Picture if you will a pendulum. On one side is joy and the other is absolute desolation. I find myself today in the middle of these two swinging back and forth because of situations going on around my life, that are not really part of my life, but are TOTALLY affecting my life.
On the one side is a finalized a divorce - something I typically despise with everything in me. However, in this case, I am relieved, excited and hopeful for the future as this is truly the beginning of a new season. On the other side, there is a marriage in total destruction and headed for a separation, and my heart is truly broken over the whole thing. So what is the difference in my feelings and why is one ok and the other so difficult to accept?
I will tell you why...because some mountains can be overcome by MOVING them out of the way, and some can only be overcome by climbing, crawling and clawing your way to the top of them.
As the world's most optimistic person, I see the perpetual good in just about everyone and everything, but the death of a relationship is, in a word, depressing! And climbing, crawling and clawing your way to the top of the mountain, isn't really what I would call fun either.
If God is truly in control of our lives, then we should expect that He can fix any problem. I know He can, He even says, "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20)
So here I am, waiting for the pendulum of emotions to settle somewhere in the middle, as I tell my mountains to be moved all the while, climbing them in case that is the way He wants me to get past them. Maybe a few others will join me along the way and the climb won't seem so bad!
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