When Janie came into this world, she was born with a clubbed foot, it was her left foot.  The doctors told Janie’s mom that the problem was not severe, but it would take patience and time to turn her daughter’s foot to the normal place where it would function properly.

 

Diligently each and everyday Janie’s mother would exercise her daughter’s left foot.  At times the pain from the exercises prescribed by the doctors was so intense that it would make not only little Janie cry, but it would make her mother cry as well.  At four months of age the doctors decided, along with the physical therapy techniques they were using on Janie’s foot, that they needed to cast her left leg prior to Janie’s learning to crawl.  The cast was so cumbersome and uncomfortable for Janie.  Not only was the cast itchy and hot - it made sitting up for Janie difficult.  As well, the awkwardness of the cast made it hard for her mother to carry Janie around, but in her mother’s wisdom all through the difficulties of helping her daughter correct her left foot she held stead fast to the faith in what the doctors were instructing her to do.

 

Janie was too young and immature to understand the circumstances she was dealing with. All she knew was that the exercises hurt and the cast was uncomfortable. She would struggle against her mom, cry in her discomfort and whine at the frustration this dilemma caused.  Janie was at Point A, her beginning, in order for Janie to walk and reach Point C she had to go through a process called Point B.  Her mother understood the process, even though it pained her as well. 

 

Within a couple of months the cast was removed and through continued moderate physical therapy Janie began walking at nine months of age. Today at six years old, you would never know Janie had been born with a clubbed foot.  Janie runs, jumps, skips and plays in complete comfort.  There was a process for Janie though in order for her to reach the other side.

 

Many times in our lives we are impatiently waiting at Point A.  We desire to skip the process of our spiritual growth and move to what we see as our final destination without the help of God.  God, the Creator of all that is good, knows us deeper and more intimately than we know ourselves.  He in His infinite wisdom, if we will allow Him, will guide us from Point A to Point C.  God desires all of His children to be successful in their endeavors and to find peace, happiness and ultimately the understanding of love made complete.  God will not force us to bend to His design for us, but He gently, firmly and repeatedly is there to show us His way for us.

 

We must slow down enough in our busy lives and take time to listen to His instructions for our lives.  Only through His infinite wisdom can we complete our journey.  We may come kicking, crying and screaming…but if we will allow ourselves to go through each step in our process with His Divine guidance we will overcome any and all adversities that we might encounter.  With Him all things are possible - it’s up to us to let Him mold us and make us after His will and not our own.

 

Every Point A to Point C has within it the journey of self-discovery called Point B, do not skip the middle part of what you are to become. Without our bumps, bruises and setbacks we can never obtain our true selves. Slow down, pray, meditate and call upon God for wisdom, discernment and guidance. Enjoy the process, who said life was a rushed delivery of what and who we can become?

 

“I haven’t a clue as to how my story will end.  But that’s all right.  When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that’s when you discover the stars.”- Nancy Willard