Nexus of Truth and Trust

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A magnet produces a magnetic field that is both invisible and responsible to repel or to attract.

When two similar poles face each other, north to north or south to south, the magnetic field automatically repels.

How often have I been repelled (fearful of trusting) by truth instead of magnetically drawn to it?

How often have the truths of scripture repelled instead of attracted me? The tension is profound.

Because, most times, I can’t wrap my head around God’s ways. They don’t make sense to my human understanding.

Two stories intertwined last June. One drama playing out in Pennsylvania; the other in Florida.

Both tugged on my heartstrings.
Both called me to trust.
I had no control; I could not fix. Trust, my only option. The magnetic tension real.

The Preface
California, May, 2015. Our infant GRANDson collapsed in his mother’s arms. Leaving the grocery cart and gathering the two year old in her arms as well, they headed for the ER. Ezra was admitted to the first of four hospitals he’d get to know in the next 12 weeks. His diagnosis – Hyperinsulinism. The best doctors to treat his condition were across the country in Pennsylvania. A medical jet zoomed Ezra and his mom across the country. to CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Next chapter
June 2022, Ezra returns to CHOP.

An acrostic for the word magnet reminds me …

M – memorize truth.
A – ask questions. God is not threatened by my questions.
G – God is good. I knew that. Often God’s definition of good is not the same as mine.
N – nexus of truth and trust – where the rubber meets the road.
E – Exercise trust. In this situation, what does trust look like?
T – the tension; experience it resolve.

In Psalm 104:1 the Psalmist proclaims, “You [God] are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment,”

When you are covered you are invisible. Light sometimes hides.

In 1867, Walter C. Smith penned the poem that has been published in 197 hymnals, Immortal, Invisible, God only Wise.

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, they great name we praise.

In just this first verse, Smith praises God for 10 different attributes. He lives forever; he is ONLY wise; and sometimes in light, he or his works are hid from us.

Smith is right. Often God’s ways are hid from our eyes. “Our inability to see God is not because of insufficient light but because the “splendor of light hides [God] from view.” (Hymnary.org) I often don’t understand God’s ways. But hidden or not, he is ONLY wise. Will I allow the nexus of truth lead me to trust?

Will I practice the magnet acrostic and experience trust and the tension of the situation resolve?