Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Afraid of strength?



   Perhaps I'm stronger than I think.

   Perhaps I am even afraid of my strength, and turn it against myself, thus making myself weak. Making myself secure. Making myself guilty. 

   Perhaps I am most afraid of the strength of God in me. Perhaps I would rather be guilty and weak in myself, than strong in Him I cannot understand.

Thomas Merton, in Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

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