Random Thoughts

Brace yourself; this post is going to contain some random thoughts. Please bear with me; writing is cheaper than therapy.

Have you ever been just going along your 'normal' day-to-day life and then something comes along your path which causes you to alter your course, your direction, your well-thought out plans?

It could be a positive thing or a negative thing, but then your equilibrium shifts and you're not quite sure how to adapt to the change? You're trying to get your bearings and steady yourself again. Establish a new 'normal'. 

And then you realize that normal is just a setting on the washer. Normal is only an illusion...a ghost...the slippery bar of soap in the bathtub. 

Then...and then...you get a message...a text...a phone call...any communication at all...that reminds you where you are...why you're doing what you're doing...and why you should press on...in spite of the shaky ground you feel you tread upon. 

Someone who has thought enough of you in that moment to share with you their innermost thoughts about you. 

Someone whose opinion you value...someone you respect...someone you look up to...someone you love and you know loves you back. 

And they cause you to remember that your bearings, your equilibrium, your foundation is not in anything worldly that may cross your path...but rather in the King of kings, the Lord of lords, your Savior. Your Prince of Peace.

That you don't need to try to steady your own course. You don't need to try to handle it all on your own. You can't create your own peace or your own rest. 

Jesus is the answer to every question.

And all is right in the world again. The feelings of unrest or unease are melting away. And you can lean into the arms of Jesus and know, really KNOW that you are where you're supposed to be. Normal or not. Balanced or not. 

You know that, no matter what it may look like in the Lower Story, in the Upper Story, God is working everything out for our good. For His glory. And for His kingdom. 

And while you feel that He couldn't possibly use someone like you; that your role is so minuscule, it's almost non-existent. But rest assured, every part is key. The story couldn't go on without you. 

You, and the responsibilities He has given you, can make a difference.