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Change is inevitable part of life. Just as we finally start feeling ‘at home’ –
comfortable and at ease - in a place, or a situation, or in a relationship,
something changes and we are thrown out of balance. Our nest is upset!
We grieve the loss.
We experience the stress that saps our energies.
We realize the limits of our capacities – for not just hardships
but even for enjoying the good.
When this happens, some of us redouble our effort to stay in
charge. To keep control. To ensure with
every power of our being that some things MUST NEVER CHANGE. We become the micromanagers of our little
universe, insistent on our own way of doing things. We become unbending and dogmatic. With so
much out of my control, I feel like I must, at all cost, maintain reigns on at
least SOMETHING, no matter how insignificant in the large scheme of things it
might be.
But, as the time goes on, ever so slowly, even the worst control-freaks
of us begin to change, grow and adapt to the new situation. We slowly begin to
release the clutch of our tiny fists on that elusive sense of being ‘at home’…
We let go of what we couldn't have held onto... and despite the pain, despite the loss, surprisingly enough we find… it’s O.K.
The world hasn’t ended. At least not yet.
The earth is still spinning on its axis.
But we see it with a different set
of eyes. The boundaries of our back yard slightly expanded, our heart a bit enlarged to receive more
of God’s diverse goodness and grace that often comes from the most unexpected
places.
The surprising gifts of joy - fleeting as they may be - whispering to us that there is a greater, more permanent Home being prepared for us and we are not quite there yet.
Do not let your heart be troubled; you believe in God? Believe also in Me. In My Father’s home are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; I am going now to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:1-3
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