YES and YES
So many wrestlings fill my mind; it seems to be the state of my being. I'm not complaining, mind you, for the wrestlings show there is life, that I'm not just drifting through unaware, and I don't know what I would do with myself if I wasn't to use my mind in endeavors to figure out how to live well.Tension is commonplace as I engage with these thoughts that stir me up. Contentment or Change? Staying or Going? Here or There? This or That? (vagaries, I know)
So the question I've found myself asking is this: "Is my discontent and restlessness with where I'm at (in more area than one) something wrong and I should I just be content to stay in the place I'm at...OR Is my discontent and restlessness a moving of God in my spirit to prepare and lead me somewhere else in life?"
These thoughts came up during my house church meeting last Saturday, and Kris suggested the idea of "Yes and Yes" which really clicked in my mind, and set me at ease within the tension that still exists.
It's a both/and thing, for God has me right where He wants me and He calls me to be content within that, but also I know this isn't where I am to be forever, and He is constantly moving and pushing me, preparing me for what He's got planned ahead.
I am called to be faithful wherever He has me, and hopeful because He holds the future.
Perhaps more of life should be looked at as YES and YES, and we can stop wondering which one or the other, and simply recognize that when the time comes for an actual change, God will make it more clear than the day to day faithfulness and preparedness. This is not a complacent, status quo attitude, but a passionate investment in the present and anticipatory investment in the future.
It's a YES and YES thing, people!
posted by FaithChristine @ 17:51
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