Somebody said in passing: Sometimes it is not about being productive. Rather, it is about being fruitful. I realized that so much time is "used" trying to be productive or effective... and sometimes allowing time to unfold and reveal what is fruitful and possible seems less important than determining to use time to "produce" something that others can measure or evaluate.
It will take months, perhaps years to clearly see the fruits of this particular trip to the Abbey.
That is simply what it is like to be at the Abbey.... It is not about doing or "getting done". It is about "being" ... it is about "receiving" what God is bestowing at any given moment.... and all I can say is that God always is lavishing us with what is true, and what is in our best interests... meeting every need so that we can be in closer relationship with God. The fruit of a deeper relationship with God spills beyond the confines of our particular life...and it always, always, benefits the "other".
I pray and I trust that somehow all that I learned... all that was given... will be an asset to the service I offer in His Name.
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