HOLLOWS

Vacancies in life you just can’t seem to fill. They just create a void in one’s heart that lingers and covers the thoughts with darkness.

They are very hard to avoid. Because so many times the unexpected creates holes in our existence.

I’m one who loves to plan my day. Not that I have every second detailed out, but I do enjoy having certain accomplishments at times.

And you can never tell for sure when some event will totally ruin some given plans. I’m not a big fan of those moments.

Now that doesn’t always end with disaster. There are times it has a good consequence. Something we learn from.

Others it becomes less than a pill we care to swallow. And not doing it can be worse at times than accepting the options.

Because there are times when life just hands lessons to be learned. Doesn’t mean we want them.

Still the Lord does allow them so we can learn. Not always a fun means to learn, but necessary just the same.

What is hard is to always find the way we want to accept such changes that doesn’t cause more problems. Which is something that does other than what end the situation.

Thankfully the Lord is merciful to us. He might let us fall down, but always will help to lift us up.

And if it all is done correctly then we can learn and let those ruts be a source of praise. A chance to be free the need to keep trying cover up our shortcomings.

And under the wonderful power of His grace we can discover a bond that makes the process much more satisfying . One that will truly last.

It is a time of celebration. A time off rejoicing that unlike so many who always make the need to find some way to fill those hollows we will keep trying to fix in some other ways.

For this type of situation we always can find more satisfaction with the Lord than on our own. Providing our ego doesn’t get in the way

And to that end we can always be grateful if we do let ourselves learn from the process. For some never do.

There holes will always be there.