Certainty of Uncertainty

Looking forward to things we want to do is way more fun that dreading things we must do!  Looking back at things, however, is different: those fun things we did make us smile, the no-so-fun things we did - well, they make us smile too since they're done and over with!

 

Living with a sense of certainty in uncertain times is challenging, and for most of us, a struggle.  It's common for Mr. Bill and I to talk about what’s "on the docket" (a courtroom term) for this day or the next.  It's also very common for plans to change!  Oswald Chambers writes, "The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty."  In Matthew 18:3, Jesus said we must become "as little children." My sweet Grands (Ella, Caleb, Isabelle and Natalie) do not anticipate!  Like most young children, they mostly live in the moment, greeting each morning-afternoon-evening the same. Yes, they'll learn anticipation soon enough but imagine if we (like little children) faced life with no pre-determations.  Consider if we simply trusted Sovereign God of mornings-afternoons-evenings ... all of life.  "Believe also in Me," said Jesus (John 14:1) - let Me be your joyful expectancy; I'll take the uncertainty out of life, He says.  This is one of the lessons before me these days: leaving the dread-of-things behind, embracing ever-present joy in Christ no matter what.  Truly, He is the Certainty of all uncertainties!