I'm SO excited to share the link to my friend's
(and long ago next-door neighbor's) latest venture;
one she has been in training for in a sense, almost her whole life!
Check it out!
As I read about her journey to this point
it reminded me to remember no matter what season we are in,
when dreams seem stagnant in streams
of Commonplace Commitments
or mundane musts
or dire detours teaching trust,
God is always prepping the soil or
pruning the plant,
for the dream/hope to flourish and flower in
His perfect Timing.
Does it not make us all take heart exactly where we are,
if but to simply pray,
'God, help me shine and grow for You today?'!
(where the Unrelenting Mystery of tomorrow waits...)
Wherever we are called to be
Whatever we are called to do
We have one charge, ultimately
To be a vessel God shines through
The highs and lows of day-to-day
Serve purposes we cannot guess
While we are learning to obey
And trust God’s faithful promises
Experience is not in vain
How often we are blindly blessed
While wisdom we have yet to gain
Is veiled in the pain of the test
The Here-and-Now that we are in
Is but a steppingstone whereby
We advance, always to begin
So much more than yet meets the eye
Petal by petal, buds unfold
Where masterpieces wait to spill
Like we, cradled in the kind hold
Of God’s perfect timing and will
What sacred common ground we share
Of Unrelenting Mystery
For who knows what waits to prepare
Us for what is waiting to be
© Janet Martin
do it all to the glory of God.
