Last summer I was on the beach with my son and grandchildren lying comfortably soaking up the sun and delighting in the sound of the waves. All of a sudden there were screams and a "rogue wave" washed over us, our cell phones, our cameras, our towels etc. etc. As I read a bit more of Annie Lamott's book, Help, Thanks, Wow, this morning she mentioned the term "rogue wave." She used it as a metaphor for some of the crisis that hit us in life. Those crisis hit us unexpectedly, washing over us, sometimes destroying important parts of our lives. But if we are mindful and careful, our lives can recover. We can return to some peace. We return to that peace when we make some changes, when we ask God to be with us as we work on the changes.
When we were swamped and soaked last summer by our rogue wave, we thought all those belongings were probably destroyed. But my daughter-in-law knows alot about fixing stuff. She placed the cell phones and cameras in bags of rice and sure enough the next morning, the rice had absorbed the water and the cameras worked. The cell phones were not as lucky but daughter-in-law knew how to exchange parts from old cell phones into the newer ones and we really lost only one phone.
That is how our recovery from any of our challenges happens. We find someone who helps us with the repairs, helps us learn new ways of living, and we ask God to be with us in this. We smile when the new ways begin to give us peace.
Does a rogue wave challenge you in your daily life? Does it destroy your peace? Where can you begin to make the changes to lead to a different way of living? Have you asked God today to be with you in the changes?
Blessings-Penny
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