You,
“Finding
Peace in Tent making”
In time, you might find
yourself in the common drudgery of tent making. Here’s to hoping that you do. If
you do, when you do, you’ll find it unrelenting – tedious at times. It will be
difficult. It might sometimes feel like a distraction from that glory-filled
calling you had envisioned for yourself. But you will find it necessary and
perhaps even come to understand or accept its place in the grand narrative.
Nothing about the name
suggests that it was ever intended to be a fun and leisurely activity. It is
hard work. Yet something about the fruits of our own labours is sweet smelling
incense to the heavens. It might not always be the most attractive of labours
but it will always be, as intended, a lesson in remaining grounded. It will
take you places you might not wish to go. It will humble you though all you see
might be humiliation. It will teach you a lot about who you are and the space
you occupy in this vast world. It will be subtle but never gentle.
It might come as a bit of a
shock to you. You might think you have been relegated to merely be a bystander
in the grand design of the universe. But no grand design would be complete if
each of the designer’s tools was not used in the appropriate way. Tent making is
not the mark of the purposeless. It is rather an important part of sharpening
the Designer’s tools. So be steadfast even in this.

The very idea of it might
make you want to shut all your doors and draw all the blinds. But what use has
anybody ever been to God in their comfort zone? The truth to always remember
about tent making is that it is an exercise in patience and faith. As such, all
you need do is find peace in it. If you are to do it, it is to be done well. There
is no use in worrying or being afraid. Simply find peace in the seemingly mundane
acts. Build endurance. Build trust. Be at peace.