This word has caused me MANY trials and struggles in my life! Not really the word itself, but this concept and the walking it out!! And yet, it is this very key ingredient that gives value to anything that I have to offer the world today!!
When we were babes, no one thought twice as we learned to walk and we fell often bumping our heads, this was perfectly normal! In fact, if there weren't falls and bonks, I think heads would turn and people might be more concerned! Yet, as we grow older, it seems that we (well, I guess I should speak for myself) and say that I can easily forget the JOURNEY!!
A very wise lady once told me at work, at a time that I was highly frustrated to "Let go of the outcome!!" Ha! It is so easy to say, she was my assigned work mentor at the time, I have never forgotten this statement! I know other people say "Enjoy the Journey," "Stop and Smell the Roses" or "Let go and let God"! The former saying helps me the most, it gives me an action for the very thing I have been trained to focus on! Outcomes and goals are a beautiful thing, yet, just like any great Kingdom wisdom, there is catch! Maybe more fitting is a paradox! This is of course why Jesus, the King, came as a helpless babe riding on a donkey and He was born in Nazareth, Nethanael clearly noted that nothing good could possibly come out of Nazareth! Our wise minds are confounded ALL the time because indeed His ways are not our ways!
The paradox is of course that God is in the process and that is part of His plan for us!
See the picture of "Your plan" is smooth sailing and although appealing, we don't really need God here! Sure, he may have supplied the bike (vehicle), but we basically got it from there. There are few moments where character is built (persistence is necessary), no moments where I truly in desperation must call out to Him, my faith isn't engaged trusting for the greater and well, compassion for myself and others is gained as I pass through the valleys of this life!
The visual reminds me of Psalm 84:5-7:
Blessed are those whose strength is in you whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength
to strength till each appears before God in Zion.
Isn't it great that we pass through valleys, yet we don't have to stay there?!
Process is a seven letter word, the number seven means completion! I am learning to engage with Him in the process knowing that He will complete ALL things that He wants accomplished in His perfect plan as I continually yield and say YES to Him! Lord, help me to say YES to process and LET GO of the OUTCOMES in my life!!!
When we were babes, no one thought twice as we learned to walk and we fell often bumping our heads, this was perfectly normal! In fact, if there weren't falls and bonks, I think heads would turn and people might be more concerned! Yet, as we grow older, it seems that we (well, I guess I should speak for myself) and say that I can easily forget the JOURNEY!!
A very wise lady once told me at work, at a time that I was highly frustrated to "Let go of the outcome!!" Ha! It is so easy to say, she was my assigned work mentor at the time, I have never forgotten this statement! I know other people say "Enjoy the Journey," "Stop and Smell the Roses" or "Let go and let God"! The former saying helps me the most, it gives me an action for the very thing I have been trained to focus on! Outcomes and goals are a beautiful thing, yet, just like any great Kingdom wisdom, there is catch! Maybe more fitting is a paradox! This is of course why Jesus, the King, came as a helpless babe riding on a donkey and He was born in Nazareth, Nethanael clearly noted that nothing good could possibly come out of Nazareth! Our wise minds are confounded ALL the time because indeed His ways are not our ways!
The paradox is of course that God is in the process and that is part of His plan for us!
See the picture of "Your plan" is smooth sailing and although appealing, we don't really need God here! Sure, he may have supplied the bike (vehicle), but we basically got it from there. There are few moments where character is built (persistence is necessary), no moments where I truly in desperation must call out to Him, my faith isn't engaged trusting for the greater and well, compassion for myself and others is gained as I pass through the valleys of this life!The visual reminds me of Psalm 84:5-7:
Blessed are those whose strength is in you whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength
to strength till each appears before God in Zion.
Isn't it great that we pass through valleys, yet we don't have to stay there?!
Process is a seven letter word, the number seven means completion! I am learning to engage with Him in the process knowing that He will complete ALL things that He wants accomplished in His perfect plan as I continually yield and say YES to Him! Lord, help me to say YES to process and LET GO of the OUTCOMES in my life!!!
