Anyway, last Saturday my brother and I did a trail hike along the cliffs. It was a BEAUTIFUL long hike that had its own steep downs and ups. My brother does this trail almost every week - it's an 8.5k trail - and he half runs half walks (there are parts where there is no way you could run up it) - but we walked it....in 2 and a half hours.
When we hit the first 'rough' section of the downs and ups, my brother turned to me and said:
"You do know that for every down there is an up?"
"Yip." I said.
As I slowly worked my way down the section we were on, I found I was already dreading the up that was about to follow. Thankfully, after an up, you get a nice flat-ish section to walk where you don't really have to look where you're walking and can enjoy the view and breeze.
In life, there are ups and downs too...with some flat areas in between where life just goes on. It feel like, for me, that my life the past few months has been a trail on the cliffs with ups, downs and flats - sometimes all three in one day! You're down in this area but up in another or down for a few day on one thing and you're waiting for that UP to come and make you feel better - not happy in the flat sections when if feels like the world is passing you by....
Sometimes, in these times, it's even hard to trust - specially when you're wondering "What next?" or "Surely this isn't what God intended!"
Although I know it's true, as it's happened in the past, it's hard to know that in this frustrating time, God's timing is perfect. The ups and downs of various things happen at the right time for us...even those flat frustrating times when you're waiting, hesitantly, to see if there is an up or a down to come next.
I guess, as I have been for who knows how long, I'll just need to wait and see what will happen next.
