I have always loved that reminder...I quote it often. I am here today to report that actually doing it is not as easy to love.
I took a risk yesterday. I mentally debated it, then virtually held my nose and jumped. Bottom line: I showed my bum in public, a.k.a., I told the truth. I shared about a new form of anxiety I am experiencing...being pea-green-purple-petrified, afraid to call for an appointment with an acupuncturist. Note, please: Not afraid to go to an acupuncturist, but afraid to make the phone call.
That did not then, does not now, make reasoning mind sense, hence the anxiety. I shared, the anxiety lifted, I called and got an appointment with my acupuncturist. There...proof that God's hand was in it. God's handy work is counterintuitive...it goes beyond reason.
If we're trying to make a decision to do something whereby we can clearly see the benefit or the cost, usually we are staying in the reasoning mind. It may well be, and often is, the thing we need to do, but there is no spiritual growth in it. Like peeling potatoes...want steak fries for dinner? Peel the potatoes.
But the little things...like receiving a slight that was really no biggie. Too small to mention but not small enough for ego to let go of. I'm convinced they are so toxic because they are too small to mention even to a sympathetic friend so we are left holding a smidgen of dirt and no place to smear it.
This is where thank you earns its keep. As we have learned, thank you is akin to a magic pill for lifting up our thoughts and prayers. It quite literally upgrades our attitude...that is not by our will or our way, that is God's perfect will at work.
An added bennie? Quite often, a silent thank you will spread its wings and heal other minor bumps and bruises that we are unaware of...we just feel more loving in general. And send another thank you...whoa! If we got this going, the world's ills could be healed in no time...with God leading the pack!
God loves us so much.
Thank you.
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