Like some of the rest of you, I get myself in hot water occasionally. Sometimes I get scalded and sometimes I get a warm feeling that I was right and I am justified in my concerns.
Such was the case recently at a meeting I attended.
Along with the nice little condo I live in, comes the responsibility of overseeing a budget and going along with things you don’t always approve. It also means living and getting along with a group of people who don’t always think the way you do (something like a marriage only with dozens of people rather than just with one person).
It has its moments of irritability and its moments of serenity. Like a marriage it sometimes takes a few years (I just typed tears)…and yes a few tears to work through all the parts of the arrangement …like pride, control and simple pig-headedness. It is a learning experience.
But God knew marriages would work if you would just work at it and sometimes I feel the same about our condo association. There has been a learning curve in the process of living here. Sometimes I have escaped to my own little domain when I was perturbed or even run to another condo owner for consolation.
It reminds me of my relationship with God. He says “do it my way” and I balk and say “well, I have always done it this way”. He is patient and eventually I am won over. Regardless of age, there is no letting up on what you can learn and God is determined to fill you with knowledge of His way and His love. I am glad it is up to Him. I would have made such a mess of things all by myself.
So there is some serenity today. And I pray that my neighbours and I can live in peace and Christian love. God has requested this of us and I will try to fulfill His expectations.
Psalm 133: 1…”How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony!”
