So I’ve been blue and mopey. I’ve been whiny and inconsolable. And, I’ve been desperate and unhappy.
I am SO lame.
Understandable? Sure. Justified? Debatable. But righteous? I doubt it.
This morning I had breakfast with my grandparents. And with my grandfather ill, my gramma explained to me that she’s had about all she can handle. And I thought to myself, I can be of some use to her. I can minister to her as I’m waiting. I’m so daft sometimes, thinking that ministry and missions have to always be Over There Somewhere, when there are people with needs not only right down the street but in my own family. And there is a peace in that because there is direction in it. So maybe I don’t flee the country sometime soon. Maybe for the moment I’m needed here.
God’s plan is not always (read: ever) what I think it will be. But that doesn’t change the fact that it is absolutely Good. Not necessarily what I think would be good, not always what I would ask for myself. Not even what is “good” for me in this moment, but the Ultimate Good. There is something so comforting in that, and it is in comfort that I learn more and more to trust Him. There is something so humbling in that, and it is in humility that I learn how better to praise the God who was and is and is to come.
I am happy. For now. But more importantly, I feel joy.
Tags: humility, joy, lessons, the Good, trust in God
Words cannot express how happy I am for you reading this. You are, as always, in my prayers.
Ministry is always there for the taking.
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