In 1986, Lorena Kelly, who was 89 years old asked, “[It took] 78 years to get a post card to 10 miles?” Really, it was more a statement than a question.
You see, the card had been sent to Lorena’s sister in Pride, Louisiana on November 22, 1907, from someone in the “Bankston” family. The sender lived ten miles away in Amesville. The card carried a message to Lorena’s sister, Dollie, wanting to know how she was feeling and to write back soon. Dollie Kelly died in 1971.
No one was sure what had happened to the one-cent post card. One day, someone in the post office discovered it and the delivery was made.
Have you ever felt like God sent you a post card that never arrived? You hear people talking about God speaking to them from the Bible, telling them what to do, but you never got your message?
I wish I could find your card and deliver it. Unfortunately, I cannot. However, I can offer you this encouragement. God finds no joy in disturbing his disciples, but he does delight in cultivating their character.
God will reveal to you what he deems necessary. Concern yourself not with that which remains undisclosed. Focus on following that which God has clearly communicated.
Life is less like a script from a play and more like a game with a playbook. There is direction, and there is fluidity.
There will always be tension in a world created by an all-powerful God, who restrains his sovereign will and a less-powerful humanity, who freely exercises its limited will.
Reframe this tension; embrace the mystery that is life on earth.
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