Raw, Over Cooked & Half Mixed: A Shout From the Other Side

I've always been a firm believer that if you can read, you can cook. All you need to know is what ingredients you need, what order to add them in and how long to cook. If all of these different variables come together just right, bon appetite. 

What i'm starting to see in our relationships and lives though, is that we often cling to the fact that we have one or some the required variables but not all of them. After all, how hard is it to want something so bad and have all the right ingredients for success, but watch it fail because too much heat or pressure was applied. Or maybe you're going about it just the right way, waiting the perfect length of time. Planning everything out with care. Never rushing so as not to get burned, but the truth is you just didn't have the right ingredients it needed to come out right and eventually.... fail. 

I've been through this a few times now. First couple times i was missing some ingredients. Not to say anything was missing from anyone else in the situation but it just wouldn't have fit the way anyone wanted it to. I've come out raw, overcooked, half mixed but never quite right. i'm not even just talking about dating relationships, but any relationship. 

I miss being in a band, i miss my brothers. I miss creating something from 5 different minds and watching one solid statement come out of it. We just didn't have exactly what needed to make it work without a bit more work, and know i played my part in its end just as much as the next guy.

I'm rambling.

My point is, i'm realizing how beautifully it all comes together when we realize it isn't up to us. We're just a part of the mix. How it happens and when conditions are just right to move and act in life has nothing to do with how we see it. I had to break my heart a couple times to understand that and you probably will too. This is just the shout back from the other reassuring, it was worth it. 

I know i'll see my share of worry fear and failure still, but if you can have the faith and patience just once to see God's sovereign plan run it's course... It's a bit easier the second time to trust. I just keep forgetting that in the panic that comes without fail.

I'm watching everything mix together perfectly and with sheer terrifying excitement and i can honestly say i can't wait for all to come to fruition.