๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ

Riding down the interstate with my two most precious passengers (my two daughters, for those of you who donโ€™t know me), the driver in front of me suddenly slams on his brakes. I react and all is well, except that my blood pressure suddenly spikes and Iโ€™m wondering what kind of Neanderthal, distracted driving was so important that it almost hurt my babies. In the midst of my grumbling, my youngest daughterโ€™s response intercepts my though pattern: โ€œAwwwโ€ฆ I even had the top on it!โ€ย 
Her drink had spilled. We were all almost killed, and she was worried about her drink. How sweet is that? How innocent and trusting! She had no clue about the dangers outside our car-world, and why should she? Mommy was at the wheel, and worrying about the dangers outside is Mommyโ€™s job. Her job was to put the top back on the drink so it didnโ€™t spill. Of course, I didnโ€™t try to tell her about the danger. Instead, I helped her learn how to do her job better, โ€œHoney, after you put the top on, you have to screw it on, too... Iโ€™m proud of you for remembering to put the top on, though... Donโ€™t worry about the mess. Weโ€™ll clean it up together when we get home.โ€ย 
And then itโ€™s over. You see, she and I have a deal to keep getting better. We donโ€™t aim for perfection; we aim for improvement. It helps us to spend less time mad at ourselves (and each other) and more time on task focused on the future if we remind ourselves that weโ€™re getting better, and thatโ€™s a good thing. Putting the top back on was better than forgetting. Now letโ€™s work on twisting it closed next time.ย 
I wonder how many times God looks at me and doesnโ€™t say, โ€œOh, sweet child, yes, your heart is breaking but let me tell you what the real danger isโ€ฆโ€ No, He meets me in my world; He consoles me and helps me see how to get better. He loves me. He loves me. He loves me. And Heโ€™s got control of the wheel. It is His job to worry about the dangers outside the task He sets me to. I should let him. I know He can do it better than I can. And Iโ€™m learning. I guess you could say that Iโ€™m getting better.ย 
How about you? Iโ€™m guessing most of you are not that different than I am in that you want to worry about the things you have no business worrying over. Iโ€™m guessing that youโ€™re also a lot like me in that God is a lot more capable than you are? I encourage you to keep getting better at trusting Him. Focus on what you can improve, like remembering to twist the cap back on, and leave the rest to Him. Heโ€™s not an imaginary friend; Heโ€™s real, He is here, Heโ€™s powerful, and He demonstrates it every day. But you donโ€™t get to watch His show if youโ€™re trying to be in the middle of it. Sit back and let Him show you His mastery. It is beautiful.ย 
Iโ€™ll close with these words from a wonderful book titled Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson:ย 
ย โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ.โ€โ€ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎโ€ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ [๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต], ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด.โ€ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด 16:9
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