“Molding the Material into the Spiritual”
I struggle to believe that anything I do is terribly significant. I have a hunch that you may struggle with that as well.
Here is an excerpt from one of my daily 12-step readings. It is followed by my musings about my day.
“Meditation for the Day
Molding your life means cutting and shaping your material into something good, something that can express the spiritual. All material things are the clay out of which we mold something spiritual. You must first recognize the selfishness in your desires and motives, actions and words, and then mold that selfishness until it is sublimated into a spiritual weapon for good. As the work of molding proceeds, you see more and more clearly what must be done to mold your life into something better.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make.” (From Twenty-Four Hours a Day © 1975 by Hazelden Foundation.)
I was especially struck by the sentence, “All material things are the clay out of which we mold something spiritual.” Have I done this today? Have I taken material things, and molded them into something spiritual? I ask the question, but can I answer it? My day seemed pretty mundane to me.
- I cleaned and straightened the garage.
- I talked to 12-step friends.
- I listened to about 12 chapters from the Bible.
- I was here when the plumbers came to fix the outdoor water spigot.
- I went out and bought a new riding lawn mower (my first!), a small trailer for the tractor, a water hose, and a reel for said hose.
- I took care of the dog.
- I tried to prop my leg up some.
- I sent out the assignments and challenges for my Hebrew class.
- I did the dishes.
- I wrote out a gratitude list of 50 items.
- I am writing this blog.
How “spiritual” is any of this?
But perhaps I should let God judge my day—and me. I am often my harshest critic. I suspect that God is much more kind and fair to me than I am to me.
The same is probably true of you.
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