Know Thyself?

I meditate on these now:

"The secret of my identity lies in the mercy and love of God."
- Thomas Merton

and

"The mind of God is forgiveness."
- John Paul II

The mystery of who I am, and how I become, is part of the dynamic chemistry that relies on the action of Divine mercy and love. What I am, as spirit and flesh, is the resultant manifestation of God's on-going mercy to let me exercise my free choice, even where I am less than perfect and prodigal with opportunity. And, of God's generousity, which allows me to know and be, alive, in the fragile life. But what makes God do this, and why. Because he is ever, always, ready to forgive.

But I must approach the throne of Grace. Forgiveness requires repentence. "Turn away from your sin," so the Divine Physician of our souls say. And the Psalmist: "And if you should hear his voice, harden not your hearts...!"

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