easy resolve
The quick fix.
The no-hassle solution.
The simple way out.
Do these exist?
I just want one situation in my life – one impossible situation in my life – to have an easy resolve.
(I don’t even care which problem, really. Pick any of them.)
Kind of like a Get out of Jail Free card in Monopoly.
One easy resolve.
And I just slap that orange card down and say, “there.”
Resolved.
Easy.
Does anything work like that?
37 years of life tells me the answer.
No.
No, nothing works like that.
Problems do not have quick fixes.
Issues are not speedily mended.
Solutions do not materialize out of the air.
There is no easy resolve button.
Because the truth that I keep smacking up against
is that
it is in the waiting
it is in the struggle
it is in the mess
that we face our weakness
and are forced to rely on the strength of arms stronger than our own.
This isn’t a new song I’m singing here.
This isn’t a new idea.
This is not a new lesson.
It just seems to be one that I have to keep repeating to learn.
The easy resolve does not appear because
the point
is not the problem at hand that I wish was resolved.
Instead
the point
is
to tear my eyes away from the situation
and all my ideas of solutions
and fix my thoughts
and pin my hopes
to a God
who promises to provide
despite the status quo of my status quo.
4 Comments
nikkie
i want that easy resolve button, lacey.
boy, do i.
and i'm glad He knows the status quo.
needed this today. thank you.
LaceyKeigley
We might go pretty crazy with that easy resolve button – eh?
Renee
After all the months of reading your blog and enjoying your family you have spoken directly to me. This blog was not just for you but for me. I feel like I was hit over the head with a very soft hammer this morning when reading, what a wake up call. My life is pretty overwhelming with different circumstances that have been going on for so long that I realized I have taken my eyes off God and focused solely on the situations. THANK YOU for the reminder that God does provide. You have shown me that while I am pretending to look up I am only doing so on the outside, my inside is still tormented with worry. Tyoday I will fully resst in him…or keep truning back to Him when I slip.
You have a precious family, thank you for sharing with us!
LaceyKeigley
Thank you – for sharing with me and for reading regularly.
I am completely humbled that my thoughts scattered across this blog could touch you.