From Martha, Martha by way of Steve
You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work out speedily and efficiently as we would like them to. The reason for this is not only the loving wisdom of God, but also the fact that our acts have to fit into a great complex pattern that we cannot possibly understand. I have learned over the years that Providence is always a whole lot wiser than any of us, and that there are always not only good reasons but the very best reasons for the delays and blocks that often seem to us so frustrating and absurd.
(The Hidden Ground of Love, Letters by Thomas Merton)
Through a long chain of circumstances and unsuccessful attempts at other activites Second International Conference on Intelligence the Ethics of National Security and Intelligence in Springfield VA in January 26-27, 2007. I just got tagged to write a working abstract. For that, see my next post.
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