A New Year's Blessing

I heard Brennan Manning speak (The Ragamuffin Gospel) a few years back. What grabbed me more than anything were these words of "blessing" with which he ended the session.

May all your expectations be frustrated,

May all your plans be thwarted,

May all your desires be withered into nothingness,

That you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child;

And learn to seek, and depend on and rest wholly in the God who is Father, Son, and Spirit.

As much as I dread wanting that first part or wishing it on you, I suspect that's what it really takes to depend wholly on God.

We really have no idea what is coming our way in this new year. Let's be thankful when God graces us with fulfilled expectations and plans, but can we be even more thankful when His blessings match the description above? Can we remember to see this as God's way of drawing us closer to Himself?

Blessings,

Dave