the hopes that my suffering might inspire me to bring my grade up a notch or two. No, better to stand perfectly still. Right smack dab in the middle of the path I was already on.
But that’s not the way of God. That’s merely the way I pictured God behaving when I viewed him through a lens of fear. When my small mischievous boy climbs to the top of the jungle gym, pretends to be a fighter pilot, jumps from his fiery plane without a parachute, and ends up battered and bruised in the dirt, do I sit back and think: better let him stay there for a while so he learns his lesson? Of course not. I jump up and run to his side.
How silly of me to not understand that God, whose love for me is vastly more pure and passionate than even my love for my own children, will do the same.
Yes, God wants me to discern his will to the best of my abilities. But not because he’s a control freak. Rather, because he loves and wants only the best for me. If I mis-discern and get it wrong, as I often do, he’s not going be vindictive. Instead he will take me by the hand and say, “Let’s give it another go. What do you say, my girl?”
Recently a friend of mine had a big decision to make. She, who had not held a traditional job since before she became a mother, had been offered an exciting career opportunity. One that would allow her to tap into her creativity and help others, but would mean big changes for her family. She was scared of making the wrong decision. Finally, after praying about it for a long time without receiving the clarity she sought, her husband sat her down and told her to go for it. He figured that the worst that could happen would be that she’d get a few months in, discover that she’d made the wrong call, and would have to quit.
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