Dear All of Us,
They were many
over much of years.
They came out.
They had to work at it.
They had to relax into it.
They let me companion them.
They taught me much.
Our spiritual lives
are basically a
Coming Out
It's way more than sex.
It's soul.
We don't decide
to come out
as this or that:
Methodist, Buddhist,
Catholic,
monk, activist,
liberal, traditional,
leader, follower,
effusive, reserved,
speculative, practical,
mostly solitary,
mostly socializing,
theological, mystical,
here or there,
now or when?
All that is consequential.
We don't so much decide
who and how we are.
We relax into how God
wants to happen as us.
We relax into
our deepest self.
That's God.
That's Being.
We be in Being.
We let God Be us.
It's God
Coming Out
as us.
"I am the vine,
you are the
branches."
(John 15:5)
We are how God wants
to branch out
as us,
beautiful
as us,
fruitful
as us.
We aren't source.
We are source specific.
We are source fruitful.
We are source unique.
We don't have to
create ourselves,
sustain ourselves,
determine ourselves.
We relax into the vitality
that is God.
We delight to be
as we are in
Being Itself.
We lighten up
and
up
we grow/go
in our unique
God Outing -
Methodist,
mystical,
activist,
emotional,
reflective
or...
In a highly
self-centered culture
we are urged
to branch out
on our own.
That severs source.
That disconnects.
That wilts.
That kills.
To maul
the metaphors,
a horse that
decides to be
a car
isn't going
anywhere.
Relaxing into our
True Selves
Welcoming
God Good
Coming Out
as our
True Selves
takes a lot of
time and turns.
Fear, culture,
selfishness,
grow us wrong.
That means
trimming.
Coming Out
means patience
bloom, bud
flower, fruit.
No forced fast growth.
Branch that we are,
we sometimes lean
a little too much
this way and that.
We up as we right.
Yes
time and turn
to grow.
It's nowhere near
"One and done."
In my spiritual
Coming Out
over a long
growth season
I had to adjust
to different angles
so as to catch
the sun (Son)and grow:
one denomination
and then turning
to another
denominational
radiance,
monastery,
seminary,
priest,
pastor,
teacher,
administrator,
retreat leader,
preacher,
spiritual director,
single,
married,
father and
thanks to Ollie,
grandfather,
now long in the tooth
(and glad to have some!)
elderly, writer,
getting
Harvest Ready
The Ultimate
COMING OUT
FOR REFLECTION
Coming Out means Going In
to that which is at our center,
that which is the
source and substance
of who we are.
It's lovely!
It's Love Itself
It's God.
"God is love."
(1 John 4:8)
We relax in the embrace.
We let God forth as us.
What's in our heart
longing for our unique
COMING OUT?
Paradox:
We are one and we are unique.
"You are not God and
you are not not God."
St. Bonaventure
Go figure.
Go flower.
Go grow.
All it takes is
to fall in Love
and let it out
in your special way.
That's truly
COMING OUT
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Deepest thanks
to my dear friend
Michael Schaadt.
A recent conversation
we had was the inspiration
for this blog
and much else.
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Love to all.
God Bless,
John Frank
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