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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 4/22/09

And God Just Shakes His Head … and Smiles
 
I got snarly-angry, POed at God yesterday, frustrated to the point of fed up over feeling like a fool for prayers’ answers delayed.  And I let God know in no uncertain terms how I felt.
 
I awoke this morning just as snap-heads-off-baby-chicks surly, and was about to skip my usual morning reading.  Grrrr.  Nonetheless, I turned to this mornings readings in “Forward Day by Day,” and the commentary I transcribed below didn’t just catch my eye — it smacked me across the bridge of the nose to the point of making me laugh and — albeit grudgingly — apologize to God.
 
My point:  Just shut up and trust in God.  He not only knows what He is doing, but He also knows us.  Sorry ’bout that temper snit, Lord.  — jri
 
“It took me ten years to learn these thirteen
words — and I am still learning them, but have
found them to be absolutely true:  ‘God will
work it out.  Or God will work me out.  Or both.’
 
“Sometimes God rearranges external circumstances.
A difficult situation is resolved.  Sometimes God
rearranges us instead.  A situation does not change
for the better, but we do.  Sometimes God does both.
But regardless of how God chooses to act, God does
act to save.  Resurrection happens.  Easter happens –
though often in unexpected ways.
 
“A marriage is not saved, but the children are.  Physical
vitality evaporates, but deeper spiritual strength arises.
Despite earnest prayers and best efforts, our ship
sinks, but we learn to swim.  We somehow make it to
the shore and, by grace, we do go on.  Slowly, we
perceive the grace that has attended us all along.
Gradually, we discover that somehow our grave
situation has changed.”
        — Author Not Identified
            (Forward Day By Day
            February/March/April 2009)