I needed quiet again to put my thoughts down – after my day started without the quiet time to process and write – I had the idea for writing – but no, not the right time. Now I do – but late – and 16 hours after I would normally write. I am OK – now that I finally have the moment.

My thought this morning was about the reverse spiritual aging we must do – that if we are best as little children in God – appreciating and less baggage carrying and more straightforward – then perhaps our spiritual aging is in reverse – like growing younger…  This is not like TV’s Mork and Mindy’s visit from a baby in Jonathan Winters – that was funny comedy where he arrived as old in years but infantile in thoughts. And this is not about growing younger and less likely to make mistakes – we all make them at every age – hopefully we learn from them.  I am thinking that the Lord knows that we can not fully know at our oldest of age how spiritually mature but youthful we must be. And that is where GRACE comes in. We should know – we try to know – we try to achieve – but we are stuck in humanness and the hard shell of ignorant clouded views. We can’t have a “can’t get there from here” attitude either – we HAVE to get there from here – we have to get to the place where we give the Lord the participation – and we follow His plan as well as perceive His plan more easily. Or at least we listed better to directions without arguing.

It took me a while today to get here – to complete my plan for pause – and it will take me and take us our whole lives (whether long or short) to get ourselves “back to the nest” – especially when we play that grown up game of “to the NEXT” rather than “to the NEST”…

Now I am exhausted from the day – but in all the topsy turvy of the day I can now say that within it, I saw and embraced God’s Way.

Perceiving God’s Plan – that is a job for each day.

Amen