Faith
From time to time, I start wondering if I'm on the right path. I think that with things the way they are in my life, from time to time it's not a bad idea to check and see. The hard part about checking is that when I want to do it, it often starts with an idea of entertaining getting off the path to see what happens.
I've done that a couple of times and when I have, it always turns out bad and I always wind up right back here. Usually, worse for the wear.
I stay on the path by faith. I'm believing God for something that seems unlikely. I know there's nothing I can do to change the situation I find myself in. I've tried to get out of it. I've prayed, I've cried, and I even tried letting it go. All those things have brought me here.
By faith.
Faith doesn't always look pretty. It's not a platitude or a Bible verse that looks good hanging on your bedroom wall. Sometimes faith is believing in what you can't see despite what you can. You can take that too far, and I always remember the story of the guy in the flood who turned down help three times and drowned because he believed God would save him. When he got to Heaven, the man asked God why He didn't save him, and God said he sent three people to do it.
Faith is staying put when you really want to go back to the store and ask the clerk out. My, she was pretty. But not for me.
The thing that amazes me about this walk is that when I don't get what I want, results wise, I get what I need to keep going. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional was something I really needed.
Staying busy in the yard today was something else I needed. The yard is taking shape. It got the full meal deal today: trim, mow, weed b gone applied. I put out a hose in the front. I fixed three sprinklers. In the face of being depressed, I kept my mind on things at hand, kept a song in my heart from the movie Fireproof about serving God while I'm waiting.
I have faith. It gets stretched sometimes, but I have it. Someday this will be over and I pray that it's soon. I'm just trying to wait well
I've done that a couple of times and when I have, it always turns out bad and I always wind up right back here. Usually, worse for the wear.
I stay on the path by faith. I'm believing God for something that seems unlikely. I know there's nothing I can do to change the situation I find myself in. I've tried to get out of it. I've prayed, I've cried, and I even tried letting it go. All those things have brought me here.
By faith.
Faith doesn't always look pretty. It's not a platitude or a Bible verse that looks good hanging on your bedroom wall. Sometimes faith is believing in what you can't see despite what you can. You can take that too far, and I always remember the story of the guy in the flood who turned down help three times and drowned because he believed God would save him. When he got to Heaven, the man asked God why He didn't save him, and God said he sent three people to do it.
Faith is staying put when you really want to go back to the store and ask the clerk out. My, she was pretty. But not for me.
The thing that amazes me about this walk is that when I don't get what I want, results wise, I get what I need to keep going. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional was something I really needed.
Staying busy in the yard today was something else I needed. The yard is taking shape. It got the full meal deal today: trim, mow, weed b gone applied. I put out a hose in the front. I fixed three sprinklers. In the face of being depressed, I kept my mind on things at hand, kept a song in my heart from the movie Fireproof about serving God while I'm waiting.
I have faith. It gets stretched sometimes, but I have it. Someday this will be over and I pray that it's soon. I'm just trying to wait well
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