ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਤੇਰੈ ਵਸਿ ॥
mayray har jee-o sabh ko tayrai vas.
O my Dear Lord, everything is in Your power.
ਅਸਾ ਜੋਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਿ ਹਮ ਸਾਕਹ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਬਖਸਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
asaa jor naahee jay kichh kar ham saakah ji-o bhaavai tivai bakhas. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I have no power to do anything at all. As it pleases You, You forgive us. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My dear One, everything there is rests in Your hands.
I have no power of my own to make things happen, and yet, as it pleases You, You keep meeting me with kindness anyway.
Empty hands are exactly what grace can fill.
sabh ko tayrai vas — all beings rest in the One’s hold. asaa jor naahee — the frank confession of powerlessness becomes not humiliation but empty-handed openness to grace (ji-o bhaavai tivai bakhas), which is met with mercy.
A Question to Sit With
Is there something you can only receive once you stop trying to control it?
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