| Dearest Lady:
Thank you for sending me this article from ----. Receiving this from you means a lot to me. The article was timely and talks about dealing with unwanted change. But sadly :( the first and last paragraphs were cut out! The missing first and last paragraphs actually explain how to deal with change not just it being part of life. Where the article cuts off, there is a slight hint about how to deal with change, such as asking questions. But to whom do we ask them? Whenever i experience an uncomfortable time, i tried asking myself questions. This is soul-searching. But soul-searching doesn�t often work. Even after soul-searching, i still find myself a fool walking around town with one shoe instead of two or that the zipper of my pants was down all the time, or i would learn after the fact that i�ve made a situation worse. If asking myself questions/ soul-searching is not good enough, then to whom do i ask questions and seek the ability to deal with change? The answer is in the first and last paragraphs that were cut out. Yesterday, when i really just shut the heck up, and just mediated on the ancient psalms of David, i rediscovered those paragraphs. The first and the last is God. i asked God my questions and he dropped water on my heart where it was hard and that hardness was then turned into spouting water. My will is to be with you, to hold you safe in my arms, but His will for me is to let you go, as He watches over you and, if you desire, show you amazing things. The answer came when i stopped asking God for what i wanted but asked for what He wanted. Only God not another human touch can be the key to our happiness; only God can be the key to God, the first paragraph and the last. love, ben |