Something not very important happened to me a while back! (amazing, isn’t ?!)As I was out walking and praying, right there in the middle of the path was a leaf of a tree, suspended in space just before me – it was kind of strange.I stared at it for some time and it didn’t fall or even shift an inch. (?!?)I went on my way:- ‘It must just be hanging on to an invisible thread, surely.’A few minutes later and although I’d moved forward, I realized that my thoughts remained focused on this leaf.- ‘maybe it’s a miracle ?’Intrigued, I retraced my steps, determined to resolve this enigma,if nothing else, so as to be able to turn my mind to other things.I took a really close look and... indeedthere was a thread of gossamer that was keeping the leaf hanging in the air like that,(kind of disappointing, isn’t it?)I walked on, still lost in my thoughts, when I came across two passers-by with their dogs.I said:- ‘Say, I’ve seen something really weird. There’s a leaf that’s….’- ‘Yeah! Us too, we’ve seen it!’ they cut in (I’m talking about cutting into the conversation here, they weren’t a couple of serial killers!)I kept on walking.This leaf is really amazing! It seems to stir something in the soul of each person who notices it,At the same time, it’s completely insignificant!But you can be sure that there’ll be some hefty runner who’s so wrapped up inlosing a few pounds,that they’ll ruin the magic of it all without even realizing it.Fragile – like everything we possess.More than one year later, I was out walking in the morning with the Lordin the very same woods -I was thinking about certain events over the last few weeks, which are like so many waves, threatening to sink my boat.I find myself so fragile.Human beings don’t really grow, they just puff themselves up with pride, if they fast for 3 days, then they’refinished, completely without strengthA cold wind comes along, and they catch a cold, one TV program and bang! - the whole country thinks it has come down with swine flu.All that we have, our life and even our ‘ministry’,all this can vanish in one instant of carelessness.We need to put everything into God’s hands.Aren’t we only temporary managers of this world, after all?Jars of clay (even though these jars may contain incredible riches)Fragile - like I am with Jesus.I seek the Lord every day and I often have the impression thatour relationship is only a fraction of what it could be, (although this ‘fraction’ is sometimes vast)It’s as if this relationship hangs by a thread.I’ve met a lot of (former) Christians whose fire has gone out. Their lack ofhunger has emptied them of the richesthat they had within them.If I lost my relationship with Jesus, my link to Him, the same thing would happen to me.On the other hand,the insignificant thread that I saw in the woods wasamazingly robust,for isn’t it still here, in my memory?Alainwww.auderset.com
Alain, such little things can be so profound; I really enjoyed this post and will be frequenting your blogs more often. God is so merciful and amazing, isn't he?
I just wrote that word in my journal today...fragile. NOT a descriptive i would like to use with myself. I prefer...daring, courageous, strong, powerful, steadfast, unbreakable, intimidating...basically anything that would be an antonym for fragile! but there it is...and the truth of that, is something deep, beyond words, like your little leaf.
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