It
has been over three years that I post my blog every week. Last week
is the only week that I did not do it. It is not that I had
forgotten, I did it on purpose. I just wanted to take a week off lol
I
was thinking that nobody would notice, until I got an e-mail from my
friend Jim asking me: “where is this week's blog?” I guess I have
one big fan lol (thanks Jim)
I
also met a couple of people this last week-end who congratulated me
about the blog saying that they really enjoy reading it. One of them
even said to me: “if I were you, I would thank God daily for giving
me such talent”. I felt like a million bucks man
About
two and a half years ago, I was helping a friend of mine to put
together a series of concerts. We did an amazing amount of work and
things were going according to the plan. We got a number of sponsors,
we had also a lot of support in the community.
As
the concert was approaching, something unexpected happened. I lost my
USB key on which I had all the work that we had been doing for
months. I couldn't find it. I search everywhere but it in vain. I
couldn't believe how careless I had been. As I was desperate to find
it, I decided to let go. There was nothing much I could do. If I was
to find it, it would come to me effortlessly. If it was lost forever,
then I would have to start the work all over again.
A
few weeks passed. We kept working. I even forgot about my key.
I
took a trip to Kigali later on. As I got in my room the first night,
as I was unpacking my stuff, I heard a noise. Something fell down. I
was wondering what it was. Guess what! It was my lost USB key that
fell out of one of my shirt's pocket! It was right there in front of
me. I couldn't believe it. I lost my key in Toronto, just to find it
in Kigali. All this time it was in one of my shirt's pocket. It was
so funny.
Why
did I tell this story?
Have
you been working very hard on something for a long time and it seems
that you are not progressing, or you seem to be stuck and nothing
seem to work? Maybe it is time to let go and let God. Release the
control to a higher power and you will be amazed how, at the right
time, things will fall into place effortlessly and you will be
shocked how easy it was.
I
know. It is easy said than done. But with practice it will become
easier and easier to let go. Try it and you will see. But you will
have to completely let go. Don't stick around to see how God is doing
it. Just let it go and do something completely different.
I
am going to leave you with this poem by Lauretta Burns
Broken
Dreams
As
children bring their broken toys
With
tears for us to mend,
I
brought my broken dreams to God
Because
He was my friend.
But
instead of leaving Him
In
peace to work alone,
I
hung around and tried to help
With
ways that were my own.
At
last I snatched them back and cried,
“How
can You be so slow?”
“My
child, He said, “what could I do?
You
never let them go.”
Always a pleasure
Patrick
The Journeyman
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