Space

This word means so many things to so many people. I think about it in terms of emotional, spiritual, and psychological space. I think about it more specifcally in terms of this kind of space needing to be in our relationships. We all think that we must pressure people to live the way we think they should live, think the way we think they should, and feel the way that we think they should. If people would just do that we could feel loved, accepted, and cared for - no longer would I experience any pain. How far from the truth this is! How much pain we actually create for ourselves when we do not allow others to have the "space" they need to feel safe.

Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change.

2 Peter 3:8-9

God gives all the space that is available, waiting for us to change. God is not pressured about it, but he practices "infinite patience" which produces immediate results. There is no hurry for God, time is not of the essence. God has eternity to wait. We have the same option. We need to pratice being patient with people, giving them space to be their own person, have their own thoughts, and feel their own feelings. We get so defensive about it, we take it so personally at times, that people just do not want to be around us. We so deperately want "it" to happen "now" that we are unable to give the "space" to allow it to happen. Guess what - "it" never happens! We kill "it" off. It is like digging around a plant everyday, pulling on the plant to get it to grow faster, giving it fertilizer everyday, over watering it in hopes it goes faster - the plant dies!

I want us all to be able to give "space" to those around us. Allow them to work things out, to feel there feelings, and think the ways that they want to think. Trust the process just as much as God does.

Namaste'