I’m fragile. Please handle me with care.

This is something I wrote when something I was trying to do just didn’t quite go to plan.
I have been unsure as to whether I should publish this or not, but as you are now reading this, it appears that I have jumped in and given it a go.
So…..

I’m fragile. Please handle me with care.

You see I’ve also got a bit of a problem.
I have a vision of how something could be and would like to see it happen.
I only have so much energy to give to it, and not enough understanding of how to see it through.
Is there any one who can help me?
I’ve tried to do it on my own and had limited success but my failures have cost me, more than I probably know.
You see I’m fragile, please handle me with care.

I’ve recently been told that the one who has the vision then has to be the one to see it through.
This I can see to be true. My biggest problem is I don’t understand what best I ought to do.
Is there any one who can help me to see it through?
I don’t want to see this vision not come true.
It would be good to say that my God shall see me through and provide all my needs. I’ve tried and failed.
I’ve only got so much of me I can put into this.
You see I’m fragile, can you please handle me with care?

I’ve just had a thought.
The church is my family, which God has provided.
Do you think that they may be able to help me?
After all a family is there to help and support each other.
I’ve got a problem here though as I have not helped in the past, when perhaps I could have.
Does this mean that I can’t ask and expect help now that I’m in need?
Or is the church bigger than my own failings.
Can you forgive me as I need to forgive you?

I don’t want for you to do all the work.
In some ways I’ve enjoyed what I have done and would like to carry on.
I just need a little help, to see me through.
Could you be that help I so desperately need?

You see I am fragile, will you please handle me with care?

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I don’t usually feel quite as fragile now as when I wrote this.
However if we are all honest with ourselves, then can we all, at times, echo some of the words written above?

Do our leaders feel, at times, that they are a little bit (or a lot) fragile at times?

Part of the reason of why I am posting this is that, sometimes the people who we think are the most together can sometimes be the ones who are quietly coming apart at the seams with no one noticing.

Those who are in a leadership role (or trying something new) need to appear as if they know what they are doing and where they are going.
After all, who is going to follow someone who appears to be lost?

When anyone tries something new for Father then how will you respond to them?
Will you ignore them thinking, that’s just not for me?
Will you be just too busy to even give it a second thought?
Will you be the encourager to all, and jump in and say yes to all things? (Your a better (or sillier) person than me if you can do this one)

Or will you take the time to ask Father, Do you want me to get behind this?
Is this in your plan Father and what do you want me to do with it?

At the end of the day, if my vision or plan, is something which is wrong, then it’s better for it to not work out.
But if it is from Father, …..Then will you ask Him,
“Do I have a part to play in this, and what is it You want me to do Father?”

Will you be one who follows Fathers promptings?
Will you say yes to Him.

This reminds me of another something I wrote a while back…

When God calls what is the easiest word?

When God calls what is the easiest word to say? No.
No requires no thought, no action and no effort.

When God calls what is the hardest word to say? Yes.
Yes may require thinking, action, effort and hard work.

What are the rewards for Yes and no?

The reward of no is no change.

The reward of yes could mean aggravation, work and effort.
The reward for yes could also be victory, breakthrough and change to a better place.

When God calls to you, do you want to be a no or a YES person?

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Father,
Help us to look to You for what we should be doing.
Help us to hear You that much more clearly so that we can know that it is You we are hearing.
Then help us to have a heart that does indeed say YES to You.
Help us all, to be all that we can be in You.
Amen.