Now just because objectivity is not really that attainable is not to say that subjectivity is bad. There is yet another sense in which "subjectivity" is also good. It is how God created us to be: He created us in His image; is it not fitting we should partner with Him in creating new realities by the power of our word? We say to love "Exist!" and it is so. Because in grammar-speak "subject" also means one who acts, one who initiates and does things- an actor or agent.
Because we don`t know very much, except that we are going to die, we are desperately in need of God`s intervention. All we can do is cling to the loving Presence of God made available uniquely through His incarnation, Jesus. And so He helps us manage our animal instincts and channel His loving Presence. And in this mutual loving indwelling, us in Him and He in us, He delegates to us the authority and choice to re-create the universe, beginning with our personal realities.
Today you can recreate new worlds for those in your life, your home and neighbourhood, your work and school. You can change their realities by loving them as neither they nor you ever dreamed possible. Just acknowledge God`s loving Presence with you now and surrender unconditionally to His will for you regardless of loss, cost or consequence. Just keep clinging to Him and follow Him wherever He goes- into solitude on your knees, into prison to visit the lonely, or skid row to hug the unhuggable, or to leave the popular clique and sit with the losers, or to ask forgiveness of the neighbour you hate or to pay back the money you owe or to turn away from some kind of escapist behaviour to instead- cling to His loving Presence. Then with His loving eyes and heart incarnate in you will see and feel how to be a hero today.
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