Lesson from a Girl

I was watching, not intently, the television show where wives swap households for 2 weeks and during that period try to impart some good to the new family.  In this episode, the children of one household were asked to give up one prized possession in exchange for spending time with their father.   They could not.  There was a great deal of "weeping and gnashing of teeth” with father at one time asking, “can you not give up 1 thing for me?”  Father, at this point revealed softly with large tears plopping from eyes to cheeks that he was hurt, pained and disappointed in his children’s reaction, in particular, the behaviour of the elder.  He felt he had failed in showing them that material things were less important than another human being.  Somewhere during this show, the elder of the 2 children realized that  she was not comfortable with her action and indeed gave up a prized possession for time with her father.

I too have been devastated as I am forced to find another place to live.  I have to give up so many of my few material things and a lot of my dreams and goals.  I have to fit my life into no more than 2 suitcases.  I am nervous and overwhelmed by the task and the fact that truly I must start over, so much so, that I do not have a plan.  Start over, where?  Start over, how?   All my planning within the past 3 years has come to naught and no fresh ideas are coming to mind!

Like the young girl, I too, do not sit comfortably with my reaction to this challenge.  I want to react better.  Unlike the young girl there is no known gift for giving up my prized possession: the life I have created for myself.  She knew she would spend time with her father.  I know not with what or with whom I shall spend time.  What I do know is as I sort through my things, packing many to give away, a weight comes off my shoulders.  Hopefully by the time I am through my head (read spirit) will not be boughed down and like the young girl I can feel good in my heart.

Lesson Learnt
The lesson learnt comes from this Wife Swap show and Matthew 19: 21, 29.  If I believe in God, then I must have faith that my gift is there, beyond the horizon of what I can conceive.  I must more spend time with the Father.