PARTNERS
It is always such a help to have the aid of another pair of hands that truly want to be supportive. There is just a sense of relief when the burden is lightened.
I've always found that alliances often are very tenuous. Oh you can start out on one level where you find yourself making vows of friendship that will last forever.
And naturally words flow with such passion. Just have that sense of this time, regardless of past disappointments things will be different.
What a joy when this turns out to be true. When we have the assurance that life is now faced with a partner who truly cares about your needs.
And how great when this stays a reality. Life long friends are truly such a gift in life. Something that is so precious.
But so often those kinds of friendships don't last. They get lost in all the shuffle of time. Too many things encroach upon them.
Now the one type of partnership that truly will endue is when we let the Lord be a partner in our life choices. Not just an advisor, but truly a partner.
That means listening to the Lord even when we don't want to. It means not ignoring what is being said.
And that can be such a challenge. It can be very difficult to truly trust to the Lord's wisdom if at a given time it doesn't seem that way.
Which is the matter of faith. And that can be very hard to accept. We love being in control and if our eyes can't perceive the truth in something it does leave doubts.
Those can really tie knots in our system. They can make it so hard to keep trusting when the anxieties get out of control.
And God doesn't necessarily show us visions to prove we should listen. So instead we are left to just gaze and wonder.
The night bears down upon us with its haunting questions. It creeps into our veins and gives us so many doubts.
If we are lucky we will summon enough willingness to keep walking the path towards His light. A trip where we don't always see the horizon.
But one where we know we are not alone. And that is the part of the journey, which we can all cherish, if we keep it focused.
Sometimes that is the biggest challenge in any partnership.
posted by William Robbins @ 7:00 AM
1 Comments:
Mr. Robbins, It was a blessing talking to you again this AM.
I am impressed with the elegance of your prolific prose and poetry.
Your thoughts on the trek to finding that caring partner speaks with experiential authority. Then to find that it had always been HIS Design ... and then to bask in that gift is ... yes truly precious.
Somewhat humorous that it was not until HE Truly became that 'Partner In Light' that the one above was revealed. This was after 16 years of not only being tenuous, yet also at times tumultuous.
So many have not endured the test of time and are lost in the statistics. (48 years now for Marilyn and me.)
How reassuring it is, to know after the trial of our faith that again HE has been Faithful, even when we have not.
Learning to Trust HIM thru those haunting questions,and our veins running with those creepy thoughts,is another trek we come to value so much.
Yes life itself is a challenge and then there is that opportunity to Choose that we 'Know' we are not alone!
As 'The General' said, "I shall Return!"
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