Pastor’s Lenten Blog- Day 11
I ran, into a circumstance of helplessness this morning, involving someone I cared about, but about whose circumstances I could do nothing. Most of the time when I feel helpless it’s a motivator; I try to be helpful, solution-suggesting (yes, I’m a typical male in that regard!) but here, all I could do is share in the situational helplessness. There’s something to be learned from that, something about trusting and seeing what the future brings, something about the fact when life gives you lemons you try to make lemonade, stuff like that.
These days when I get caught in helplessness it affects my biochemistry. The hormones and adrenaline rush in, and the resultant feeling is anxiety. Bummer. What I’m learning (slowly) from such times is to not rush into frantic activity, but rather to grow still and see where the journey goes and grows.
God, help us to turn our helpless times over to You, that You might return to us hope.
