Clean windows

The humble man receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.

Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation Chapter 25

Comments

[Julie D.]

So simple yet so deep ... thanks.

[Mark W.]

I have recently discovered that I have been trying to clean my window myself. It's impossible. Despite my good intentions, I keep piling more dirt and grime back on it. Only God can clean my window. The trick is getting out of the way and letting Him do it.

[~m2~]

along the same lines, i believe i read (but cannot find, anywhere) that blessed mother teresa of calcutta likened her soul to being like a cleaned glass - one that looked clean, anyhow...but when the sun shone through the glass, you could see all the flecks of dirt and dust left behind...for the removal of these *flecks* she went to confession quite often.

[Marie-Linda]

Beautiful!