When life brings us face to face with what we cannot control, we can spend so much energy rehearsing worst case scenarios or trying to force every problem out of the garden. In this honest conversation, we share what has steadied us through Jason's stomach cancer diagnosis: the reminder that we have what we need when we need it, and the freedom to be present rather than live inside foreboding dread.
We also sit with Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares. What if some weeds are not ours to uproot? We talk about partnering in the care and treatment that is ours to do, asking God what should be removed and what may need to remain for a purpose, and turning our attention toward the life that is still growing. If you are carrying a hard thing, we hope this gives you a picture of a faithful Lord of the harvest. Join us in the Settled Community for monthly live classes, replays, book clubs, and a growing library of resources for living from your settled self.
Takeaways:
- - We do not need to live inside imagined worst case scenarios.
- - When difficulty arrives, we can meet it with the help available in that moment.
- - The parable of wheat and tares gives language for trusting God with what we cannot uproot ourselves.
- - We can participate in wise care and still relinquish the outcome to God.
- - There can be more life to notice and nurture, even in the presence of disease and loss.
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