SAFE DOCKING

The International Space Station must be supplied regularly. No matter how capable the cadre of aerospace scientists, astronauts and ground control personnel, the docking is so complex it must be turned over to autopilot, giving full control to navigation and control computers. A conversation with someone who had just recently experienced the inward transformation of his initial spiritual surrender transported me back to my own. I recall with pristine wonder of that holy moment when every attempt to intellectually grasp is finally exhausted and the heart, surrendered to heaven’s navigation and control system takes you in. Lord, after all our failed attempts at self-improvement, at last, You say the word and we are spotless.