Christian spirituality, inner transformation and contemplation are not at all what I first imagined them to be. I initially began this inner journey with earnest striving, depending on my discipline and will power.JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HUMAN, l failed miserably because striving to transform myself spiritually into a person of Love and Light is sort of like an ant straining and trying to turn himself into a human. we really must be reborn in the Spirit and truth and that is a job for the Spirit of God in me.
When I admitted defeat, then God had an opportunity to save me from myself
When, I depend only on myself, I am in a sense wasting the work done on the cross; I am stealing God’s job because i am trying to save, purify and sanctify myself with my energy, strategy, and effort.
When I gave up , exhausted, I untied God’s hands; I gave Him permission to redeem me.
When I let go of control and quit trying to understand the inexplicable, miracles started happening, real miracles
When I opened my deepest core self to His Spirit, I started to watch God work in and through me as He saved me and all those around me.
There is utter simplicity and therefore freedom when we give up, let go of control and lett God be the Lord in practical, nitty-gritty details of our life. Then we live in joy as children of God.
joy of nine9 
You describe the essence. Thank you
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yeah? well, how about that
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The words and pictures are sooo right on. I love the cross icon!
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me too
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