I have been reading the counsels of Meister Eckhart, taking one a week to reflect and let them sink into the roots of my soul. The counsel for last week has been struggling to sink in at best. Here is a quote:
“If we cling to God, then God and all virtues will cling to us. And what once you were seeking now seeks you; what once you hunted after now hunts you; and what you once wished to shun now avoids you. Therefore to him who clings greatly to God, everything clings that is godly, and from him everything takes flight that is unlike God and alien to him.”
Honestly I do not know how to cling like that. I try to pray to God but end up not really know what to pray. How do you pray to “cling to God”? I can pray those words but they seem empty to some degree because I do not understand it. I trust God will answer the prayer somehow but my prayer just seems so inadequate.
If we dissect his counsel, clinging to God is truly the best act we could ever hope to embark on and achieve. And in so doing, God clings to us because of his desire to love and be with his creation. What we wish to shun now avoids us. Oh, how truly blessed is the person who is so in love with God that the desires to do wrong now are no longer temptations.
I wish that represented my life! I have more “clinging” to do.
