Weeds

resilience

the ability to recover quickly from setbacks

Today while I was busy with projects - and pulling weeds - I was thinking about whether I am resilient. 


Initially I thought I'm not all that resilient. I haven't been working in the area I want for a few years. It doesn't seem as though I am doing what I am "wired" by God to do.  


But does that mean I'm not resilient? 
No. 


I don't know anyone who doesn't have frustrations and setbacks and times when it seems as though nothing is going our way. Frankly, sometimes life is an out and out disaster. 


Being resilient means we keep going. I do that. I may not get it right all the time, but I keep trying. Some of the things I have intended to do haven't been done. But I am still in the game.  


I still know that I am going to continue to follow Jesus and help facilitate the spiritual journey of others. 


It's going to look different but the purpose is the same. I will continue to write. I will continue to look for and walk alongside those who are spiritually seeking. And I will be creative. 


Weeds and resilience have a lot in common. 





It's all in the roots.





Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, 

       whose confidence is in him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water
       that sends out its roots by the stream.
       It does not fear when heat comes;
       its leaves are always green.
       It has no worries in a year of drought
       and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8