An Acorn

Bel,
This post is for you my dear. I love you.

Think of the self that God has given an acorn

A marvelous little thing,

A perfect shape,

Perfectly designed for its purpose,

Perfectly functional.

Think of the grand glory of an oak tree.

God's intention when He made the acorn was the oak tree.

His intention for us is "..the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ".

Many deaths must go into our reaching that measure,

Many letting-goes.

When you look at the oak tree

You don't feel that the "loss" of the acorn is a very great loss.

The more you perceive God's purpose in your life,

The less terrible will the losses seem.

These words from Elisabeth Elliot about the lesson of the seed spoke to my heart. "There must be relinquishment. There is no way around it. The seed doesn't "know" what will happen. It only know what is happening - the falling, the darkness, the dying" We all have to go through the relinquishment. If you are feeling like that right now, God is saying "Look at the acorn and trust Me"