The A-Z Challenge (A) = All

This post and several to follow are part of a blogging challenge called the A-Z challenge. Bet you didn't see that one coming? Yes, that is a sad joke for April Fool's Day but if you knew the year I've been having so far you might even laugh at it just because I made an effort to tell a joke. lol

Anyway, for the challenge I am supposed to blog about a word that starts with the letter "A" today. I picked the word "All" as in "What's it all about?"

The thing is that question keeps popping in my head and I keep pushing it out. You see, as I said this year has been stressful and seems to be increasingly stressful with each day. I can't control what is happening and therefore I feel that the answer to the question is irrelevant. In the big scheme of things-i.e. from God's perspective this is just one of those times I have to trust Him and I do. This doesn't mean what is happening isn't painful, it is at times. However, there are two images that keep my concerns, fears and anxieties in check. Let me share them with you. Feel free to remind me of them if I start whining too much. :)

One day as I was considering and praying about our current situation, I stumbled upon an online meditation that made me grimace. The main point basically said God wants you to know, Julie, that your situation is like a woman giving birth and you are in the birth canal. After I nervously chuckled and gave a great big Okayyyy, I then gave a raised eyebrow look to heaven, sighed and thought if there are going to be a lot more contractions, I might need an epidural. lol

Actually, I thought the comparison to our situation was pretty close to accurate and I think it was meant to be encouraging-something like a light at the end of the tunnel is coming. However, for me it is not the light at the end of the tunnel that is comforting it is the knowledge that once the difficulties pass, and they will, we will be delivered into the competent hands of our Father and His plan and that all is well.

The other image is of God as a Master Gardener transplanting perennial bulbs. When he put in the shovel to dig us up-that hurt, a lot. Now, we are in His hands being lifted up in this situation and soon we will be where He wants us to be. In the meantime, all is God's and all is well.

So, that's ALL for now. God Bless!

JulieD