Pendulum

Pendulum.

These days our “normal” seems to be a wildly swinging pendulum. One day normal is over here, the next over there. Back and forth, to and fro, with no particular reason. It makes me want to grab that pendulum on its next trip by and say, “STOP.” Yes, I want my version of normal to return. Right now.

When was the last time you took a ride on a swing? Do you remember the soothing calm that would come over your heart as you gently swayed back and forth in the warm sunshine? Or, do you remember the exhilaration of going higher and higher – convinced that you could touch the sky with just one more leg pump?

Same swing. Different feelings.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

These days we are faced more than usual with the realization that normal is actually always changing. We just didn’t notice it because normal usually changed at a pace we were familiar with. That pendulum of change….fast and slow….is all within God’s hands. Rather than reaching out and trying to stop it, the Lord lovingly invites us to trust Him with the entirety our (unsettled) heart. We aren’t meant to make sense of the insensible. That’s God’s job.

Maybe it is time to take a ride on a swing again. Rock peacefully in the sunshine till your heart is reminded that God has you in the palm of His hand. Let Him soothe your soul and remind His beloved daughter that…

You are adored.