There’s a family crisis happening with my husband’s side of the family. I find myself being in supportive mode right now. For me, supportive mode is putting aside my own desires, wants, and expectations. I know that they can wait until later. Instead, I want to focus on doing what I can do to support my family even if that means just being there for them in their time of need.
There is a wonderful peace that comes with supportive mode because my focus isn’t on myself, my desires, or my expectations. I find myself just taking in life as it comes. I think that this mode is close to what Budha expressed for his followers and I think it is also something that God wants for us.
I believe that once we stop fighting life and struggling to make life be the way we want it or expect it to be, then it comes easier. I believe that once we surrender ourselves to God’s will and realize that we aren’t in control, a peace comes into our hearts as we learn to trust in God and His plan for us. When I started writing this blog one of my first posts was about how we express our lives in terms of fighting and war in everything. We even talk about the fight for peace. It’s an oxymoron. I believe that surrender is the opposite of fighting. Surrender to ourselves, surrender to our God, surrender to life. It takes more courage to trust and take that swan’s dive into the abyss believing that God will catch you than it does to fight a battle that can never be won. May we all learn the beauty of surrender.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
