It floors me that thoughts expressed and documented by the Apostle Paul about 57 AD behold a clarity and exude a resonance that remains powerful and compelling to this moment. More importantly, they are more synchronous than just belonging to the present. Belief in and adherence to these lessons first shared some two thousand years ago, and a commitment to conduct ourselves accordingly effectively works to make us their contemporaries.
In many ways, these words of wisdom can help both to direct and sustain a journey towards a genuinely spiritual reckoning and rebirth.
“A ‘spiritual reckoning’ is a moment of deep self-assessment and accountability, often prompted by a significant life event like suffering or a crisis, where an individual confronts the consequences of their actions, thoughts, and beliefs.” Once you experience this on a personal level, the world begins to change for you. Maybe not so much in a material sense, if at all. But definitely, your perspective will shift more so in a spiritual aspect.
The release from dishonesty and relegating ego to its proper stature brings with it the rare reality of calm and palpable presence. Moments become redefined. Things that were baffling and seemingly powerful dissipate, their grip on you lessens.
“It involves facing a deeper truth about oneself and one’s relationship with the divine or the spiritual realm, leading to a personal awakening, a change in perspective, and an understanding of one’s responsibilities and purpose.” An awakening to the presence of grace and a deeper relationship with Him leads one to what life is really meant to be. A calling for discernment about true responsibilities and how this leads one to an understanding and embrace of purpose.
Words can become so abstract and difficult to navigate. Prone to the fetish, fantasy or fixation of the minute, the meaning of their intended construction can become obscured by ego, judgement or the current trend. But upon one’s approach to the peace that comes with a desire for repentance, metanoia as it was meant to be, their truth holds firm and their context remains as fully as it was intended.
Belief in and adherence to these lessons first shared some two thousand years ago, and a commitment to conduct ourselves accordingly effectively leads one to undertake metanoia and lean into a genuine spiritual reckoning.
A deep self-assessment and a newborn sense of accountability.
An awakening.
A life meant to be lived.
With Him.
...my temporary assignment. 