Peace from God doesn’t always fix the problem by dinner. It just lets you eat dinner.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Calm is not the same as resolution, and expecting the first to produce the second sets you up to miss it when it arrives. The problem can be as unsolved as it was this morning while you are still able to eat, sleep, and talk to people. That is not denial, it is capacity. Functioning inside an unresolved situation is the realistic version of relief.
Lower what you are asking of today. The target is not having it fixed tonight, it is getting through the evening without it eating the whole house. Have dinner, do one piece of homework, go to bed.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which problem is still unsolved while you keep eating and sleeping?
MORE IN FAITH, GRACE & PURPOSE
- Paul and Silas were singing in a jail cell at midnight. You don’t need good circumstances to have a good song.
- The Samaritan woman came to the well alone in the noon heat. Jesus was already sitting there, ready to talk.
- You don’t have to move across the world to have a mission. Start with your street.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.