I am noticing how the landscape around us can change overnight. Sometimes it is dramatic like fresh snow blanketing the ground, giving the world an almost pure and peaceful effect. Often the changes are more subtle as when a rain leaves everything looking damp and heavy. To some the snow or rain can be a great excuse to cozy up at home and to others it creates complete havoc in their morning commute.
Our lives can change overnight as well. Like when the third baby you are expecting turns out to be the third and fourth or the economic downturn suddenly means you are making half the money for the same hours of work. Recently a wonderful home schooling Mom I know had to make the decision to put her four children back in school so she could go back to work. I can almost imagine the flood of feelings washing over her as the landscape of her life changes dramatically.
So how do we weather these changes with out drowning or getting buried in the snow? My answer for today is ASSUME ONLY LOVE. Assume the snow on the ground is God’s love for the earth, assume the snowy roads are there to remind me to slow down and love myself, assume that there is enough love inside me to love four children as well as three, assume that the hard work and love poured out over years of home schooling will support my children in their new endeavors, assume God’s love is steadfast and will support me in times of financial insecurity, assume that love is all around us just waiting to be seen and felt.
