Such is Perhaps

I've come to the conclusion that love and life

are a fine mingling of disappointment and delight!

Torrential down-pours to and from Pennsylvania

 hampered/dampened what would have been even more spectacular views,

on our weekend getaway to attend our nephew's wedding!

Dodging the timing of the wipers to capture the *perfect shot became a bit of a game...

*(I quickly gave up on 'perfect' and simply hoped for a few unblurry shots)😅

But Saturday was less wet than forecasted 

so we didn't get drenched in the morning while doing touristy things

 nor in the afternoon did guests get drenched. 

The wedding was beautiful!

This beautiful couple have already been through some deeply refining disappointments

requiring dream-rearranging...(shot blurred for privacy sake)

Weather-disappointments are a part of life and overall

rather small on the scale of disappointments!

And God's handiwork is stunning, even in the rain!

(both literally and metaphorically)

Sometimes dreams don't turn out how we imagine/anticipate!

But if we place our dreams into God's hands

 perhaps, no, surely He will use the disappointment

to deepen our awareness and appreciation for

the myriad of mercies we are showered with daily! 

Dreamworlds collapse; Such is ‘perhaps’

…perhaps life’s bitter-sweetest means

Of teaching us to hope and trust

In more than destiny of dreams

Perhaps to help us hone the heart

To kinder, meeker give-and-take

Because we know the stinging smart

That ‘perhaps’ can leave in its wake

...to make us more aware of how

We wield the onus of replies

Where perhaps ‘perhaps’ is the ‘wow’

Still wearing broken-dream disguise

...while we weather warpaths of wish

Vexed by detours, potholes, barred gates

Perhaps we should remember this;

 Perhaps something far better waits

© Janet Martin

Life's disappointments develop and test

the mettle of our character.

Everyone is hunky-dory when life goes the way we like, right?

When it doesn't...ah! what then?!

1 Thess.5:18

...in everything give thanks; 

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

A lot of our deepest disappointments are only fully witnessed

by He who truly loves and cares!

Thank-you, faithful Heavenly Father🙏

He Whispers To Me