Tiger

The cool of the autumn was invaded by a late October sun.

The colours that Autumn naturally produces have an ability to warm the soul. 

I sit in amongst it and wonder at the splendour of it all. It evokes a spacious feeling inside my mind. Autumn seems to give me space to think and reflect. 

Osterley Park London, it's hard to believe I'm in urban Hounslow. It's a country park in the City. Autumn has blessed it with the majesty of the season. 

And. 

I am clear. 

A moment of clarity in the midst of the fastness of this city, this ministry, and my life. 

I am fully aware that I am not alone. 

God is close. 

Protecting me. 

Surrounding me. 

In the clarity I glimpse the way ahead.

Some decisions lay close. 

Change has to be.  

I need to get past the tiger in the room. 

That is utterly possible. 

For the first time in a long time, I see that is definitely possible. 

The tiger in the room. 

In the world of counselling I believe that "the tiger in the room" seems to be talked about as those things that seem to be blocking the way forward. Those things that seem so ferocious. Those things we think will attack us if we get too close.  

They get in the way. 

So we stay where we are. Or worse retreat back into the oldness of life. 

I see that is where I have been standing lately.

A bit too fearful of the tiger in the room.  

Somehow that has become clear in the autumn splendour. 

I haven't wrote much on my blog lately.  

I've been kind of retreating back a bit. 

But here. 

Now. 

I'm ready to become unstuck.

To start forward again.

It's not going to be easy. 

But I feel a divine reassurance today. 

It's true. 

Anything and everything is possible with God. 

So. 

Anyone feeling a bit stuck out there?

Feeling like the way forward is blocked?

It could be the tiger in the room. 

Could be fear of telling people, could be fear of letting people down. Whatever.

Have a think.

See if you can identify those tigers.

They are just tigers. Only not really there!

Just give it to God. 

With God you can walk past them. 

You really can.