Long before Jesus told his parables to help us understand things, God the Father had told one of cosmic dimensions and as deep as the abyss: the parable of life…
The listener was immersed in this parable without any possibility of escape, for its “words” were made of things themselves and these could in no way be denied.
“Who can gainsay the sun?” asks the sundial indicating the passing hour.
When the sky speaks – above your head with its billions of stars; and the earth you tread speaks – the sensible basis of living experience: how can you escape logic which surrounds you?
How can you ignore the harmony and beauty of things, or disregard the energy and power of storms and earthquakes?
How can you escape the “absent presence” of a secret entity, the designer of a creative will and indisputable unity, of which you yourself are aware of being a part?
- Excerpted from Why, O Lord? by Carlo Carretto
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"creative will and indisputable unity, of which you yourself are aware of being a part"
who can argue with that. how often, after you've done something quite effortlessly, has someone said to you: wow, how did you do that?! and how often have you said that to someone only to hear the reply: oh it's so easy...
each to their own unique creativity and skill. blessings and gifts taken for granted when we should be thanking him for them every day. quite easily done too, by living our life the way we are meant to, to the fullest and to the best of our ability essentially. the rest (things, our jobs, luck, money) will automatically follow don't you think?
i think! beautiful excert!
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