“I’m grateful that Heaven operates on a ‘need to know’ basis. It’s one of life’s most overlooked blessings.” Sarah Ban Breathnach
By: Gabriela Yareliz
When life squeezes us and wrings us like an old cleaning rag, we often wish we could have seen whatever we are going through ahead of time. Usually, our wish to have a glimpse into the future only relates to the difficult or hard moments. We wonder if we would be more prepared or act differently. And listen, sometimes, we wish we knew the good times ahead, too.
I was talking about this with someone close to me, recently. This idea of ‘what if we knew what was coming?’ Maybe, knowing would make us wish we didn’t know. Maybe it would be too difficult. We often feel overwhelmed by a snapshot moment— imagine having the whole panoramic view?! Yikes. At times, we are given the strength to endure and overcome when we meet the moment.
Erwin McManus recently spoke on James 1:2-4; the idea that a trial is when God meets us in our moment.
We are given our daily bread— we are fed and given provision for the moment. I think Sarah Ban Breathnach is right. Our limited information as we go along, if we look at it closely, is often deep grace for our finite weary little souls. “One of life’s most overlooked blessings,” indeed.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 