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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 4/29/09

On Butterfly’s Wings
 
The other day, an unpleasant rift between myself and another member of our church simply dissolved into peace, when the deacon asked if I would drive my estranged friend home.  It was a pleasant drive.  We did not reconcile.  We did not hash it out.  We just resumed pleasant and friendly discussions … spontaneously and effortlessly.
 
This mini-miracle reminded me that God decides such things … actually, ALL things.  We can flap our wings all day long like a lead-butted duck trying to gain altitude … or we can let the Good Lord lift us effortlessly, like a butterfly soaring gently on the breeze.  (As one who tends to be a lead-butted duck, I rather like that imagery.)
 
My point:  All we can do is the best we can do, trying to live our lives God’s way, leaving the rest in God’s hands.  Or, as some of us are prone to say:  “Let go and let God.”  Rejoice and may your day be filled with the peace of the Lord. — jri
 
“But if we walk in the light, as he is
in the light. we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of
Jesus, the Son, purifies us from all
sin.”
    –    St. John
           (1 John 1:7)