I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Johnny Nash - remade by Jimmy Cliff for "Cool Runnings" (What a fun song...and movie)
I often wrestle with clarity. I wish I could "see clearly now”...all the coming obstacles, no clouds and just sunshine ahead. I long for the assurance that I imagine clarity would bring. I feel like I stumble around more than walk with confidence.
Mother Teresa was once asked by an American who'd come to visit her, follow her around and observe her in action, if she would pray for clarity so he could know how to best apply himself back in America. Her response: "No! If you have clarity, you won't walk by faith."
Maybe "clarity" isn't everything?
Although things at ECC may not be incredibly clear these days, I feel we are being called to step into faith and trust. Not crawl to the corner and cry and complain (although I’ve done that) but rather step forward and not be afraid to take risks, do things differently, make changes and see what God has in mind for us.
I also don’t want to be afraid of making mistakes. I make them a lot. With my speech, actions, decisions, and choices. And (most of the time) I learn from those mistakes, and it causes growth. So, I don’t want to be afraid of failure, I only want to be afraid of not learning from failure.
May I ask you to pray? Here are some suggestions for prayer over the next few months:
- Consider asking God how He wants to use you in the life of our community
- Ask God to give you and me ideas and direction for
- youth ministry
- jr. youth ministry
- Sunday morning services
- loving our neighbours
- Ask God to give us the courage along with wisdom to trust Him and take steps of faith
- Praise him for being a good God in whom we trust.
