Mary G Bruno

1/18/14

“Good news.”  Good news…. Great news.  Tell that to the tears that found their way to my face out of no where this morning at Puccinos during breakfast with Chris and my parents.  Maybe it sounds like good news, but why am I so sad and down?  It probably has something to do with the uncertainty.  Oh yea, and the upcoming 5th and 6th surgeries within 10 days of each other probably contribute a little.  Still, there aren’t many answers because there wasn’t a whole lot visible.  More searching and wandering lies ahead. Still, Lord, you couldn’t have given us a little better glimpse after all this?

My new favorite quote: “God only gives us what we can handle…. God must think I’m a badass.”

That always makes me smile. There is one theme that I believe is clearly woven into all of this.  You cannot look at it without seeing the inherent need for TRUST.  No, Mary, a glimpse is not what you need.  It is what you want. Matthew 6: 25-27 (Thank you Casey) says “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?”

And it is true. I don’t need to see or know what lies ahead, as long as I trust my Father.  It often seems like God draws us further and further asking more and more of us! When do we get a break?!  My break is in trusting Him with my burden.  And although this is easier said than done, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gently and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)