"Sometimes what we want is to be allowed to
hunker down in the life we are living, or are hoping to live, or are
constructing for ourselves. Without any upset, without any change in plans,
without any of our ducks being disturbed.
But sometimes when we say yes to some new thing that
seems to be calling to us from the echo within, then we may as well be prepared
to head for God knows where after that. And to head there with God knows who as
well.
Any attempt--no matter how clumsy or cautious, no
matter how courageous or clever--to live out what one thinks one hears in the
calling voice of God within must be lived out in the face of change.
Our companions will change; our journeys will take us
in and out of relationships. Promises will be made, and promises will be
broken. And so will our hearts.
The only way to avoid it is to not say yes."
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