What a beautiful picture it is. We have a loving, all knowing, all powerful Father in Heaven who is in charge of all things. He is "running" the show, manager of the scene we are living, and is aware of all people, all things, and even all thoughts that each of us has.
In His management of all things, His purpose is the perfecting, the teaching, the nurturing of all of us. He knows what we need, what we don't need, and even what we think about our needs and wants. It is comforting to know that since He is in charge, all things happen according to His knowledge. He doesn't cause things, and He is even pained by our actions, decisions, and rejection of His nurturing.
In my own tutoring by Father, I realized lately that Father is using other people, and their nurturing as a tool to teach and nurture me. Is that confusing?
I have a sister who is single and when we are together, she tells me of a co-worker that is her challenge. That worker is "different" than my sister and thus becomes an avenue for Father to try and teach my sister about many things, about love, about acceptance, about charity, etc.
I have a co worker who is also being used by Father to teach me many of the same lessons, charity, understanding, acceptance in differences, and compassion.
Too often I lament that he is not like me. He does not follow my expectations of him. I find myself getting frustrated, even angered that he will not be as I am. Then I look in the mirror and realize that why should he be like me. He is different, he has his talents and often does things differently.
As I take a step back from the position I find myself in today, I realize that this is a lesson that has been on my plate for many years. It is a lesson that I must learn before I go on my mission in five months. All my mortal and Spiritual brothers and sisters are different. They have different abilities, challenges, trials, and attitudes.
Father knows what He is doing, and every brother or sister is on a path to be perfected just as I am, but they have a different path than mine. We are all different, and I need to accept that fact that Father knows all and is busily doing what He does in each of our lives. I just need to be more accepting of Father's loving teaching hands in my life as well as in others and try to learn lessons contained therein.
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