In Henri Nouwen’s book, Sabbatical Journeys, he writes about some friends who were trapeze artists and called themselves “The Flying Roudellas.” One thing they told Nouwen was that there’s a very special relationship between the flyer and the catcher on the trapeze. As you might imagine, this relationship is important – especially to the flyer. When the flyer is swinging high above the crowd on the trapeze, the moment comes when he must let go. He arcs out into the air and his job is to remain as still as possible waiting for the strong hands of the catcher to pluck him from the air. The trapeze artist told Nouwen, “the flyer must never try to catch the catcher. He must wait in patient and absolute trust. The catcher will catch him, but he must wait.”
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him. Psalm 37:7
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