There are times in our lives when things turn out to be
disappointing, or unexpected, or undesirable or even tragic. There are people
in our lives who turn out to be agents of these difficulties. There are events
in our lives which demand major changes or moves or that turn things right
upside down for us.
And then, sometimes, a time comes when all of a sudden
things begin to make sense and where all the pieces of the puzzle fit together,
and if we look at these times with eyes of faith we can see that God was the
master weaver of the tapestry of our lives, fitting all the various strings and
stains into sometime beautiful. If we look on one said of the tapestry all we
see is disarray and confusion, but if we look at the other side, the artistry
of our Creator’s providential care for us is displayed in all its splendor.
Now what, you may ask, does all of this have to do with
resentment? Well, go to the first paragraph again, and see how plausible it is
that we might develop resentments towards people, and places, and things, and
events, and decisions that others have made which effect our lives—especially because
we cannot yet see the bigger picture. Once we’ve seen the bigger
picture, things begin to make sense and resentments get resolved and washed
away.
The trick, I guess, is to realize at all times and under
all circumstances that there is a bigger picture, that God is doing the
weaving, that his sense of time is the best time of all, and that the day will
come—sometimes far off into an uncertain future---when we will see how these
things fit together.
Take a look at the resentments you carry around in your
life. Take just one of them and try to see it as part of a bigger picture. See
if it helps.
God bless you!
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