WidowSpeak: Surrender

This morning I opened my blog to find what I wrote seven months ago -- "God brings clarity to chaos and peace to our frail and hurting humanity" -- has come to pass.

As I sit on the deck I am surrounded by bird song so delightful it rivals any music created by humanity. As darkness ends and the sun gently rises in the east, the birds take flight or grow quiet. The morning is infused with a now familiar symphony within my heart: surrender.

WidowSpeak: Surrender is a story being cherished within my heart, a story that began in the early days of January when I surrendered control, ever-so-slightly opening the door to whatever God would bring in the new year. Though the story is the third (and likely final) installment the WidowSpeak series, it will not be written or published. 

God gently and purposefully blessed me with a new and unexpected life partner 133 days ago, and in a moment of surrender, I agreed to his sincere request: No book. 

We laugh now as I playfully suggest he write the book and I will take the role of editor, but as today opens with bird song in the gentle morning sun there is no need for another book. God will do what God does beyond all we hope or imagine. 

We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.  

Proverbs 16:9