My husband and I are visiting relatives. We had some wonderful conversations with my in-laws yesterday and today. I found another duality that I hadn’t really thought of before: easy and difficult. This one could apply to almost everything in life, but I think it is best explained when applied to faith.
Having faith is easy, I just have to surrender myself to it. It is as easy as doing a trust fall. I did that once. I climbed up to a high platform and I fell backwards into waiting arms. It was easy, I just had to fall. However, it isn’t that easy. I faced fear and doubt when I climbed up to the platform and when I fell backwards. Yes, it was a matter of just doing it, but I had to get out of my own mind to just do it.
In the same sense, it is easy to love God and have faith, but at the same time it is difficult and complex, too. Life gets in the way. Fear, anger, doubt, and a whole lot of other things can get in the way. That’s why it isn’t a moment of surrender, but a faith journey. I will spend the rest of my life struggling with faith.
And the duality is that it is exactly like the Yin/Yang symbol. It is both easy and difficult at the same time. Understanding that duality and how it can exist at the same time helps me to continue to try every day to be a better person. I know I won’t ever get there, but I know I can try and it’s good enough for God. I’m learning how to be that person God sees when He looks down on me from Heaven.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
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