As I sit here in my living room, waiting for the laundry to finish its cycle, I find myself reflective and pondering. Maybe that comes as a surprise to you; but then again, maybe not.
Life is interesting. Sometimes I think it is that way on purpose - that in order to keep things interesting the Lord gives us curve balls, just to see what we will do and how we will handle it. As Tevye says in Fiddler on the Roof, sometimes when things get too quiet up there, perhaps He looks down and says - I wonder what kind of mischief I can play on my friend Tevye... Elsewhere Tevye is led to exclaim, I know we are the chosen people, but once in a while could you choose someone else?!?
Sometimes it can feel that way.
It may be encouraging, then, to think that the Lord, the Master of earth and skies, has taken a personal and abiding interest in our (my) life. There is so much that I simply do not understand, so many things that seem patently unfair. I find myself giving my hope and faith and confidence to Him. I desperately hope there is a higher plan in all of this and that if I am patient and faithful the reality and truth will come to my understanding.
But I have that hope. It burns bright in my heart and soul like a beacon to a weary sailor. Which, I guess I am.
It reminds me of the words of the Master Himself, who said that if our eye be single then is our whole body full of light. This is the condition I wish to attain. I believe I can.
Life is interesting. Sometimes I think it is that way on purpose - that in order to keep things interesting the Lord gives us curve balls, just to see what we will do and how we will handle it. As Tevye says in Fiddler on the Roof, sometimes when things get too quiet up there, perhaps He looks down and says - I wonder what kind of mischief I can play on my friend Tevye... Elsewhere Tevye is led to exclaim, I know we are the chosen people, but once in a while could you choose someone else?!?
Sometimes it can feel that way.
It may be encouraging, then, to think that the Lord, the Master of earth and skies, has taken a personal and abiding interest in our (my) life. There is so much that I simply do not understand, so many things that seem patently unfair. I find myself giving my hope and faith and confidence to Him. I desperately hope there is a higher plan in all of this and that if I am patient and faithful the reality and truth will come to my understanding.
But I have that hope. It burns bright in my heart and soul like a beacon to a weary sailor. Which, I guess I am.
It reminds me of the words of the Master Himself, who said that if our eye be single then is our whole body full of light. This is the condition I wish to attain. I believe I can.
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