I've been thinking about that question since I took Steve Deux. I think it's a different relationship than I started with Steve. Steve and I grew together, literally. All I feel like Steve Deux and I have done together is fall apart. I am putting effort forth to embrace Steve Deux like Steve but it just isn't the same. I still am too stubborn to say I regret my decision. I still am not sure what the set-up was. I think its time to compare and contrast Steve and Steve Deux.
Steve:
- No Flowers
- Less Maintenance
- Consistent in look and feel
- Hardy, Steve is definitely a fighter.
- Not a fast growing plant but growth was definitely noticable
- Not really needy at all
Steve Deux:
- Had flowers, for a couple days (fall is not the best time to grow a lily)
- Constantly needs attention
- The basic structure is consistent but the thing that defines him as a lily quickly faded
- Seems to be able to withstand quite a bit
- Can't really see any growth right now
- Needs to have damp soil constantly so it doesn't die
So the odds for Steve Deux being more of a challenge are stacking against him. I wonder if we had done this in Spring if I would have the same remarks. Often I think about situations that I go through where my situation looks worse in my eyes because I can see someone else in a similar situation but I think that it all has to do with timing. Go figure that everything we do has to do with timing. God is a God of perfect timing. He really does hold things back for when I can be ready to take them or pushes things forward so I can get it over with. Right now what my biggest issue is or what I've been facing all has to do with timing. There are times where I get anxious and uneasy about it but I know that God is bigger and that he holds the clock. So I wait...and wait...and when I start stressing about it God reminds me of how big He is and how I just have to wait....and wait some more. In true Ed fashion lets bring the definition into picture here....
Wait- to remain inactive or in a state of repose (dignified calmness, as of manner; composure.), as until something expected happens
SO waiting is
remaining inactive in a dignified and calm manner until something expected happens.
Well what if we don't know what we are expecting....Like what if we are just Waiting on God. how could you define that? easy,
remaining inactive in a dignified and calm manner. The something expected is a human response. I think that is part of my problem, I've been expecting something. I have to change my way of thinking to stop expecting something and just remain inactive in a dignified and calm manner. Even using the word wait right now has the opportunity to trip me up because in its very definition it dictates that you expect something. Well, can I still call it waiting if I don't have any expectation? Maybe...maybe not. Maybe we have the definition wrong. I guess we will wait and see.
I am glad "THE" Todd is back. I enjoyed your thoughts. Not because they entertained me but because they stirred me up and caused me to meditate on what you wrote. When you wrote about caring for a Lillie in the spring verses the summer and fall was a great God point. SEASONS!!!!! Many times we get caught up in what it is we want and it's out of season so it doesn't look like what we thought it would. Much more but I'll leave it with your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThen you wrote Well what if we don't know what we are expecting....Like what if we are just Waiting on God.
We know exactly what were expecting. You are expecting your Lillie to bloom and it will "In due season." Not because you're expecting it but because the word says it will and between now and then all you have to do is provide for it just as God is providing for you and when you are "In due season" you will bloom!!! We should know what to expect as the WORD is like our instruction manual and it has the information we need to live this thing called life. I used to be one of those people who said often "I wish i knew what God's will was or what He wanted me to do or where he wanted me to go." I say that bfar less these days as I become more.... not informed , but more meditative on His word and of course more willing..... no more obedient to the application of the word in me... not others!! Thanks for sharing!!
how could you define that? easy, remaining inactive in a dignified and calm manner. The something expected is a human response. I think that is part of my problem, I've been expecting something. I have to change my way of thinking to stop expecting something and just remain inactive in a dignified and calm manner.
Sorry I didn't finish. God is a God of EXPECTENCY and since we are made in His image and likeness we are men and women of expectency. We just need to be aware of what our expectency is and what it is based on. So what our expectency is, where it comes from, and how we wait for it makes all the difference.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with what Ed said...the definition of Wait is perfect. God wants us to wait on Him with expectancy and know that He will move in our lives. The difficult part is doing it in a calm and dignified manner so that we hear Him and grow along the way. (MoM)
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