sit and wait

Monday October 6th, Isaiah 5: 5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it." 7 The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. Sometimes, the best one can do for one’s children is to let them go on their own and experience the fruitlessness of a non-connected life. (one irony is that the word non-connected life ended with a word count of 666) It is painful to watch, often times because it reminds us of our own experiences. Buechner points out that Christians aren’t any better than anyone else, they just have some half baked idea who to thank, and what a difference that makes. Buddhists would call it mindful presence. Farmers know that sometimes it is the best thing you can do for a field if you want long term production out of it. But as a parent and I imagine as God, it is tough thing to watch.