Whole heart
There's a little bush track near where I live. It looks different every time I go there.
Today it was a mess, fallen down trees, muddied ground, ripped up shrubs. The mess looked natural, but the weather hadn't been that bad over the last few days. So I let my mind wander and I began thinking of this bush track like life experiences. As I walked it today, I thought about how in someways it felt like it told my story, I thought about what it would be like to walk this with another, sharing the journey and the ways God has been so present.
Sounds ridiculous, but here's what I'm getting at....
There's a beaten track, these are the things we do all the time, each day, week year. The tedious, the mundane, but also wonderfully predictable and safe.
Next there's the shrubs and little bushes that seek to crowd the track. Mostly harmless, a few with spikes... These are little things that get to us sometimes, but mostly are parts of life that we we learn to live with.
Then I started to notice the bigger tree stumps, they're blacked due to back burning, but they're likely to be there a long time... These are the big things we've face in the past. Things that may have knocked us over for a time while we grieved or tried to process them, but now we see them as a reminder of our story. They're still big, still present, but we can move around them, they are a part of our journey.
There's a big tree that's fallen across the path. This tree is like one of those things we're still dealing with, the worst of it is over but sometimes it still hurt... With God and support from friends, we can continue to live beside it.
The path goes steeply down at one point, uneven, loose ground and it's hard to find your footing. You could take it slow, risk falling or go back the way you came. So often it's the second we choose...
For things that seem too much to deal with at present, too much heartache and sadness attached and at times it's easier to take another route than let God into to heal this space and others in for support. The danger is if it's always too much to deal with. If we never feel brave enough to feel the hurt, to ask God to help us heal and help us move on.
It's unpredictable what the path will look like, it's unpredictable what effect the things we've experienced will have on our lives each day. Sometimes we'll move through with no stress, other times we'll have to work hard to keep on at every step.
Things take time...God...Submission....Friends...Things heal... It takes time but they heal...
Just have to find a way to move forward with God.
Lyrics....
Today it was a mess, fallen down trees, muddied ground, ripped up shrubs. The mess looked natural, but the weather hadn't been that bad over the last few days. So I let my mind wander and I began thinking of this bush track like life experiences. As I walked it today, I thought about how in someways it felt like it told my story, I thought about what it would be like to walk this with another, sharing the journey and the ways God has been so present.
Sounds ridiculous, but here's what I'm getting at....
There's a beaten track, these are the things we do all the time, each day, week year. The tedious, the mundane, but also wonderfully predictable and safe.
Next there's the shrubs and little bushes that seek to crowd the track. Mostly harmless, a few with spikes... These are little things that get to us sometimes, but mostly are parts of life that we we learn to live with.
Then I started to notice the bigger tree stumps, they're blacked due to back burning, but they're likely to be there a long time... These are the big things we've face in the past. Things that may have knocked us over for a time while we grieved or tried to process them, but now we see them as a reminder of our story. They're still big, still present, but we can move around them, they are a part of our journey.
There's a big tree that's fallen across the path. This tree is like one of those things we're still dealing with, the worst of it is over but sometimes it still hurt... With God and support from friends, we can continue to live beside it.
The path goes steeply down at one point, uneven, loose ground and it's hard to find your footing. You could take it slow, risk falling or go back the way you came. So often it's the second we choose...
For things that seem too much to deal with at present, too much heartache and sadness attached and at times it's easier to take another route than let God into to heal this space and others in for support. The danger is if it's always too much to deal with. If we never feel brave enough to feel the hurt, to ask God to help us heal and help us move on.
It's unpredictable what the path will look like, it's unpredictable what effect the things we've experienced will have on our lives each day. Sometimes we'll move through with no stress, other times we'll have to work hard to keep on at every step.
Things take time...God...Submission....Friends...Things heal... It takes time but they heal...
Just have to find a way to move forward with God.
Lyrics....
Lord please help me to keep seeking you
With all my heart
Let me not be tripped by any
Earthly desire
Keep this heart focus on your will
For I want
A heart that's won by nothing less
Than your own...
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