"The Hole in the Soul"

"Do you realize with what difficulty surrender will come to a fixing, managing mentality? There's nothing in that psyche prepared to understand the spiritual wisdom of surrender. All of the great world religions reach surrender. Yet most of us, until we go through the hole in our soul - our weak spot in the middle - just don't think surrender is necessary. At least that's how it is for those of us in First World countries. The poor, on the other hand, seem to understand limitation at a very early age. The Third World faces its limitation through a breakdown in the social-economic system. But we have to face our limitation, it seems, in the interior world. That 's our liberation theology. We must recognize our own poor man, our own abused woman, the oppressed part of ourselves that we have, that we deny, that we're afraid of. That's the hole in our soul. It's the way through, maybe the only way, says the crucified Jesus. "
- Richard Rohr, from Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the 12 Steps

An apt thought for today. When we are weak, then Christ in us is strong. When we realize our weakness, then we can finally surrender to Him. For some of us (most especially me), that will have to be a daily process. Surrender is the only way to be free. I wish that would make sense to my heart, and not just my head.