Forging a new path
I promised myself one thing before I set out to start this blog - that my work here would be natural.
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10
Some Bibles even translate "be still" as "cease striving."
This Psalm was written for a country who was facing many enemies. Life can sometimes feel like that - a fight. As if we always need to keep working hard, putting in more effort, searching for a solution. The truth however is written here, in Psalm 46, that we only need to be still first, before we act. Not only to be still, but to know that God is on your side.
I was so used to struggling, because that is what the world seems to do. There is always someone who is oppressive and seems to be stopping us from what we want to do, from who we want to be. Always someone or something to fight against. It is a rebellious act these days to believe otherwise.
A simple act of faith can open our eyes and see that we are fighting over the scraps, while God is waiting to be chosen by us and show us how good life can be.
So for once in my life, I'm not going to fight over the scraps anymore. Even though my habit is pushing me to work harder, I am moving slower and recognising that I am not alone in what I do. There is someone who knows better than me, who can guide me and who will always be there for me no matter how flawed I am.
Today, I am sitting on the bus to Rosa Mystica. I am nervous, because I did not know how to pay for the bus and I ended up buying two other tickets that were unnecessary. But such is the experience of travelling - it unsettles us because we are no longer within our bubble of familiarity...
but if we are willing to take a small risk it also reminds us that we will be caught if ever we should fall. There is no need to be reckless, but there is also no need to be scared of stepping out of our comfort zone. To forge a new path.
Today, I will take the time to experience everything, to be still and to know that I am not alone... and then, only after the experience has matured within me, will I write about it.
Talk with you again soon.