Throw a Pebble in a Pond
Some time ago now Iris and went with our eldest son David and his lovely wife Judith to visit a beautiful spot in north Wales. It was our first visit to Wales so it must have been before the year 2000. We were going to a favourite place of David’s where he liked to go hill walking. The other day I was looking through some old photos and found a snap I had taken of us standing beside a very large peaceful lake. I remember as we left this spot to walk along the lake side someone, probably me, threw a pebble out into the still shimmering mirror like surface of the water. It plopped and then disappeared, leaving rings of concentric circles to emanate from the place of its entry. I still remember that as we walked along the shore seeing more and more circles spread out getting weaker as they went but still disturbing the stillness of the waters surface.
Today God woke me around 5am to talk to me about something. It’s a painful situation that our son Chris is going through, where some people are doing their level best to turn the knife, so to speak, in an already hurtful place. God has been giving him grace and strength to walk through this place, but as parents Iris and I find it increasingly difficult not to get extremely angry. Anyway last night as we got ready for bed I vented some words and feelings that had been coming to the boil for a while.
This morning I discovered that God had been listening to me, and had His own point of view on my declarations which He wanted to share with me! First of all He reminded me that it was He who had been helping Chris, it was He who had been pouring vast oceans of grace and mercy on our lovely son and it was also God who had been giving him the strength to carry on. Yes we had prayed and yes God had heard and answered our prayers and those of many others who have stood with him at this time.
God then used the picture I related above to show how any given action can and does have many effects. Effects which are not only wide ranging in the present but can indeed influence the future and even more strangely in some ways the past. Anyway I began to understand that there was no way I could begin to understand or grasp the enormity of this thought, because I am the created not the creator. If I was going to take things into my own hands could I also provide for Chris’ real support and healing? The answer is of course not. It’s time for me to let God be God, who knows what He has planned or how He will complete His perfect will, not only for Chris but for everyone concerned.
The neat thing is that God loves everyone involved and I have rediscovered that my Dad doesn’t merely eavesdrop on His children; He’s a loving passionate Father who listens to us all with immeasurable love and compassion.
Now do you still want to throw your pebble?
Today God woke me around 5am to talk to me about something. It’s a painful situation that our son Chris is going through, where some people are doing their level best to turn the knife, so to speak, in an already hurtful place. God has been giving him grace and strength to walk through this place, but as parents Iris and I find it increasingly difficult not to get extremely angry. Anyway last night as we got ready for bed I vented some words and feelings that had been coming to the boil for a while.
This morning I discovered that God had been listening to me, and had His own point of view on my declarations which He wanted to share with me! First of all He reminded me that it was He who had been helping Chris, it was He who had been pouring vast oceans of grace and mercy on our lovely son and it was also God who had been giving him the strength to carry on. Yes we had prayed and yes God had heard and answered our prayers and those of many others who have stood with him at this time.
God then used the picture I related above to show how any given action can and does have many effects. Effects which are not only wide ranging in the present but can indeed influence the future and even more strangely in some ways the past. Anyway I began to understand that there was no way I could begin to understand or grasp the enormity of this thought, because I am the created not the creator. If I was going to take things into my own hands could I also provide for Chris’ real support and healing? The answer is of course not. It’s time for me to let God be God, who knows what He has planned or how He will complete His perfect will, not only for Chris but for everyone concerned.
The neat thing is that God loves everyone involved and I have rediscovered that my Dad doesn’t merely eavesdrop on His children; He’s a loving passionate Father who listens to us all with immeasurable love and compassion.
Now do you still want to throw your pebble?
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