Under My Circumstances

And there it is, words for my elusive unknowing of the weekend:

“Do I speak or keep my silence? How do I tell the difference between righteous indignation and a world colored by the irritation of grief?”

Find completeness in Jesus. 

As I re-enter my life, I realize I haven’t been going as faithfully to my dirt field for my daily walks with my penny dogs. It’s clear that my perspective changes when I don’t plug into my power source. 

I still melted down before but then I was finding hope in the struggle as I focused on Jesus. He took the edge off it. Lately, though, I’ve been living under my circumstances instead. 

You know the old joke: 

One friend ask the other how she was doing and she replied, “Okay under the circumstances.” The friend answered back, “What are you doing under there?”

It is good to lament and cry and meltdown; to express all that is in my heart, but it is also good to trust the stability that Jesus gives so that I am not left there.

So, I’ve decided to take a few days off by myself while Barb will keep the home fires burning…

Anne

March 9, 2021