BitterSweetLife

The Pugnacity Required for Tranquility

I don't think any of us ever attain the oblivious "patience" of a mountain tolerating hikers on its extremities. Tribulations do not bounce off us like BBS off an anvil. Rather, it's the fingers closing on the throttle, knuckles white with precision-concentration, as we see the enemy on the radar screen again. We throw ourselves into patience like a barrel roll. We will not give in so easily at the mere show of disruptive force.

Things fall apart, the center cannot hold - but this merely causes us to be decisive in our prayer and trusting. The turbulent disintegration of careful plans (or "human decency") only makes us hunker down more comfortably in the cockpit. By God's grace, this is one plane that won't be shot down. Patience will win out.