Dear friends, allow me the pleasure to take you through this narrative, I’m sure there is a gem or two of life lessons for everyone.
When we moved to Kolencherry, Kerala 2 months ago, little did I know that we’d have some unwarranted, omnipresent guests in our home – house lizards. When I grew up in Ahmedabad and later lived in Ludhiana, Punjab, lizards were few and not an eye sore.
Now we’ve a couple or more in every bedroom and bathroom, every other day we come across baby lizards, which are like little cretins not differentiating between the walls and the floor.
Shalom told me lizards are part of every malayali household, the invited guests to stay, the silent listeners to every conversation and the mute spectators to every dometic drama! But these unwelcome reptilian fiends got the better of me so I decided to find a solution. We got this organic gecko repellent from Amazon (not the rainforest), it said it doesn’t kill them but only makes them uncomfortable (hopefully in the same measure they do to us).
Following the severe infestation protocol, I sprayed (read attacked) all their usual hideouts for two consecutive days. Surprisingly, it worked well and they disappeard. In a few days time, I noticed a rise in the bug (read insect) population in one of the bathrooms. It was then that I relalized that I wrecked a delicate ecosystem and these crawly fiends were actually crawly friends!
So many times in our lives, our insistence to have things our way, at our pace lands us in murky waters. From our vantage point we can never see the greater picture or the grand design so in our best interest it would be wisest to wait on Him who ‘makes all things beautiful in His time’!
Some day we will look back and realise that the unpleasant things we use to whine about were essential for our greater good.
King Solomon has an advice for our insatiable urgency and impatience,
“Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all…”
Proverbs 3:5-7 The Message
https://bible.com/bible/97/pro.3.5-12.MSG
Just like the ecosystem is self sustaining and doesn’t need our external help, sometimes the best thing is to be still and wait.
God bless!
joyancejames 
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