Even when the trees of life block its view. The light can still be seen.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

This has been the month of learning. Learning humility. Learning to live like I believe that God doesn’t lie. For the record, NOT easy. I am realizing that faith, the real kind requires the abandonment of self sufficiency.  That is not a easy feat for any person, even the most inapt and nonchalant of human beings wants (or needs) to feel like they are in control of their circumstances. However, faith requires that we allow God to be in control of our circumstances, even when it seems like everything is falling apart. In the last couple of weeks my belief system has been tested (hard). I felt cornered because I wanted to fix the issues in my way (you know the way where you hold on to your pride and pretend like nothing’s wrong). Turns out that “my” way escalated something that would have been preventable had I just done what God asked from the get go. The battle with our pride is often hard won, especially when we are working with a wrong definition. Most of us view pride as a puffed up arrogance. When in all honesty pride is anything that keeps us from being vulnerable, from being honest. That keeps us from being an open book to the people in our world, and believe it or not it is often masked in humility (the false kind). The mirror that’s shining on my life lately has been a hard one to look into. But I know that God wouldn’t be shining it so brightly if He didn’t have a purpose. It if wasn’t a necessary step to get me on the “right” path. So although it hurts I will continue to look in the mirror, so that I can clearly see what needs correcting.

“Remove the impurities from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith” (Proverbs 25:4).

So what’s my plan of attack? Let God do…