Day One: The Discovery
For such a time as this...
Is it possible that a moment in time which seems like a fiery dart piercing the reality of our comfort is really an arrow of love piercing the protective shell we have constructed around ourselves for protection? I often wonder this. We see dimly and with eyes dulled by the everyday forces of worry, bad news and worst case scenarios. God however sees everything from His perfect omniscience, the beginnning from the ending, the moment of our birth and the moment of our death in one thought, before we were even born. The number of days allotted to us was determined before we were even born. Who am I to add a single day to the length of my life by worrying, imagining or fretting about the circumstances I find myself in.
Not a single day, not a single hour or even a single second of time. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind... every breath in his hands... every breath from the moment of our birth to the moment of our death.
Those moments of fear that come piercing our comfortable lives, they are not fearful for our Creator... He holds them in the palm of His hand, He holds all the moments....and all the accompanying questions.. He knows the end from the beginning and nothing surprises Him...ever.
I rest in this knowledge even as my spirit quakes with fearful discoveries and fiery darts pierce my comfortable shell.
I am faced with a choice. Give in to fear, worry and anxiety, try to patch the hole that has been ripped in my constructed covering.... OR
enter the Hope Experiment...
replacing mourning with the oil of gladness
and stitching together a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
Faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see
I am entering a new place, a place of hope, an ancient place well trodden with paths to follow. May God's grace lead me forward....
