I sometimes feel like God asks things of us, of me, that are completely unreasonable. But I’ve been blessed with the gift of sight and literacy and natural rhythm. I’m reading a book by Gary A. Haugen called “Terrify No More” and it makes me want to jump up and down and crap my pants and weep for the good that takes place when the Kingdom acts as the Kingdom. Anyways, he writes about a seemingly impossible task that God asked of him and his colleagues. His words about giving God responsibility provided much healing and encouragement to me:
"If I, as a parent ask my little kids to carry all the luggage into the house from the car, they will protest that some of the bags are too heavy for them to manage, because they are. But if I say, 'Fine, I'll help you with the big ones; you carry the ones you can,' then it is I, not they, who am on the hook if they've lugged all their little bags inside and only the bigs ones are still sitting in the car. The children have done their part, but the dad hasn't done his....If I believed there was a God, and I believed what Jesus taught about him, then he was on the hook for all of this a whole more than we were” (60-61).
I want to keep God on the hook. I am weak and small and limited, but God will give me the skills and resources I need whenever I need them. If I stay connected to the Creator then I will hear that soft whispering voice, and will be given that sometimes quiet, but always immutable direction.
I also feel encouraged to have some little kids to carry my luggage. Seriously that might be a good way to fight childhood obesity.
