Not all is lost...

Greetings!

It has been a good time to yourselves since we last had a sharing of this kind I hope. For me, it has been worth remembering for sure. I have found myself reminiscing a lot about the ones that have been lost, not just this year alone but, in our lifetime. The loss of this one particular loved one who I had the privilege to be under their wings for a long time at my most fragile phase, my grandmother, has been overwhelming. I know for a fact that, though I was young in the fortune of her graceful presence in this life and can hardly remember much, I never seem to forget how she never went a night without praying, the times we shared a bedroom. Life may have tested our relationship as she was the closest I’ve ever been to a grandparent, however not all is forgotten about her principles. She never cared for just her own, but her community as well. I knew even then she is not just a beloved to me. She practically had a touch of the good Samaritan in the way she nurtured everyone who comes to her path. She had a hard time not helping. When her time came, her legacy transcended beyond just “her family”. I have not felt a loss like that since hers, and a definite always sends me to her through her prayerfulness. I know, given the way I respect this kind of spiritual walk, not all is lost. That is the difference!

I can relate to you who at this time, that has been painted as a jolly time where family comes together and for just a few days even if is just one day, no one has the energy to be focused on who did what and did not do what, I hope. On that day or that special time you can admit to yourself it so exhausting to be controlled by your anger, grudge, disappointment and spite. You are sure that the people are in your life not matter what. Your level of tolerance is at a high, sentimentally inspired. You start sounding very accommodating and warm. It is a time when you know you ought to appreciate those around you, for they are after all, who you have. You will have had to say goodbye for good to many and this year unfortunately, that chance was not afforded as we feel is only right. A lot of respects were not paid, traditionally. In all this, a matter of fact remains, there is still you. What manner of grace is this indeed!!!

I needed to come back to this in this way, it is pouring as this comes together, and it is not rain. There must have been fears of leaving without having had done this, said this and accomplished that for many. It was not just like in the movie, it happened, their families couldn’t hold their hands. The professionals around them were also scared for their lives. The was uncertainty, there was an unbelievable awakening and new meaning to what we would say at times casually, “anything can happen”. To the life of somebody, one’s life was a threat. The intangible delivered what we knew we could be holding for the last time. The often taken for granted, were dignified as it was now them, who were guarding what we knew as the normal. The difference one person make has been reinforced not so apologetically by the one who holds it all in his hands. The holier-than-thou had to be tripped and reminded that, when it rains, it cares not if you have been a church goer of note or not. It cared not if you have a special seat, if you are familiar with the pulpit and your shelter is styled well. The ones who claimed of an anointment were reminded that it is not as simple as that. Longstanding, all that was, is still day in and out. Fears, anxiety, uncertainty, life, redundancy, dependency and death. The difference in all this, we remain. We are all at the mercy of what we have not seen and working in our confidence daily, on that it can be. Indeed, crazy faith is what it is requiring. It is never all lost, when you have works paired with your faith.

Life and its gestures is demanding a lot more respect than we do to a lot of worldly things. The things we are sure we cannot control; they literally are in charge. In the loss that you have had to acknowledge and probably have yet to accept, there seem to be You, still. As we carry on with the life that is going on, be sure to remember this humbly, you are the difference and you matter. Not all is lost, there is still you! Maximize on this grace, and if ways need to be changed, you do that. The best you can be in this life is all in the time you have now, and that which is hopefully to come.

Thank you Lord for the lead you have been. May we all continue to let You be at it as you will, amen!

Regards

Livhuwani