I’ve often heard this phrase and up until about a week ago I really thought I understood what it meant. I thought it meant that you can’t see the big picture in something because you were lost in the details, where all the branches and the leaves were muddling you and keeping you from seeing that you were in the middle of a forest. Like if you could just step outside of yourself and get an aerial view of the forest you would see the pattern and understand what was going on. Maybe that’s true to an extent, a rudimentary view , something easy to say to describe someone or something… but I have a different opinion now. I think that the leaves and the branches are so overwhelming and confusing that you can’t make out one tree from another. That you are so lost and confused that you don’t give a crap where the forest is, you just want out of the stupid trees and roots and leaves and branches that all look the same. You want to find a nice clearing where there is nothing around to confuse you and make you feel like you don’t know where you are and what you are doing. Well I’m in the middle of the trees now and while I have no idea how to get out of here and which way I’m going, I know that even the most massive of forests have an end. Somewhere there is a stream, a river, a mountain, some sort of landmark that I’m going to latch onto and use as a guide. I don’t need an aerial view to make sense of the big picture; I just need to get to my clearing.
Glad to see you writing and yes, the clearing will come, you are headed that way, you can't see it ....yet.
ReplyDeleteWow, have you been living in my head the last few months? I am a firm believer that God has a plan. I wish He'd give me more...head's up, clarity, time to plan, something...when I'm feeling stuck. I'm still sitting in that forest but with lots of prayer, I'm trying to at least, admire and enjoy the leaves and the branches for what they are even if they aren't what I planned or ever expected. I'll be praying for you.
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