“Thy Will Be Done”
Few words in the language of faith are more difficult to accept and apply to our daily lives as those that head this post. Most of us would rather replace the "th" with an "m" so that we can have our way, create our own set of rules. However, the Author of said prayer will not be able to reign His abundant blessings on us if we refuse His Divine Will.
In order to put a more human face on such an ambiguous combination of sentences, take a moment to read The Albright Chronicle, written by my cousin. She is the wife of a man who is in the final stages of a battle against lymphoma. She is the mother of two boys, both of whom are under five years old. At the same time, she seems to be a woman who understands that "thy" is more important than "my."
It is impossible to imagine the emotional roller coaster on which she must be traveling. Such a coaster must make stops at anxiety, fear, anger, confusion, and many other points on the emotional compass. Yet, the words in her posts convey a sense of passive acceptance; an understanding that her ailing husband is now fully in the hands of the One who created him.
It is appropriate, then, to take pause and ask ourselves how honest we are when we recite those heavy words: "thy will be done." We must learn that God is our creator, our provider, our sustainer, our lover. His Divine Wisdom and Love are infinitely perfect, and so we must never doubt that his actions in our lives are meant to bring some form of blessing. I pray that I, too, will be able to learn this important lesson as I encounter adulthood.
Please pray for my cousin, for her husband, for their sons, and for their extended family.
