Religion & Spirituality
Do you know the phrase "The devil is in the details"? It feels like an old proverb (it's not) that helpfully points out that what may seem like a good idea on the surface can lose its lustre the more you descend into the specifics. They're intimidating, the details that is. They're also conveniently easy to ignore…. for a little while. But unchecked, they can wreak havoc and ruin even the best "big idea". All this is why we must invite God into the details of our actual life. Not just invite Him into the moments of our choosing… but into all of it. The wins, the losses, the catastrophes and triumphs. The Examen prayer calls these details "Desolations and Consolations". It assumes that the older and less popular expression coined by French author Gustave Flaubert: 'Le bon Dieu est dans le détail' trans: 'The Good Lord is in the detail'. - is a deeper and literal truth. We're going to talk about the assumption that the Lord has something to say about every little thing (and the big stuff too).