I tried to come up with something to write this afternoon and nothing would emerge. At first I was frustrated because it’s not that I didn’t feel as if God was with me ‘showing up’. Granted, I couldn’t say I had done anything overtly exciting to say that I ‘showed up’ for Him but nothing was registering in that moment.
It was almost as if God was saying, “Wait.” I mean it was only 2:30pm. I mean I had news stories of the day about the injustice done to a survivor and the more joyful news of Pope Francis calling a rape survivor on the phone because he read her story, was touched, and wanted to encourage her to keep living and move forward.
Many things I could write about but still…nothing.
I let it go and went about my afternoon activities. I drove the 35 minute drive to pick up Ryan and his classmates from St. Thomas. Then went about getting prepared to make the fried backstrap venicen that Fr. Borski killed on a hunting trip. It was our quarterly dinner where he kills the meat and I fry it up. 😉
In the midst of preparing for this dinner I had the blessing of a visitor stop by bearing the gift of a donation to Hopeful Hearts. Unexpected and greatly appreciated I bounced through dinner on tip-toe so grateful for His blessings.
We are in tandem with God, riding the same bike that can only be maneuvered if steered in the same direction. This summer I had a bit of a crisis trying to figure out what I needed to do. Did I focus on the ministry, did I go back to school or even seek a new career and give up Hopeful Hearts all together. I sat on the back of ‘our’ tandem bike and loosened my grip on the handle bars.
I knew if I needed to go in a certain direction with Hopeful Hearts in particular that specific goals would have to be met, the most important being the IRS 501 c3…and within a few weeks of me getting amped up about where I needed to ‘be’ I get the correspondence and eventually the status.
He answered and He has steered me well so far. I think I’ll keep that in mind when I try to divert our path and end up in a rose bush.
Imagine you are on a tandem bike with God. Can you trust him to steer you in the right direction?
Blessings
Shannon