In this whole process of seeking
healing, how do I find the balance between doing and being? How do I know when to fight and when to let
go? When does fighting, when does
seeking, become control? When does
letting go become passivity or apathy, or worse -- despair? What is surrender? What is grace? Aren't I to use what God has given me -- my
intellect, my resourcefulness, my curiosity, my desire for healing and
wholeness? But how and when do those get
in the way?… healing is hard work. It
is. But isn't it also no work at all,
because in reality we don't heal ourselves?
We can encourage it, help create an environment for it, but we can't do
it. Yet we are an indispensable part of
the process.
This is all very confusing. I don't know how to make sense of it all. I
don't understand. Perhaps this is where
faith comes in. It carries me through
that which I don't understand. It also
assures me that even if I don't "do" the "right" thing or
that if I "am" not in the "right" way -- if I am not "being"
as I should, whatever that is -- healing is still possible. That is grace.
-- Jean M. Blomquist in “Wrestling Till Dawn”
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