A friend sent me a cartoon that, as she intended, gave me a good laugh. It was a drawing of a woman standing behind a table with the contents of her purse strewn across its surface. She had a look of panic on her face and a cell phone stuck between her shoulder and ear. “I have to hang up. I’ve misplaced my phone. I can’t find it anywhere!”
Of course, I laughed. I’ve had lots of experience with this problem. Where are my sunglasses? (top of my head) Where is the house key? (doorknob) Where is my ID? (Check the other pocket)
While it’s frustrating to search for an object that should be close at hand and often still is, it can be distressing when what we’ve lost sight of is an intangible. Hope, for instance, or God’s love. The peace that passes all understanding or God’s call on our life. Self-worth, grace or God’s providence. Faith.
One night, it happened to me. I woke from a sound sleep. Something had touched off a chattering of worries inside my head and soon I was in a panic.
What if this or that happened? What would I do? How would I get by? The questions swirled and danced and escalated my brain into a tizzy. The tossing and turning woke my husband.
“What’s the matter this time?” he asked.
“I dunno. I was just worrying.”
“Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the driveway yet?”
I sat up and peered out the window into the darkness.
“Nope.”
“Then go back to sleep. God has your back.”
I knew that. In fact, I rely on it. But for a moment it had slipped out of my vision, like the gloves I went searching for the other day and couldn’t find until I looked down at my hands. I had been wearing them all along.
“…when I awake, I am still with you.” Psalm 139:18
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Love the December 18th post. A great reminder that with God in our lives, we need not worry. We only have to stay in the light, follow the steps shown to us, and all will be as it should, per The Christ’s promise to us. Peace Nancy F. Low
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