My mother used to say that I never walked anywhere I could run. I like to move quickly. Why take my time if I can do it lickety-split? Isn’t that what it’s all about, running around and getting things done? The faster I do this, the more time I’ll have later to do that?
At the age of 46, I had major abdominal surgery and for the first time in my life I had to move very slowly. I had to take one stair at a time and even reach for the remote in slow motion. In all things, in every moment, I had to acknowledge my fragile condition so that healing could take place.
Sometimes when I’m lunging up the stairs two at a time, I remember the month I took at a snail’s pace. I may not be in a vulnerable physical condition today but I am always weak compared to the Creator of the Universe. It is always the right time to humble myself and allow God’s work to take place in my day. He is strong where I am weak. How will I benefit from God moving in my life if I don’t stop racing against Him and His perfect plan with all of mine?
The more I experience the way God works in my life, the more I want Him to. When I acknowledge Him throughout my day, I make room for Him to give me good things.
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matt 6:26
Meeting God at the Park 