Today we read together the Common Prayer for June 27 and were awed by words so appropriate to
our present circumstances.
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite
naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We would like
to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to
something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that
it is made by passing through some stages of instability – and that it may take
a very long time. Above all, trust in the slow work of God, our loving
vine-dresser.” Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin.
Today is a last-day-before-your-life-changes day.
Tomorrow our teenage granddaughter arrives to make her home with us until
whatever time she is ready to launch into the world. She has one year of high
school left. Her life is full of change and unknowns. So is ours.
We are excited and a little nervous. So is she. We have
talked a lot about what this could look like, but do we really know? No. What
we do know is that she wants to be with us. We love her and she loves us even
if I can’t listen to her music that vibrates my ribs and stuns my ears. Yeah. I
used to, but those days are gone along with some of my hearing. Give me a
little Mozart adagio and I’m happy. There are a lot of details to look forward
to. Like Dr. Who episodes and driver’s education and a part-time job and new
paint for her room. My only stipulation was – sorry, not black. It’s too hard
to cover if you want to change it some day.
This isn’t what we imagined for this stage of life. But
isn’t that often how things turn out or don’t turn out? And don’t we wonder if only
we could skip the hard parts and fast forward to the place where outcomes are
certain and wouldn’t that be just be so sweet? We believe there will be sweetness
in ways we don’t know. That in adding to our family – we are doing exactly what
God has in mind for us. And for her. And that his work in our lives is a long,
slow process. At least that’s how it’s been for me.
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3 comments:
Blessings to you and Denis and miss Manessah in this new venture. <3
Oh, Margie, I remember talking with you at a L'Abri conference the year that Manessah was coming into the world. So much concern, so much curiosity about who this little person would be. And now she's almost finished with high school, and still ... so much concern, so much curiosity. Blessings on this new transition, my dear. May it be a fruitful time for you all.
Oh my, Margie. I identify with your question: "And don’t we wonder if only we could skip the hard parts and fast forward to the place where outcomes are certain and wouldn’t that be just be so sweet? " We do wonder...but if we skip the hard parts there's no depth to the tapestry is there? I will continue to pray for you all.
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