy Spirit, together we do good. If I ignore the woman’s disadvantage or danger, that is my decision alone: from my Self, from a dark place, from a place of separation. When there is love in my actions, there is light and life. He is with me. Where there is an absence of love, He is with me too, yet the fear or selfishness has the upper hand.
Thus, if I open myself to more Love, Light and Life, I shall become closer to the very nature of the One. Trusting in the power of the divine, fear fades and I can trust in my own ability to BE that which is good. Though I will sometimes fall, I shall also get up knowing that God’s grace is always with me if I choose to acknowledge it, nay, embrace it! And what other purpose can a man have than to loose his Self to find his true nature?
Thank you little old lady in need for granting me the opportunity to shed myself of sin, of selfishness and fear. Thank you Father for your grace and for always standing by my side. And so you both remind me, the chasm that separates each man from his True Home is in his head, all the while Love is in his heart.
Deo gratias
