looking past your hopes and fears:
learn to recognise the measured
dance that orders all our years.
~"Archilochos: To His Soul"
Patterns that begin to emerge, and resonate with our growing understanding that coincidence is never a matter of chance, rather of a pre-determined plan leading us through the troughs, and peaks of our life's journey speaks to the experience that life bestows upon all who freely choose to reject fear, by embracing the call of life's composer to let Him show us all that life has on offer.
The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past. ~Isaiah Berlin
Certitude is craved by many wishing not to put out into the deep for fear of getting lost, or injured when facing the prospect of coping with trials that would overwhelm their ability to conquer.
Trusting in the friendship of our beloved travelling companion challenges each of us to do more than offer Him lip service, when inviting us to take His hand in confidence knowing that all will be well.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. ~Joshua 1:9
There are no certainties in life except the relationship that grows between us, and The Father sensitive to our need for reassurance whenever He asks us, to step out with Him in faith.
Life's trials, and anxieties will always oblige us to look beyond our sense of inadequacy, with the hope that our appeal for help will be answered by our greatest of friends sharing our life's journey from its beginning, to its conclusion.
“Unless there is some point at which you are prepared to fight against whatever odds, and whatever the threat may be, not merely to yourself, but to anybody, all principles become flexible, all codes melt, and all ends in themselves for which we live disappear.”
~Isaiah Berlin
end
Responses