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This week’s FMF writing prompt is: ORDER
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It amazes me how kids raised in the same household can end up so different from each other.
One of my kids is a morning person, another is a night owl.
One is a planner, another is a procrastinator.
One likes structure and order and hates changes to the plan; another is spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment and loves surprises.
I can see components of my husband and myself in each one of them . . . ways our own personalities, habits, and expectations have influenced and shaped them.
For my child (ahem, teenager, since they’re all teens now . . . gasp!) who loves structure and a firm plan, I desperately try to satisfy his desire for order. But as much as I try, the plan so often changes, often apart from my ability to do anything about it.
Sometimes I’ve encouraged him to be more flexible and try to adapt when plans change, but I’ve also been reminded that our God is a God of order. Morning always comes after the night. Tuesday always comes after Monday. Summer always comes after spring.
While we may not be able to see the future or anticipate the bends in the road, our God is a faithful God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
STOP.
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There is an order to all things,
from sea unto the sky;
fish have fins, birds have wings,
and all are marked to die.
And so it was for me of late,
a fatal fevered dream
in which I saw my coming fate,
so normal it did seem
’till God stepped in and pulled me out
of Creation’s immolating pyre;
I think He smiled (and did He shout?)
as He cooled that swift internal fire,
and for reasons that remain
in Secret Heart, He broke the chain.
Order & chaos can thrive in the same environment…who knew?!?@
And thank God for His orderliness. That is a constant we can all cling to in these tumultuous times. Thanks, Kate.
Your son and I would get along just fine!😉
It’s amazing how different children in the same family can be from each other, and then like me, different to my parents too. They were very organized and orderly, not me!