March 1, 2013

My Journey to God

Letting God Be God

I have set limits …
on myself, certainly,
but also on You, God …
I have set the limits, boundaries, parameters …
You may be God of THIS part of my life.

I no longer choose to erect fences …
I am tired of playing God …
so maybe, God, that leaves room for You?

By Sr. Susan Marie Lindstrom, O.S.B.
 

(Benedictine Sister Susan Marie Lindstrom is a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove. She teaches theology at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis.)

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