Life has many mountains and some of them are made of rock. In the picture today I am climbing the Beehive Trail with my son, grandson, and Jessica (the love of my son's life). It was challenging but not impossible to do. At times I felt it was a real challenge at other times just hard work. We face challenges of one sort or another all through life and I find it is how you deal with challenges that most effects the quality of life. Some of the challenges I call God Sized Tasks. Those challenges can be faced without the grace of God or the power of God but they cannot be met in the best way without the aid of God. The loss of Marsha is a case in point for me. I know people deal with grieving all the time, it is an unavoidable reality of life unless we ourselves die before ever facing a serious loss. I know people get through it without knowing or receiving the help of God, but I have also seen the ongoing scars that often exist when the task is not finished or not aided by God's grace. I feel so fortunate that I am comfortable to ask God to lead my grieving and then see his hand prepare the way. Experience after experience that others might call coincidental just happen and are lifted out to cause thoughts and feelings that move the grieving along. I'm always amazed at even the specificity. I don't watch "In Plain Sight" a series on cable, but I did the other night. Wouldn't you know one of the characters was wrestling with the possibility of an upcoming marriage when a relative arrived who speaking of her marriage talked about being married 46 years. Now this is less than a week after what would have been Marsha and my 46th anniversary. Some would say coincidence, but I pray for those things to happen and they do. What prompted me to watch this show I don't watch, on this particular night, with this particular character? You can answer for you, but for me it is being engaged in a God Sized Task (grieving) with a God who delivers when we consistently put Him at the center of our lives. God you are good all the time, all the time you are good.
Friday, April 16, 2010
God Sized Tasks
Life has many mountains and some of them are made of rock. In the picture today I am climbing the Beehive Trail with my son, grandson, and Jessica (the love of my son's life). It was challenging but not impossible to do. At times I felt it was a real challenge at other times just hard work. We face challenges of one sort or another all through life and I find it is how you deal with challenges that most effects the quality of life. Some of the challenges I call God Sized Tasks. Those challenges can be faced without the grace of God or the power of God but they cannot be met in the best way without the aid of God. The loss of Marsha is a case in point for me. I know people deal with grieving all the time, it is an unavoidable reality of life unless we ourselves die before ever facing a serious loss. I know people get through it without knowing or receiving the help of God, but I have also seen the ongoing scars that often exist when the task is not finished or not aided by God's grace. I feel so fortunate that I am comfortable to ask God to lead my grieving and then see his hand prepare the way. Experience after experience that others might call coincidental just happen and are lifted out to cause thoughts and feelings that move the grieving along. I'm always amazed at even the specificity. I don't watch "In Plain Sight" a series on cable, but I did the other night. Wouldn't you know one of the characters was wrestling with the possibility of an upcoming marriage when a relative arrived who speaking of her marriage talked about being married 46 years. Now this is less than a week after what would have been Marsha and my 46th anniversary. Some would say coincidence, but I pray for those things to happen and they do. What prompted me to watch this show I don't watch, on this particular night, with this particular character? You can answer for you, but for me it is being engaged in a God Sized Task (grieving) with a God who delivers when we consistently put Him at the center of our lives. God you are good all the time, all the time you are good.
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