"The Divine Pickpocket"
"The Divine Pickpocket"
We can only dare to let go of evil in the presence of a perfect love. Don Quixote steals the shame of Aldonza by his continual respect for her. Love makes sin unnecessary and takes it away.
What do you think happens when God forgives your sin? Is it God changing suddenly, reassessing you? Is it God deciding to waive some eternal and required punishment? No! Nothing happens in God. God is a perfect given-ness, totally and always given, literally fore-given: ahead of time, before our act of faith.
God does not change; we change. Here is what’s happening in the experience of forgiveness: When God’s arms are tight enough around you, when for a moment you can believe in love, when you let God gaze into your eyes deeply enough and are ready to believe it, than you’re able to let God rob you of your sin. God pulls it out of your pocket while holding you in her gaze!
from Days of Renewal
We can only dare to let go of evil in the presence of a perfect love. Don Quixote steals the shame of Aldonza by his continual respect for her. Love makes sin unnecessary and takes it away.
What do you think happens when God forgives your sin? Is it God changing suddenly, reassessing you? Is it God deciding to waive some eternal and required punishment? No! Nothing happens in God. God is a perfect given-ness, totally and always given, literally fore-given: ahead of time, before our act of faith.
God does not change; we change. Here is what’s happening in the experience of forgiveness: When God’s arms are tight enough around you, when for a moment you can believe in love, when you let God gaze into your eyes deeply enough and are ready to believe it, than you’re able to let God rob you of your sin. God pulls it out of your pocket while holding you in her gaze!
from Days of Renewal
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