I have been thinking a lot about blessings lately.
Just seeing how wonderfully God has ordered things for me.
And how closely intertwined the things of my life are.
How the good and the bad are so closely linked.
I would rather just the good. I don't like pain and trials, things that weary me.
That chafe against me and my will.
I like the good, the quiet, the gentle, the things that make me feel good.
But I have blessing in trial.
Someone speaks careless words and they hurt.
Another take my words and twists them.
Things hoped for are not...there is more than just my will down here.
There is the thoughts and loves of others intersecting with mine.
And one learns grace... for every hard word. To keep quiet and so keep a quiet heart.
Can anger flourish were there is no heat to feed it?
To breath in grace and so release a soft answer.
One learns peace... for every time wills conflict. There I would go, yet here you would I stay.
So I learn to wait upon the Lord... His timing not mine. I rest in this blessed assurance.
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