Imagine an ant walking across a carpet. As he walks, he crosses over fissures and crevices and climbs up and over bumps and mounds of seemingly random colors. He can't understand what purpose this veritable obstacle course could serve.
Of course, the ant has a very limited perspective. And if he could see the bigger picture, he would see clearly that the terrain he's walking across is actually a part of the beautiful pattern on a Persian carpet.
As we live our lives, we also have a very limited perspective. We face obstacles and disappointments and plans change and things often don't go the way we wish they would.
Looking back, though, we can often see that whatever happened was exactly what we needed.
We just didn't know it at the time.
And ultimately, we know that although we might not see it, God always has a beautiful plan for us and things happen exactly as He intends it in His infinite Wisdom and Mercy.
From a Rumi poem related by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad in a lecture about relying on God.
Of course, the ant has a very limited perspective. And if he could see the bigger picture, he would see clearly that the terrain he's walking across is actually a part of the beautiful pattern on a Persian carpet.
As we live our lives, we also have a very limited perspective. We face obstacles and disappointments and plans change and things often don't go the way we wish they would.
Looking back, though, we can often see that whatever happened was exactly what we needed.
We just didn't know it at the time.
And ultimately, we know that although we might not see it, God always has a beautiful plan for us and things happen exactly as He intends it in His infinite Wisdom and Mercy.
From a Rumi poem related by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad in a lecture about relying on God.
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