Resting within His love even while a question remains unanswered.
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Abandonment has come to mean something a little different to me. The word once sounded like something large and difficult, a surrender I would have to gather enough strength to make. Now it sometimes seems as small as leaving one unanswered question in His hands. Allowing myself to be loved while I still do not understand. I can place something before Him and discover a few minutes later that I have taken it back. My mind begins arranging things again. I rehearse what I should say, imagine what someone else might do, and quietly resume responsibility for an outcome I cannot control. Even then, our union remains. Christ is still my life. My attention can return to Him without making my failure into another project. I can turn my heart toward Him again. Sometimes that turning has very few words. Lord, here I am.
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