When it comes to God's will in your life, think of four levels:
There are, I hate to say it, religious who don't even try to seek God's will. At best they have never learned the difference between self-centered pious dreams and the living God.
A lot of religious manage to conform themselves to God's will in their daily lives more or less, but they complain about it to each other or to whatever other victim they can find. These get self-satisfied because of the good they do, and thus compound their sin.
Some get beyond this point, and do God's will will without complaining in their speech. They are still complaining in their thoughts, however, revealing that they haven't actually accepted God's will.
The goal is to not only do God's will but to accept it internally. To do the former is the easy part; to accomplish the latter is the real work.
October 31, 2008
From My Confessor
Riffing a little on spiritual advice from my confession in preparation for All Saints and All Souls:
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Faithful, or even just thoughtful criticisms are always welcome. Uninformed rudeness to other posters or to the Lord and His Church is not.
I also reserve the right to reject comments promoting things like private revelations and fringe points of view, if it seems to me like they are being presented in a misleading way.
If you raise a disagreement with something I say but I do not respond, please do not feel slighted or insulted, or imagine that this automatically means I disagree or agree with you. It's just that I don't find the comment box to be a constructive medium for certain forms of debate.
There are, I hate to say it, religious who don't even try to seek God's will. That's surprising. It seems fundamental to the decision to be a religious that you would be seeking God's will. Why else be in it? Can't be for the glory!
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