tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post164800180965121501..comments2023-11-05T08:28:56.756+00:00Comments on Still I Am One: The Power(lessness) of GodSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16524515731574941354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post-83806240962491626092013-02-20T15:40:44.215+00:002013-02-20T15:40:44.215+00:00Love the St Teresa poem - thank you.Love the St Teresa poem - thank you.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524515731574941354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post-4089528683156038292013-02-20T15:19:41.801+00:002013-02-20T15:19:41.801+00:00I have always thought this poem illustrates this p...I have always thought this poem illustrates this point rather well:<br /><br />Christ has no body now on earth but yours,<br />no hands but yours,<br />no feet but yours,<br />yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion<br />is to look out to the earth,<br />yours are the feet by which He is to go about doing good<br />and yours are the hands by which He is to bless us now.<br /><br />St Teresa of Avila<br /><br />There's also a great poem called "My Disabled God" which makes the same point.<br /><br />Personally I believe that the Divine is a process or an experience, not a person, but I think this idea of powerlessness, which places the responsibility to solve the world's problems squarely back in our court, is a good thing.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com