God's Love and Our Weaknesses

God's Love and Our Weaknesses
Thomas Keating
The experience of God's love and the experience of our weaknesses are correlative. These are the two poles that God works with as God gradually frees us from immature ways of relating. The experience of our desperate need for God's healing is the measure to which we experience God's infinite mercy. The deeper the experience of God's mercy, the more compassion we will have for others.
(Source: Invitation to Love)

Thomas Keating is one of my favorite authors. This experience with 'oc' has thrown me into an incredibly weak place. But, since I have been in this "weak place", I feel like I am truly feeling the love of God with the incredible outpouring of love from friends and family.

I am especially touched by text messages and emails from the college students I know. How did these young adults get so freakin' mature at such a young age?! I was a "hot mess" when I was in my 20's. I think we have a new generation coming up that is much more mature than we ever were. That said, I was a child of the 70's. We were more occupied with, uh, well... that's another topic!

I digress as usual. My point... when our lives are going along without interruption we stress over the stupidest stuff. These days I try to stop often, give thanks and smell the roses. Well... maybe not everyday... but maybe 15 days out of 21. ;-)

I <3 U all,
Jude