(Note: If I have not answered your email in the last few weeks, I have not forgotten you. Life has been busy. Anyway, in the last few weeks, I have received about 20 times the normal amount of personal prayer requests and notes. This week, I will catch up.)
An other's pair of shoes
"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all." 1 Chronicles 29:11 NKJV
Little kids have little intimidation. Big kids learn to worry and stay within boundaries. Adults look for confinement.
Something seems wrong with that picture.
A friend suffers dementia. It is normal. Used to be called "getting old". Others want to correct her thoughts and tell her she is wrong. You cannot correct the thoughts of a person suffering dementia. Maybe it would be best to let her mind wander a little. Maybe we are afraid that we are next and want to control the wandering?
Another friend's father passed suddenly. Sure he was ill, but no one expected imminent death. It was a good funeral. My friend and I were together working with an outreach in Matamoros at the time. His father lived there. It was good to walk alongside my friend and his family at such a time. It was good to be there and share his world and grief and joy and family.
My father-in-law passed a few weeks ago. The weeks preceding were grueling. My wife spent many evenings caring for him. Her sister took care of him in her house. Before that, their brother cared for him daily. It is the right way to pass. Being among family is the right way. It is also tough.
Yet, another extended family member decided to end life early. There is no way to know what was in his mind at those frustrating moments leading up to such a decision. All of us are dying. He reached the other side earlier than we would like. It is painful.
Right now, a five year old is passing. Another extended family member. The final days of morphine and meds will usher her out of this existence. Cancer is cruel. Her parents and others have worked hard to make sure she has enjoyed every moment of her life possible over the last years.
Shoes - Zapatos
Over all the times of sharing life events, there were two two year olds. Each of them playfully would put their tiny feet in some adult's abandoned shoes and walk around. With my granddaughter, we spent over an hour one day as she held my hand and walked in high heels of another. It was fun.
In all of the death and destruction and pain and passing, these little ones have an enormous capacity to imagine themselves bigger than their current life would permit. For them, to walk in bigger shoes is the expectation of the future.
How good it is when we embrace life with the expectation of a little child. Instead of limiting ourselves and others, we have the capacity within us to imagine there are no limitations and no walls. We can live bigger than our existence. We can walk above the pain and grief and see a bigger life. We can walk in bigger shoes even when our feet are so small. It just takes holding on to our Father's hand.
I am wearing a big pair of shoes this morning that are smiling shoes. My expectation of a good day and a good week are high. My Father and I are going to take a walk all week long in those shoes.
Be Blessed. Put on some shoes that are bigger than your present experience. Maybe one day your feet will be big enough to fill them and you will need to look for even bigger shoes.
Phil Larson 405-388-8037 Add:508 Tumbleweed Dr. Yukon, Ok 73099
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