This year I’ve decided I want a large fir tree. A VERY large fir tree. So we are venturing up
north, since fir trees really aren’t grown very much down here. I’ve heard
scary stories of Christmas tree farms having dead or dying trees due to the
drought this summer, so I hope our hour long trek will not be in vain.
In order to have this adventure today, I will have to miss
the Children’s Christmas Program at my church this morning. This is
heartbreaking for me, because hearing the children sing is like angel voices to
me.
But we couldn’t get organized to get our crew on the road
yesterday. And all the family is still here today. I woke early feeling the
spirit nudging me to accept that sometimes you have to give up something in
order to get something else.
Recently I had the opportunity to perform in a local
production of The Sound of Music. The experience was fantastic, and I wouldn’t
have missed it! But in order to sing as a nun I had to give up some of my
regular singing gigs, namely church and the annual Christmas Tree lighting and
caroling in my own town.
It was hard to let that go. And yet, if I hadn’t taken the
initiative to try something new, I never would have had the amazing experience
I had in this professional theatrical production. Now I see this echoed in my
choice to be with family today.
I’ll have to get the crew up and on the road early, because
I have another performance this afternoon in a nearby city, this time with my
local Choral Union. This one I can’t miss. So, despite the fact that it’s
raining instead of snowing, I still have hope. There are snowflakes mixed in
with the rain, and hopefully, further north it will be all snow.
I’m actually really a bit unnerved that this metaphor for
giving something up to gain something is meant to be much further reaching in
my life. There is no way to know what the future will offer, yet I ponder it
nearly every day. Perhaps this acceptance of change will help to free my spirit;
to just live every day and not have concern about what I might have to
sacrifice to get what I want.
But then, perhaps we are not meant to get everything we
want. But I know that God truly does provide what we need. And He knows our
need, even before we do. I find that a great comfort, don’t you?
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