Yesterday I sat and listened while a dear friend and I caught up on what has been happening in life. I had not had many conversations with her since she moved away and was truly excited to hear what was happening for her.
As we began our conversation over a meager lunch this precious woman opened up her life anew to me and reminded me of how much her friendship has meant to me along my journey.
In the eyes of the world my friend would be considered very successful, even powerful. She is an attorney, a loving wife and mother, a leader, high up on the chain of command. She has traveled the world, serving others all along the way. She is among the most educated people I've met, or even heard about. She is humble, soft spoken and God fearing. In the near decade of our friendship I have never heard her begrudge nor disparage any human being. I truly respect and love her. I have sought her very wise console on many occasions and she never fails to give Godly loving advice to me.
And She is disappointed in the system of the world.
You see the world says that we are only successful when we chase after the next promotion, the larger paycheck or the bigger residence. The world says that climbing the ladder over the backs of others is an unfortunate reality - just the way it has to be done.
I was able to sit and listen to this women tell me of her disappointment that her promotion didn't look like it was coming through, how her career was probably not going to culminate in the outcome of her choosing. She was not complaining, nor groaning. She was simply telling me the facts as she saw them. She spent some time over lunch discussing how God had used her disappointment to His glory and her benefit. She quietly explained how her love of our Savior was growing and without the circumstances that she had suffered in her career and the betrayal of people she would not have been situated in such a divine way to seek God.
and she is resolved.
To continue to grow and learn about the Lord, to continue to serve her children, her husband and her community.
His ways are not my ways -
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