I'm trying to mine a meaningful nugget from St. Augustine's reflections in today's Office of Readings. It isn't that there isn't anything there, or that I can't get to it, but seems more the case that so much of it is so closely interrelated that any piece seems to lose its power when removed from what surrounds it. I thought that I could grab an idea from the end that really resonated with me, but soon realized that its impact had only happened because it had been worked up to. The beginning material hadn't seemed to do anything for me, but when I returned to it I saw how it had laid a foundation for what came throughout.
So read it for yourself, and see if it has any value for you!
But I find very powerful this idea of God giving us something we can handle to embrace in preparation for what we're not quite ready for as of yet.
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