Today* fell apart at the seams and then went downhill from there. I know I’m not supposed to mix analogies like that, but I think the occasion merits it. It all started last night. And not just any night, mind you, but the night before my big trip to Nashville for a conference – the one I’ve been looking forward to. Yes, that would be the night that my refrigerator broke down.
With no way to get it fixed, I salvaged all I could, put it in bags in the car, and left for Nashville. I probably should have just skipped that first step – the inside of my car smells like a wet sheep now…it’s quite a distinct smell and yes, I do know it well. But anyway, I drove away with the giant bag of cookies on my lap – trying to soothe the pain. And that’s just the beginning of what all happened today. And now it’s starting to rain as I write this…perfect.
It’s so easy to get discouraged on a day like today – when it seems like everything is going wrong. When I have situations I can’t figure out the answer to and I’m frustrated. And that’s where life gets us – when we don’t see hope. But I have to remember that there are more possibilities out there than what I can see, and I don’t know what might happen in the next hour or year that might completely change my life.
I’ll never forget a speaker that I heard at a national worship leader conference. He started off by proclaiming this in a loud dramatic voice:
“Tomorrow…..about this tiiiime…….things are gonna chaaaaaange……”
By the end of it, all 2000 of us were joining in on the chant. And I loved the words. Because they brought with them……hope. Hope that somehow, some way, tomorrow wouldn’t be quite as confusing as today. That something magical and spiritual might happen to bring new life to all of our dreams – and craziness. Even today, those words stick with me.
So many things have happened in this past year that I couldn’t predict; if I sat for months and years and lifetimes on end, I couldn’t have conjured up the situations that lined themselves up to get me to where I am. So how do I know what lies around the next bend?
Life is bigger than that; possibilities are bigger than that. Hope should never be lost, because you never know; you just never know.
So here is my declaration for the day:
I will live like I have hope – because I do. I will live like there is an opportunity around the corner tomorrow – because I believe there is. And I will live like tomorrow will be better than today – because good God almighty, it has to be. It really has to be.
And on a side note, if anyone wants some ice cream…..
*written 11/17/10
Kinda is an author, teacher, speaker, entrepreneur, and hopeless wanderer. Her favorite places in the world include Manarola, Italy, and Gimmelwald, Switzerland. In her free time, you can find her bargain shopping and hanging out at coffee shops.
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