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To struggle used to be
To grab with both hands
and shake
and twist
and turn
and push
and shove and not give in
But wrest an answer from it all
As Jacob did a blessing.

But there is another way
To struggle with an issue, a question--
Simply to jump
off
into the abyss
and find ourselves
floating
falling
tumbling
being led
slowly and gently
but surely
to the answers God has for us--
to watch the answers unfold
before our eyes and still
to be part of the unfolding.
But, oh! The trust
Necessary for this new way!
Not to be always reaching out
For the old hand-holds.
--"A New Way of Struggling" by Susan W.N. Ruach

It seems to me Ruach's writing mimics the words of wisdom recorded long ago in the New Testament letter from James, "Cast all your anxiety to God because he cares for you." Or as some friends in recovery say, "Let go and let God." We find peace and serentity, the unfolding of an answer, when we stop wrestling with God and simply turn our lives and our problem over to the power greater than ourselves...God.

Thanks for reading.