to struggle used to be
to grab with both hands
and shake
and twist
and turn
and push
and shove and not give in
but wrest an answer from it all
as jacob did a blessing.
but there is another way
to struggle with an issue, a question--
simply to jump
off
into the abyss
and find ourselves
floating
falling
tumbling
being led
slowly and gently
but surely
to the answers God has for us--
to watch the answers unfold
before our eyes and still
to be a part of the unfolding.
but, oh! the trust
necessary for this new way!
not to be always reaching out
for the old hand-holds
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- Stephanie
- My best friend Charlie and I moved from the deep South to the great North for me to go to graduate school at the University of Minnesota. I earned a Masters Degree in Public Health Nutrition and Dietetics, and we've moved back to Louisiana. I'm a dietitian who wants to help people improve their quality of life through healthy eating! We love adventures, traveling, food and family. We have two dogs: our corgi Punkin and our lab goofy Rufus. We are very blessed to be in love and to walk through life together!
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did you write this one?
ReplyDeletewish i could take credit for it! i actually tried to re-find the author, but couldn't. so i just left it as is. it was in a community worship book
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