SMHG John
First posted in November 2011… still true today
No one will know what I write here today. There is little likelihood that anyone will even be aware that this event has occurred. This is simply one more modest pontification in a world filled with more books and more writing and more opinions than it knows what to do with. Far more important men and women and happenings are, at this very moment, doing and being and taking place. Most things are known or remembered by their impact. They impact because they cause us to turn our attention to, or give some value to, the occurrence. A rock thrown into the water makes an impact of sound and displacement and rippling and aftereffect which invites inquiry. The ripple then makes new impact as it touches all in its path. The rock is thrown and the thrower awaits the resulting impact. Before the impact was the toss. Before the toss the rock was picked up. Before the pickup was the view of the water, the sight of the rock and the inquisitive thought, “what will happen, if…”
This is not the baby taking their long anticipated first step. It is not the moment the doctor reveals the results of the treatments and your vision of life expands to new horizons or collapses as hope disappears. Nor is it the finally appearing long awaited event of the century. Although some may return to this page on a future day, it is not likely that even one will know today.
This is just past the moment of conception; when all the forethought, preparation and hard work results in the opportunity for an amazing outcome. It can also result in just another fizzle on its way to going flat. In that event we can be fairly certain no one will know, not now, not anytime. Yet our expectation is to make an impact. We do not put forth effort without anticipation of result. In the bliss of marital union, when an intimate physical union occurs, it is often the anticipation that conception of new life will occur. Not that the most unique life in the universe will begin, but rather that a unique life amongst those in that family will begin. One which will be desired and admired and encouraged and participated in not only by the progenitors but also by all who are attached and affiliated with the family. So it is with this effort. We desire that what is conceived will be desired, admired, encouraged and vigorously participated in by those who are of the like minded family and those who will interact even upon a chance meeting.
Just as the family is unaware of the miraculous internal workings taking place within, so are we in this effort. We do not know what the outcome will be. We are not insisting that our desire be the outcome. We are not directing but merely participating, and we do hope there may be an impact. We pray to the one true living Lord Jesus the Christ that He will be pleased to use each individual and every collective effort to glorify Himself. We wait, we work, we wonder and we know. We know that no one will know what I write here today. We know that His purpose is our desire. We are confident in Him and not ourselves. So let us begin…
!IKNOW!