What we believe to be setbacks and bad luck, often turn out to be a giant step forward and a blessing in disguise.
That's the gist of a conversation I had with my husband this morning. We have been having many conversations along the same line the past few weeks as life, once again, throws us a curveball.
I'm not sure why I feel so confident and assured that this recent change is really just a another step towards the way our lives are supposed to be, but I feel a certainty in my gut that this is true.
Change used to scare me. Years ago, all of those moves, all of the upheaval that came with picking up and starting over again and again almost paralyzed me. More than anything else, I craved stability and peace. Every time I felt I had achieved some semblence of stability and tranquility, BOOM! We pulled up stakes and started the whole process over.
The uncertainty of being unemployed, the upheaval of a divorce, a new relationship, a new marriage, changing family dynamics, and so on threw me into a tailspin, until I came to the realization that the outside forces of change are inevitable. It's how peaceful, how stable and how tranquil I am on the inside, that makes all of these changes bearable.
When the foundation of unconditional love is established, we feel safe, we feel calm and we can withstand all outside forces since our bedrock remains unchanged. The Divine shows us this LOVE and if we are blessed, that same LOVE can be shared with another human.
This is the greatest gift we can be given, and we guard this gift of LOVE from all threats:
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-44)
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