This Is What I Do Know...life is not always gentle.

In January I flew.

 

We had such a cold and snowy winter,

 

so it was a reprieve to go where there

 

was no snow.

 

Upon my return it was interesting to see

 

a distinct line

 

where the snow began.

 

I was returning to 16 degrees Fahrenheit,

 

and cold frigid winter.

 

Were it not for the perspective

 

of seeing the snow line from above the earth

 

it would have been easy to think that everyone

 

was enjoying snow.

 

Because "my world"

was covered and wrapped

 entirely in snow.

 

Perspective,

 yes,

perspective

 is how we

can attempt

to see things

 from a different point of view.

 

When I was expecting our first born son,

 

I began to wonder,

 

what my perspective would be,

 

if I could see life through the eyes of

 

Mary,

 

the blessed mother,

 

of the Christ Child.

 

I'm sure it wasn't easy

 

to travel in the condition in which she found herself.

 

Did she long for her circumstances to be different?

 

Did she have a willing heart?

 

Did she have a hopeful heart?

 

Was she resisting every change?

 

Or was she pursuing the future?

 

We can't know the answer,

 

but I believe anyone

 (any woman at least)

 

would have enough perspective to say,

 

Mary was walking through some really hard times.

 

But God provided a place:

 

in a manger.

 

God provided a protector:

 

in Joseph.

 

God provided for physical needs:

 

in the Magi who brought expensive gifts.

 

God provided love:

 

in adoring shepherds.

 

God provided celebration:

 

in the chorus of Heavenly Angels.

 

I have no way of knowing

 your perspective.

 

I have no way of truly knowing

 the depths of your pain.

 

I have no way of knowing

 the arduous journey you are travelling.

 

But I do know that God will provide.

 

I do know

 

LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS GENTLE,

 

but

 

GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD!

 

Feel blessed today.