Starter Prayer: "God of Law and God of Love, get me started, hold on fast to me, but also keep me going in the right direction, which is always toward you." (From Wondrous Encounters by Richard Rohr).
There is an irony facing us -- The more we know (and clearly we do live in a time of information overload) the more we realize there is to know. Furthermore, the more we expect information to guide our steps the more we are likely to complicate our own lives with information that may or may not pertain to our journey.
In the end, God alone knows what is critical for our development.
The teachings of God start out basic -- the law. God's Law gets our attention and begins to illuminate our path. We may not initially feel God's lavish love in the presence of what seems to be Law that limits our freedom.
We begin to step into our lives, experiencing how we relate to the world and others.
Before too long we see that we can't get it "right". We can try to go on trying to google our way into wisdom, but leaning into God is so much more effective -- so lasting -- so infallible.
We need God's Love and God's magnetic power to draw us in, keeping us on track through all the twisting turning paths that we encounter.
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