What do you do when nothing you attempt works? What do you do when you can't understand something simple? What do you do when you don't have enough time or enough money or enough energy? What do you do when you pray and it just doesn't seem to be enough? The reason why giving up is such a common occurence is because so much life is hard. The finish lines are cool because the race is over and you made it all the way but the race...now that is a different story. I think the reason why I don't like artsy movies that don't ever really conclude and I dislike even more the story that turns out badly for the one character I really like is that it hits too close to home. I feel like I am always waiting for the miracle, the surprise intervention, the mystic turnaround. The cell group that is too small, the offerings that hamstring ministry, the discipleship effort that just fades all are a part of this garden where we have been commisioned. Holding on is not just a catch phrase, it is the ministry. It is the life. Weedless gardens are ours but just not yet. Until then, we make our best effort to love...to listen... and to hug...Baby Emma reminds me of just how lovely it is be a child. I remember pretending to be asleep when the movie at the drive-in theater was over just so that my dad would carry me from the car into the house. Perhaps that is the best part of life. Being carried by Jesus...life isn't that bad!
Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we ay be saved. Psalm 80: 1 NIV
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Thanks for including Emma on such a nice post :)
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