One morning several years ago, I was trying to comb and style my daughter’s hair. The bathroom mirror was completely fogged up, and she was unable to see what I was doing. She made a comment about me not being able to see but I assured her that I could see her hair just fine. However, the fact that she couldn’t see what I was doing was really bothering her. She began to wipe the mirror trying to make it clear enough that she could see. I told her to stop because all she was doing was streaking the mirror and still couldn’t see what I was doing.
I couldn’t help being amused by her concern because she didn’t realize that I could see exactly what I was doing. I didn’t need the mirror; I could see her hair just fine. What I needed was for her to just be still and trust that I knew what I was doing. I needed her to be still and let me do what i needed to do. When I finally finished her hair, she found a mirror that she could see out of and realized her hair was fine. As is very often the case, I was reminded just how much I have in common with my little girl.
I understood exactly how she had felt while I was fixing her hair. It is hard to trust sometimes, when you can’t see what is going on. I know, because God often works that way in my life. I can’t see what He is doing, and I know I should just trust Him and let Him work, but I really want to know what He is doing. It’s hard to just sit back and let God work without knowing what He is doing or even why He is doing it. Yet I know that is exactly what He wants me to do.
He wants me to trust Him and let Him do the work in me that He needs to do. I don’t need to worry because I am in safe hands. He has proven Himself to me time and time again. I don’t have to always see and understand what He is doing; He is trustworthy and that is enough for me. I don’t have to worry about cleaning the mirror; my job is simply to trust and let Him work. “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known: 1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV.
When I finished my daughter’s hair, she looked beautiful. Her golden hair was shining, and she looked like a little angel to me. It makes me smile when I think about it because I know that when my Father gets through with me, I will be a thing of beauty too. “Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” Philippians 1:6 KJV. – Katrina Douglas
