Loss is Gain

 

photo credit: Blake Lasater

My son and his wife recently had a baby. Little Torin decided to make an appearance a couple of weeks before his due date, so mom and dad weren’t quite organized for the event. Actually, when Kailey went into labor, they were moving furniture into the house and everything was topsy turvy. When they came home, someone mentioned that their life was “in shambles”. My son found this to be humorous because their life has never been better!! This serves as a perfect reminder to us all: no matter what is happening around us, it’s our perceptions which create our reality. Aaron only saw the beauty of his wife and child, not the mess surrounding them physically. We can all relate this truth to events in our own lives, can we not? A debilitating health situation can help us to look for new avenues to travel. When I lost my leg a few years back, there was a newspaper article written entitled “Havens’ New Walk”. I love this new way of walking as much as the last one! If not for this “loss”, I wouldn’t have the joys I’m now experiencing. And I am grateful…

“O make me glad for every scalding tear,

         For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!

Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear

         No ill, — since God is good, and loss is gain.”

From the poem, Oh, Gentle Presence — by Mary Baker Eddy