Daily Reading
Healed Through Union with Christ
March 15, 2025
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We are seeking refuge as ordinary mystics growing into mature mystics who recognize that the refuge of God is dynamic and requires our participation—as when we consecrate our lives to God daily, when we stay in the truth, or when we crush the scorpions trying to harm us.
The refuge is always available; the refuge is something to be seized.
I’ve made intentional references to trauma throughout the preceding chapters because I do believe that humanity’s deepest need is to find how union with God can address even our trauma.
We are seeking refuge as ordinary mystics growing into mature mystics who recognize that the refuge of God is dynamic and requires our participation—as when we consecrate our lives to God daily, when we stay in the truth, or when we crush the scorpions trying to harm us.
The refuge is always available; the refuge is something to be seized.
I’ve made intentional references to trauma throughout the preceding chapters because I do believe that humanity’s deepest need is to find how union with God can address even our trauma.
Faith has always been a fragile thing in the human heart. Precious, lifesaving, but fragile in the way a coral reef is fragile, or a newborn fawn in the woods. It is something to be protected.
I would say the same of your humanity—your humanity is a fragile thing also, and when that coral reef is bombarded with chemicals, or when that fawn must constantly run from forest fires, the effects are traumatizing. As a metaphor, this is our daily experience on the planet. If we are truly to find the full refuge of God and his Kingdom, we must find healing for the vulnerable and traumatized places within us.
Now don’t get anxious; Jesus has you. The Gospel is truly gospel, for the soul is healed through union with Christ, and that is available to every person, anytime, anywhere.
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