There is Purpose in Your Pain. There is sense in the seeming and obvious chaos in your life.

For some reason I woke up this morning thinking about Mr. Pierre(not his real name) who was a manager at one of the places I worked several years ago. He was efficient, effective and on top of his job at all times and very pleasant to work with. You know the kind of senior person in any organization you like to bump into during the work day because they exude what I call ‘pleasant’. He was not full of himself. His position did not get to his head: he just handled his role in such a way that enhanced work flow. He was young, focused, committed and fun to work with. But…. his desk was always a mess! He thrived better with a a messy desk.

I personally wondered how he got anything done so efficiently in such a chaotic atmosphere.

The fun part is, anytime he went on leave, the GM at the time who was an older man(who probably saw Mr. Pierre like his recalcitrant son) will ask one of us to go organize his desk anytime he went on his annual vacation. I guess it was to ease his own frustrations and anxiety at having to endure this messy desk for the most part of the year that he couldn’t resist the desire to have one month of an orderly desk.

This means anytime Mr. Pierre returned to the office, he was triggered bad! He will throw his arms in frustration, pass his hands through his hair several times and cuss unprintable things in French. When he is able to calm down he will say as many times as possible that ‘there’s perfect sense in this mess for me. I know where everything is and now you’ve messed up everything!’

To be frank with you we held our breath, giggled amongst ourselves and patiently waited for what will ensue the minute he stepped foot into his office… It was a very interesting thing to observe.

– [ ] You might be wondering where is Emefa going with this today? I’m here to reassure you that there’s sense in the seeming and obvious chaos in your life. If you are able to breathe through it, keeping an open mind, putting one foot in front of the other,doing the inner work necessary, pray through it, cry your heart out as many as you times as it becomes necessary, refusing to quit on life, it will all make sense in due course.

If you are a person of faith, who has a deep unshakeable trust in God, nothing you’re going through will be wasted. All things, the good the bad and the ugly is working out for your good.

I pray for inner strength for you. What the Bible calls ‘might in the inner man’ in your process, your life’s journey because whether you recognize it or not, you’re being custom built for the purpose you’ve been called to serve.

No matter how ridiculously messy your situation looks or is right now ‘there’s sense in the mess’. Trust the process and believe.