control
we don't have any. and to think we do is a bit prideful. God tends to use events in my life (sometimes quite painful events) as reminders of this simple fact.i think i just might be what you call a control freak. i like to think i can do everything on my own. even something as big as life itself. but this is just simply not the case. i need God and i need people.
if i would always remember that, without the intimate involvment in my life of those who love me, i would be on a downward spin toward destruction, i might more often heed those fleeting thoughts that these same people really should know what's going on in my life. instead, sometimes i choose to say, "no, i've got it under control."
clearly, i do not.
thankfully, God steps in. he takes the form of a church body that cares more about people than stepping on toes. a church body that cares more about truth than being the "nice guy." a church body that cares more about restoration than revenge.
and it is this need for God and people that i hope i never again neglect.
i am soon to embark on a very huge task over which i have only the amount of control which God feels adequate to give me. it is a task in which i MUST depend on others for help. though i will be far from home, God is always near, and His body always active.
Hebrews 10:25
...not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another...
posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 11:51 PM
2 Comments:
Beatifully put, Lex. Thank you for the reminder that I am not in control and that God is. Krista
What is this "control freak" you speak of? I am unfamiliar with this term...I think all teachers are control freaks; otherwise, we wouldn't love our jobs! Of course, there are times to use control (with God's strength, patience, and love) and there are times to give it up - that's where I fail...I just can't let go sometimes.
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