You know that cute little children’s book? A simple act of giving a mouse a cookie turns into something way bigger and unexpected. I’ve never given a mouse a cookie. It makes an adorable children’s book but frankly, I have no intention of willingly giving a mouse anything except a bit of “d-CON.”
But it makes me think…what would I do? What if I gave God permission?
It’s a beautiful afternoon. Sitting beside a quiet brook and listening to the birds chirp. Communing with God. All is right with the world. In a moment of rapture, you tell God that He can have His way. You give Him permission to orchestrate your life as He sees fit.
Something occurs in that enchanted moment. Unseen and relatively unnoticed. A covenant is made. Not a contract signed with ink but a contract signed by the blood of the Lamb on the flesh of your own heart.
I have needed to be reminded lately, that I indeed gave God permission. My peaceful has been replaced by chaos. The world is upside down and inside out. The wheels have fallen off the bus and I can’t even find them to reattach them. “What is going on?” I wonder, often out loud like a crazy person.
And then I hear this…
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. (John 6:67 NIV)
In other words, “When things don’t happen like you think they should, are you out?”
The world stops. A question has been asked and it demands an answer.
Am I out? But He has never disappointed. Over and over He has taken the broken trinkets and baubles I seem to keep collecting. He takes the heartache and confusion that seem pointless. And then, He uses them to create something I could have never imagined. He incorporates every part into something that has value. A piece of art that proclaims with abandon that He alone is God. That He alone creates and He alone redeems.
I stop looking for the bus wheels and I give Him permission again. Well said Peter.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68-69)
04/05/2012 at 9:16 am Permalink
“He incorporates every part into something that has value.” Beautiful. Thanks, Rebecca.
08/05/2012 at 8:16 am Permalink
Amen, sister!
However… I’m still wondering about that mouse. Are you calling God the mouse? And permission is the cookie? What exactly is the mouse going to do with that cookie?
Not having read the children’s story before, you have started a thousand questions whirring through my mind. Not to mention an image of God skipping off with a big grin, cookie in hand and crumbs on his shirt front. Hmm…