{"id":115,"date":"2011-12-07T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/12\/god-in-the-disguises\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T09:08:00","slug":"god-in-the-disguises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/12\/god-in-the-disguises\/","title":{"rendered":"God in the Disguises"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px\">Today in my Richard Rohr Daily Reading that comes via email, Rohr quotes Paula D\u2019Arcy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joelnicholsblog.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/blue-footed-booby27.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/joelnicholsblog.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/blue-footed-booby27.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px\"><i><b>God comes to us disguised as our life.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px\">Hmmm. \u00a0That\u2019s deep. \u00a0He quoted D\u2019Arcy as he reflected on Mary:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px\"><i><b>The events of life are themselves Mary\u2019s guide and teacher.\u00a0She does not need to figure it out and plan accordingly; the plan will be given by God through life\u2019s ordinary events and encounters.\u00a0Reality itself is her teacher.\u00a0That is why she could hear angels.\u00a0And that is why she could hear Elizabeth.\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px\">That\u2019s also deep.<\/span><br><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><br><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">This is why I love Richard Rohr. \u00a0He\u2019s so deep. \u00a0If only I could understand what he means half the time.<\/span><\/span><br><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><br><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">So here are the events of my life this week that I\u2019m trying to understand God within:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Scott being out of town for 6 days this week in Las Vegas. \u00a0I trust him completely. \u00a0But a kid told me I should be worrying between the sexual temptation and gambling. . .<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Struggling through the i-diet (read <a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/post-weekend-away-thanksgiving-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> for why): \u00a02 whole days, yesterday only cheated with 1\/2 cup white rice, some honey and sugar in tea and coffee, some half and half, \u00a0several chocolates, 4 parmesan croutons and a slice of french bread with butter. \u00a0OK. \u00a0That sounds like a lot of cheating\u2013but I was at an all day\/night work meeting with treats galore!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Feeling sandwiched between the needs of my parents and my kids in the 3rd week of my parents\u2019 stay<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">1 kid saying she\u2019s hugging me so much (remember that physical affection is NOT my language of love) because we\u2019re not getting any special time together<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Another kid making sarcastic comments about how I\u2019m supposed to be available and NOT work while she\u2019s home as I\u2019m trying to get a massive mailing out that needs all my free time this week<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Another kid screaming that a sibling stepped on his giant Knex project and ruined it<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Driving home with Ling from youth group on Sunday, we talked about the old adage, \u201cIf we pray for patience, God will put us in circumstances that require patience.\u201d \u00a0We both agreed that we hate that principle, even if it\u2019s true. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">For years and years I prayed every morning that God would give me the fruits of the Spirit: \u00a0love, joy, peace, PATIENCE, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and SELF-CONTROL!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">I\u2019ve never felt that God answered those prayers very well, although if the answer was putting me in situations that required those fruits, perhaps that was His answer.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">Today I\u2019m wishing God would disguise Himself a little less and show up tangibly a little more.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 26px\">I guess that\u2019s the heart of an Advent prayer, isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in my Richard Rohr Daily Reading that comes via email, Rohr quotes Paula D\u2019Arcy\u00a0 God comes to us disguised as our life. 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