....To let oneself be carried 'by God' is not to run from the loneliness but to let it disclose a deeper basis for togetherness: not a honeymoon basis, a golden wedding basis.
We spoke of Thérèse of Lisieux. For her, this togetherness meant a silver thread of naked trust, with the absolute minimum of feed-back. Poems which she composed during her months of inner darkness gave no hint of the seeming godlessness of it all. Explaining the brightness of her verses, she said, 'I sing what I will to believe.' To go forward on that basis was for her to let herself be, not merely 'carried', but carried by God.The Impact of God, Iain Matthew
I am most often concerned with being 'carried by others' and less often concerned with being 'carried by God'. It seems that God is wanting to show me how little I really trust him, to let my loneliness draw me to him, to not settle for being merely carried anymore but to be in search of that golden wedding togetherness. It sounds so pleasant as I write this, but I am fairly sure this type of learning is not going to be that easy.
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