The Tablet of my Heart
The last few years have been hard – Job hard. They’ve been so hard that when something amazing happens, it’s almost impossible to believe it’s really happening. To not think, “Best not to get too excited about this, because it’s all bound to go pear-shaped.”
But that’s not what Christianity is all about. It’s not one of these philosophies of detachment where we don’t get too excited about anything as a way to protect our hearts. We are commanded to be joyful. As Psalm 118:24 declares: “This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
It’s been an amazing year full of things I could not even begin to imagine. It’s proof positive of Ephesians 3:20, that God can “accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
My challenge is simply to be able to relax into it all and enjoy, and to focus on the “thank you, thank you, thank you” of prayer instead of the “help me, help me, help me.” And to not keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Unless, of course, that shoe completes a pair of sparkly white Louboutins.
Yup, I’m getting married!
