Fearsome Unknown

JANINA GOMES





Life has a way of challenging us and pushing us to the edge, when our fears could get the better of us and we refuse to move either forward or upward.All the while we feel threatened, alone and fearful. God, like a mother eagle, hovers over us, protecting us on all sides. And then suddenly , the nest is knocked from under our feet and we are left to negotiate the air and the winds alone.When it seems we would have a free fall and dash ourselves to death, suddenly , the protective hand of God -whether through family , friends or compassionate strangers -covers us and we are able to right ourselves again. Repeatedly , we are thrust into the unknown, the uncharted and the uncertain. But just as we develop cold feet and fall from fear and fright, God hovers over us and protects us.
Sometimes our sense of timing could be all wrong. We may have a set of plans and believe we could chart our future. Yes, sometimes, our sense of timing could agree with God's, at other times, not. But like the mother eagle, God is in control.
At times, we believe that we can no longer handle the uncertainty . We cling to the familiar, but the only constant in life is change. Then, like the eagle and the eaglet that learns to fly, we will have to trust in the larger scheme of life and the universe, to believe that we have it in us to meet and overcome all that has to be overcome and that we rest in the palm of God's hand. We may yet flounder, but God's protective hand will bear us up and enable us to walk and to fly .