It was a rainy Monday night. It had been a tough day at work. More questions than answers. One step forward, ten steps backward. The invisible fingers of frustration were pulling me off the couch. Pushing me out the door.
To walk.
To find an escape.
To get away and think.
So I grabbed my windbreaker and I grabbed my ball cap and headed into town. And I walked. I walked fast. I walked alone. In the rain. In the wind. I walked with purpose. I was on a quest. An unknown quest, as if I was late to a vital appointment.
After a mile, soaked and feeling cold, I began to repeat a phrase. I don't know where it came from. It simply entered my consciousness without a lot of effort, really. Perhaps it was a Sunday School lesson when I was five. Perhaps it was an old worship chorus. Perhaps God just planted it there. Like a seed with a purposeful harvest.
Here's how the remaining mile and a half went....
"If God is for me, who can be against me." If God is for me, who can be against me. If God is for me, who can be against me. If God is for me, who can be against me. If God is for me, who can be against me. If God is for me, who can be against me. If God is for me, who can be against me.
If God is for me, who can be against me
If God is for me, who can be against me
If God is for me, who can be against me
If God is for me, who
If God is for me, who
If God is for me, who can be against me
If God is for me, who
If God is for me, who
If God is for me, who
If God is for me
If God is for me
If God is for me, who
If God is for me
If God is for me
If God is for me
If God is for me
If God
.....
If God
If God is for me
If God
If God
If God
God
God
If God
God
God
If God
If God
God
God
God
.....
God
G-d
G-d
G-d
G-d
G-d
G-d
.....
G-d (period)
It took a mile for me to start shedding my frustrations in order to focus on God.
It took another mile and a half to go from what God could do for me to Who G-d is, period.
G-d. Is. (that's my perspective on a rainy Monday.) photo credit
Ever have a rainy Monday?
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