Sometimes I find myself catching sight of the bigger picture. It*s not like I determine to do this. It*s more like it catches me. Often it catches me up short. By bigger picture I mean all those times that I realize there*s so much more to things, to people, than the way I experience them. Certainly there are circumstances which make these times more likely. Circumstances like death, or tragedy, or perhaps even something small like someone acting completely outside of the way I have characterized him or her. These moments come all the time, really, but it is only sometimes that I can stick with it. It is only sometimes that I allow it to catch me, so indeed I might be changed.
Consider this:
Where have you caught sight of the bigger picture recently? Where have you realized that it*s all so much more than you could imagine all by yourself? Often it comes when we are surprised into it, when we are caught up short. How have you let yourself be caught? Caught so that you stayed with it for awhile. Caught so that you learned, you gleaned new understanding, from the experience? Caught so that the way you see the world, that very world God has made, the same world in which God continues to act, That World... is made bigger.
The bigger picture is coming into view as I watch my children mature. It is no longer I who can control their decisions. I have to let go and pray that the foundation we tried to provide is solid enough to carry them forth. I really believe it is, but it is still scary to let go. It has been small conversations that we've shared lately, where they reflect on days past that have made me smile and realize that from now on things will never be as they once were in our household. And, actually, I'm glad about that.
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