The most unique thing about the path I have walked the last few months is, simplicity. It has been a blessed and uncomplicated period in which I have found a clarity and peace, despite the forboding future. I have been able to relax and let the past be washed off of me. My creator has been able to cleanse me of the deep and painful scars that my failures have left on, my older than I would like to admit to most mornings, frame.
I have found peace and joy in the midst of these trying circumstances. It has been amazing. I have forged a deep connection with my family. I am closer to my wife and children than ever before in my life. When something is wrong, I usually know what the deal is as well as the history of the problem, and can extrapolate an appropriate course to fix it. (In other words, my wife hasn't had to give me a history lesson on the problem to get me up to speed, so I can talk intelligently with her about it.)
I have been able to more effectively live in the moment than at any other time in my life. This has enabled me to more readily relish my connection with my family, my friends, and my faith, (though not necessarily in that order). It has enabled me to be less busy and more connected to my humble abode. It has reminded me that despite all of the uncertainty, I am the gratefuly recipient of God's cheesed, or loving-kindnes. This time has been a blessing, and I have been the richer for it.
My only hope as this season looks like it might be drawing to a close is that I learn what the African proverb means when it says, 'When the Gods wish to punish us, they asnwer our prayers'. The proverb speaks a deep message and one that I hope to have inclucated into my life. A message of abiding in the divine providence and moving only as directed by the divine without whining, complaining, or making outrageous requests. I am by no means perfect at this, but I hope I have scratched the surface in understanding it.
It is my fervent hope, that whatever comes next, comes not because I have demanded it from the hand of God almight, but rather because God deemed it important for me to experience it next, and because in his providencial wisdom it is what is necessary to be experienced.
I have learned during this period that I am a very blessed man. It is my fervent hope that I will never forget this period in my life. And that I will carry the lessons of this period with me always.
I have found peace and joy in the midst of these trying circumstances. It has been amazing. I have forged a deep connection with my family. I am closer to my wife and children than ever before in my life. When something is wrong, I usually know what the deal is as well as the history of the problem, and can extrapolate an appropriate course to fix it. (In other words, my wife hasn't had to give me a history lesson on the problem to get me up to speed, so I can talk intelligently with her about it.)
I have been able to more effectively live in the moment than at any other time in my life. This has enabled me to more readily relish my connection with my family, my friends, and my faith, (though not necessarily in that order). It has enabled me to be less busy and more connected to my humble abode. It has reminded me that despite all of the uncertainty, I am the gratefuly recipient of God's cheesed, or loving-kindnes. This time has been a blessing, and I have been the richer for it.
My only hope as this season looks like it might be drawing to a close is that I learn what the African proverb means when it says, 'When the Gods wish to punish us, they asnwer our prayers'. The proverb speaks a deep message and one that I hope to have inclucated into my life. A message of abiding in the divine providence and moving only as directed by the divine without whining, complaining, or making outrageous requests. I am by no means perfect at this, but I hope I have scratched the surface in understanding it.
It is my fervent hope, that whatever comes next, comes not because I have demanded it from the hand of God almight, but rather because God deemed it important for me to experience it next, and because in his providencial wisdom it is what is necessary to be experienced.
I have learned during this period that I am a very blessed man. It is my fervent hope that I will never forget this period in my life. And that I will carry the lessons of this period with me always.
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