In the middle of issues cropping up in the Jazz Mass preparations I am reminded of Leonard Cohen's words:
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.
It seems that I learn best when things are not exactly as I planned. That's when I am called to understand that there are other ways that a thing can happen that will be okay, that I am ultimately not in control after all, but God is. I have an issue of "atheism in practice", when I believe it's all about me and my accomplishments, rather than God working through me and the talents and gifts I have been given. When I feel responsible for all that happens in my life and work is often when I get caught up short with reality, the needs of others, the timelines of God.
The cracks in the bell are the best I can do, in the last analysis.
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