Without a sense of the inherent sacredness of the world, we struggle to see God in our own reality, let alone to respect reality, protect it, or love it.
-- Richard Rohr
Most of the time, I hesitate to add anything to such observations by Richard Rohr because what I would say would most likely only diminish the power of it.
But here, I can't avoid personalizing how the simplicity, range, and depth impacts me.
I struggle with the imbalance of manipulated spirituality and the inherent nature of it. I know the sacredness is true, in some deep way. And, yet, sometimes I can hardly think about it clearly (let alone speak of it) without feeling I am participating in something I want nothing to be a part of. Thus, the words, "we struggle to see God in our reality..." resonate easily and deeply.
And, this does seem to be a beginning, not a destination. For the magnitude of what would be true about this surely leads to a kind of protective and loving respect for it.
