Sometimes life comes at you sideways. I don't know how else to describe it. Nothing follows a logical, linear path. It all seems to be zig-zag, and simultaneous.
This is very hard on someone who craves and cherishes the ordered regularity of taking things one step at a time. One decision to make, see the outcome, make the next...
That's not how things are in reality, though. Instead its more like Han Solo navigating the asteroid field in Star Wars. They're everywhere, they're random, and while they are NOT in fact out to get you they will pulverize you all the same. Nothing personal.
Yeah. Right. Nothing personal.
I'm actually kind of sick of that phrase today. Its business, not personal. Its just the way we do things, nothing personal. This is just a job, not your personal life.
Bovine Scat.
Like most people, I put a lot of effort into my job. I spend a lot of time at my job. I take pride in my work and my accomplishments. They are personal. It is personal. Professional relationships, like any other relationship, are personal.
Which is just to say that it is an imperfect world filled with imperfect people. *sigh* So we move along and do our best.
What's my point? Well, its just this: life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it. That's wisdom from my wife, something she's been trying to make me see for a long time. :-) It is also remembering that God is sovereign, and that I am called to honor him in my circumstances. That pretty much dictates how I should handle the 90%, as well as where (ultimately) the 10% comes from. All I have to do is Praise Him, Thank Him, and carry that attitude of praise and thanksgiving with me into every day, trusting in my Father to carry me through. Fortunately, he has big shoulders for me to ride on.
So today, I ride, snuggled into my Father's arms. Tomorrow he'll put me back down and we'll walk together a ways. And if it gets to hard, his arms are still there.
Thank you , Lord. Thank you, Father.
I needed that.
