The Paradox of Grace
by
Stephen Roberts
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only to wander the side alleys of our spiritual existence.
until it burns as an inner sun inside your soul.
You will then discover the dance of utter powerlessness and unbounding strength
as they join an eternal dance in a mysterious embrace.
A blindness that will make you see.
A mystery that will make you wise.
It simply loves – unconditionally – that is its beauty, that is its power.
It does not need to impress God for God is already impressed with us.
Maybe it’s time we quit powdering our spiritual face hoping he will notice us?
it refuses to sit at our poker table and will enter into no bargaining
with our elite plans to perfect and conquer life
– for once and for all, it prefers we become fully human,
yet no longer an I,
for the Life abides within.