A letter to a higher power...

Dear God,

Thank you!! I know that many people would say that I deserve all the blessings that have come to me lately, but it is all through you that I can even talk about them. I am truly grateful and in awe of your power, but I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t tell you the other side of my feelings – I AM SCARED. I know you know my heart’s desires and I know you have already planned my life but I am anxious about this unfamiliar territory that you are putting me in. You are throwing me out of my comfort zone into another terrifying zone, you are throwing me into a place where they follow another language, they speak a different rhythm and they dance to a different culture – do you feel me? It doesn’t even make sense to me for I have never dared to explore such terrains.

But I realised that you intend to make me feel uncomfortable in order for me to grow. You intend to show your power by allowing me to realize that I cannot control what you have set in motion. You intend to make me realize that unfamiliar territory soon becomes my comfort zone only if I dare to venture into it. You intend to say “do not become comfortable if you want to grow, succeed and flourish. You say to me “do not fear my child, for I already know you and your life.” And I respond “Dear God, guide my steps and guard my soul for I only rely on your mercy and my faith.” I want to thank you God - thank you for my life, for my fortunes, for my health, for my ability to have faith in you, for my……unknown future, thank you. As humans we yearn to plan our lives with such precision that we forget to live, we yearn to have control over our time that we constantly look at our watches and clocks. We forget what is really important in the world. Most importantly we forget to just say thank you….Thank you.

For one of your beloved children.